Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 4/24/03

SB 0013 - Kinder - Prohibits certain suits by political subdivisions and the state against firearm manufacturers and dealers
04/24/03 -- Reported Do Pass H Judiciary Committee

SB 0063 - Caskey - Rulings on termination of parental rights shall be final for purposes of appeal
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0069 - Yeckel - Creates the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board to serve as liaison between agencies and small businesses
04/24/03 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Small Business Committee
04/24/03 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Small Business Committee

SB 0120 - Caskey - Allows Cass County to use a small portion of its property tax revenue for collection costs
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0121 - Caskey - Includes Cass County in a certain planning and zoning program
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0122 - Caskey - Enables the assessor in third class counties to make certain entries to the assessor's book after delivery of the book
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0143 - Goode - Specifies the effective dates for vetoed bills when veto is overridden
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0202 - Childers - Requires access to water supply for fire protection entities during emergencies
04/24/03 -- Defeated on H Third Reading
04/24/03 -- Motion to reconsider H Third Reading Vote H adopted
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0203 - Bartle - Modifies enforcement of administrative subpoenas
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0207 - Mathewson - Modifies the law regarding damage claims by rental companies for rental motor vehicles
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0219 - Steelman - Creates the Korean Conflict Medallion Program
04/24/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Homeland Security & Veterans
Affairs Committee
04/24/03 -- Voted Do Pass H Homeland Security & Veterans Affairs
Committee

SB 0224 - Vogel - Authorizes easement on state property to the city of Fulton
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed (w/EC)

SB 0238 - Caskey - Modifies provisions regarding incorporation or annexation of unincorporated areas in Cass County
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed (w/EC)

SB 0246 - Steelman - Modifies provisions for Public Service Commission residency, staffing, and ex parte communications
04/24/03 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Communications, Energy &
Technology Committee

SB 0250 - Stoll - Allows certain counties to enact a one-half percent sales tax for law enforcement purposes
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed (w/EC)

SB 0269 - Quick - Enables Excelsior Springs to submit a public safety sales tax to its voters
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed (w/EC)

SB 0288 - Dolan - Changes the time for the owner of lost property to prove property from one year to 180 days after publication
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0298 - Griesheimer - Revises liquor license requirements, operational restrictions, and enforcement provisions
04/24/03 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee
04/24/03 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Local Government Committee

SB 0301 - Bray - Increases maximum lateral sewer service repair fee to be imposed from $28 to $50 per year
04/24/03 -- HCS H adopted
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0317 - Stoll - Establishes a December 15, 2003, deadline for a MCHCP study which is presently required by law but possesses no deadline
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0321 - Days - Requires persons discharged from prison or parole, to be informed of the procedures to register to vote
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0325 - Steelman - Alters provisions regarding veterans & mandates that public schools devote one class period observing Veterans Day
04/24/03 -- HCS H adopted
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0351 - Dougherty - Changes the procedure in which parental or guardian consent is noted for the organ donation process of minors
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0355 - Stoll - Allows persons registering their vehicle to make a $1 donation to the organ donor program
04/24/03 -- HCS H adopted
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0356 - Stoll - Makes a technical change in the organ donation license law
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0376 - Caskey - Changes the body that certifies a deputy coroner to the Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0423 - Childers - Designates a portion of Highway 65 in Taney County as the "Trooper Jimmie Linegar Memorial Highway"
04/24/03 -- HCA 1 H adopted
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed, as amended - Consent

SB 0425 - Scott - Modifies various provisions dealing with the reporting and investigation of an individual's death
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0431 - Gibbons - Modifies the law relating to informed consent for experimental treatments by accredited teaching hospitals
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0456 - Kennedy - Allows a self-directed deferred retirement plan program for the St. Louis Firefighters Retirement System
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - EC adopted - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed (w/EC)

SB 0457 - Caskey - Allows a position on the executive council of the judicial conference to be filled
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0467 - Bartle - Increases criminal case filing surcharge
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0468 - Bartle - Modifies types of case dispositions that must be reported to the Uniform Law Enforcement System Records
04/24/03 -- HCA 1 H adopted
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed, as amended - Consent

SB 0470 - Bartle - Modifies provisions relating to liens on real estate
04/24/03 -- HCS H adopted
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0471 - Bartle - Modifies filing requirements for child support garnishment orders
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0474 - Bartle - Modifies surcharge procedure in civil case filings
04/24/03 -- HCS H adopted
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0481 - Dolan - Enacts various accountability measures which pertain to the operation of the department of transportation
04/24/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation & Motor Vehicle
Committee
04/24/03 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Transportation & Motor Vehicle
Committee

SB 0504 - Clemens - Enables a satellite enterprise zone in Springfield
04/24/03 -- HCS H adopted
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0513 - Kennedy - Removes discretion of board of police commissioners as to paid vacation and holidays in some situations
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0521 - Gross - Prohibits public entities from requiring certain people to obtain a surety bond from a particular company
04/24/03 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Judiciary Committee

SB 0531 - Childers - Eliminates the presidential primary in Missouri
04/24/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee 1790S.02C

SB 0537 - Jacob - Authorizes Boone County Counselor to prosecute certain actions resulting in civil fines
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0546 - Caskey - Allows Johnson County to adopt and impose landfill fees
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0547 - Caskey - Modifies pay schedules for certain county clerks and treasurers
04/24/03 -- HCS H adopted
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0548 - Champion - Requires annual report by the Jt. Committee on Legislative Research listing statutes expiring within the next 2 years
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0556 - Kinder - Modifies various provisions relating to the protection of the elderly
04/24/03 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Special Committee on General Laws
Committee
04/24/03 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Special Committee on General
Laws Committee

SB 0590 - Shields - Enables an increase in the senior citizens' services tax with voter approval and adds a tourism tax
04/24/03 -- Motion to reconsider H Third Reading Vote H adopted
04/24/03 -- Defeated on H Third Reading

SB 0606 - Coleman - Allows the department of natural resources to convey state land in certain situations
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0611 - Clemens - Allows county agricultural and mechanical societies to borrow money and mortgage property
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0623 - Foster - Creates procedures for challenges to fiscal notes in initiatives and referenda
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0651 - Steelman - Makes the Norton/Cynthiana grape the official state grape
04/24/03 -- H Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/24/03 -- Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed

SB 0657 - Klindt - Makes it a crime to photograph or release a pathogen or disease into animal research and production facility
04/24/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
and Natural Resources Committee

SCR 010 - Bartle - Authorizes the Joint Committee on Legislative Research to print and bind copies of the session laws
04/24/03 -- Hearing Conducted H Rules Committee

SCR 020 - Foster - Legislature to support the US national motto "In God We Trust"
04/24/03 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics
Committee

HB 0142 - Dempsey - Prohibits the PSC from imposing any restrictions on high- speed Internet or broadband services
04/24/03 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 0257 - Munzlinger - Allows specific tax credits to be taken on a quarterly basis
04/24/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
and Natural Resources Committee

HB 0289 - Dempsey - Creates the Missouri Downtown and Rural Economic Stimulus Act and modifies tax increment financing provisions
04/24/03 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee to Floor

HB 0321 - Wilson - Modifies various provisions of the workers' compensation law
04/24/03 -- SS S offered (Scott)
04/24/03 -- SS for SS S offered (Loudon)
04/24/03 -- SA 1 to SS for SS S offered & adopted (Jacob)
04/24/03 -- SA 2 to SS for SS S offered & defeated (Wheeler)
04/24/03 -- SA 3 to SS for SS S offered & defeated (Coleman)
04/24/03 -- SA 4 to SS for SS S offered & adopted (Bray)
04/24/03 -- SA 5 to SS for SS S offered (Dolan)
04/24/03 -- SSA 1 for SA 5 to SS for SS S offered
& withdrawn (Loudon)
04/24/03 -- SA 5 to SS for SS S withdrawn
04/24/03 -- SA 6 to SS for SS S offered (Caskey)
04/24/03 -- SSA 1 for SA 6 to SS for SS S offered &
withdrawn (Caskey)
04/24/03 -- SA 6 to SS for SS S withdrawn
04/24/03 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 0491 - Rupp - Creates biennial registration periods for certain plates and modifies other license plate provisions
04/24/03 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

HB 0511 - Deeken - Revises election laws to comply with the Help America Vote Act of 2002
04/24/03 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee to Floor

HB 0598 - Schlottach - Revises disabled license plate law, emissions testing law, and creates numerous special license plates
04/24/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Comm.

HB 0600 - Cooper - Makes various modifications to the law on taxation
04/24/03 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee to Floor

HB 0613 - Byrd - Modifies provisions of court procedure
04/24/03 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor

HB 0668 - Crawford - Enacts various accountability measures relating to the department of transportation
04/24/03 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Comm.