Journal of the Senate

FIRST REGULAR SESSION

SIXTEENTH DAY--WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2003

Senator Steelman in the Chair.

Reverend Carl Gauck offered the following prayer:

"My spirit abides among you: do not fear." (Haggai 2:5b)

Gracious God, we look around us at what sometimes looks like increasing odds against what we need to get done here; so we pray for Your Holy Spirit to guide our hearts and minds so we can find the path we must take and be encouraged that with You all things are possible. In Your Holy Name we pray. Amen.

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was recited.

A quorum being established, the Senate proceeded with its business.

The Journal of the previous day was read and approved.

The following Senators were present during the day's proceedings:

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

The following Bills were read the 1st time and 1,000 copies ordered printed:

SB 419-By Stoll and Gross.

An Act to amend chapter 301, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to organ donor license plates.

SB 420-By Stoll.

An Act to repeal sections 169.070 and 169.670, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to public school retirement systems, with an emergency clause.

SB 421-By Mathewson.

An Act to repeal section 311.174, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the sale of liquor by the drink in certain convention and trade areas.

SB 422-By Childers.

An Act to repeal section 162.261, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to qualification for service on a seven director or urban school board.

SB 423-By Childers.

An Act to amend chapter 227, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the Trooper Jimmie Linegar Memorial Highway.

SB 424-By Steelman.

An Act to amend chapter 197, RSMo, by adding thereto three new sections relating to nurse staffing requirements in hospitals.

SB 425-By Scott.

An Act to repeal section 58.451, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to reporting and investigating of death by a coroner.

SB 426-By Griesheimer.

An Act to repeal section 105.267, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to public officers and employees.

SB 427-By Bartle, Yeckel, Gibbons, Shields, Coleman, Scott, Stoll, Dolan, Griesheimer, Loudon and Champion.

An Act to repeal sections 409.101, 409.102, 409.107, 409.201, 409.202, 409.203, 409.204, 409.301, 409.302, 409.303, 409.304, 409.305, 409.306, 409.307, 409.401, 409.402, 409.403, 409.404, 409.405, 409.406, 409.407, 409.408, 409.409, 409.410, 409.411, 409.412, 409.413, 409.414, 409.415, 409.416, 409.418, 409.420, 409.421, 409.500, 409.506, 409.511, 409.516, 409.521, 409.526, 409.531, 409.536, 409.541, 409.546, 409.551, 409.556, 409.561, and 409.566, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof sixty-eight new sections relating to securities regulation, with penalty provisions.

SB 428-By Shields.

An Act to repeal sections 173.205 and 335.212, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to certain student financial assistance programs.

SB 429-By Vogel.

An Act to repeal section 447.530, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to abandoned property.

SB 430-By Champion.

An Act to repeal sections 210.025, 210.543, 210.565, 210.760, and 210.937, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof nine new sections relating to foster care, with penalty provisions and an expiration date.

SB 431-By Gibbons.

An Act to repeal section 431.064, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to consent for experimental treatments.

SB 432-By Cauthorn.

An Act to repeal sections 302.700, 307.177, and 307.400, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to commercial motor vehicles, with penalty provisions.

SB 433-By Yeckel and Gross.

An Act to repeal section 195.417, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the sale of products containing methamphetamine, with penalty provisions.

SB 434-By Yeckel.

An Act to repeal sections 105.473, 105.485, 105.487, 105.961, 105.963, 105.973, 130.011, 130.016, 130.021, 130.026, 130.046, 130.049, 130.050, and 130.057, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof fifteen new sections relating to ethics, with penalty provisions.

SENATE BILLS FOR PERFECTION

Senator Gross moved that SB 30, with SCS, as amended (pending), be called from the Informal Calendar and again taken up for perfection, which motion prevailed.

SCS for SB 30, as amended, was again taken up.

Senator Gross moved that SCS for SB 30, as amended, be adopted.

Senators Caskey, Bland, Gross, Mathewson and Gibbons offered SS for SCS for SB 30, entitled:

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 30

An Act to amend chapter 210, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to missing persons.

Senator Caskey moved that SS for SCS for SB 30 be adopted, which motion prevailed.

On motion of Senator Gross, SS for SCS for SB 30 was declared perfected and ordered printed.

Senator Childers moved that SB 15 be taken up for perfection, which motion prevailed.

On motion of Senator Childers, SB 15 was declared perfected and ordered printed.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

The following Bills were read the 1st time and 1,000 copies ordered printed:

SB 435-By Dolan.

An Act to amend chapter 194, RSMo, by adding thereto six new sections relating to the disposition of fetal remains act, with a penalty provision.

SB 436-By Klindt.

An Act to repeal sections 8.550 and 8.570, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to the tobacco securitization settlement trust fund, with an emergency clause.

SB 437-By Yeckel, Kennedy, Loudon, Dolan, Dougherty, Steelman, Stoll, Griesheimer, Childers, Vogel, Cauthorn, Scott, Gross, Foster, Champion, Shields, Bartle, DePasco, Klindt, Clemens, Kinder, Nodler and Russell.

An Act to amend chapter 135, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to tax credits for contributions to pregnancy resource centers.

RESOLUTIONS

Senator Bland offered Senate Resolution No. 135, regarding Jay McShann, Kansas City, which was adopted.

INTRODUCTIONS OF GUESTS

Senator Shields introduced to the Senate, Lowell Kruse, St. Joseph.

Senator Griesheimer introduced to the Senate, Jason Buckley, Wildwood.

Senator Kinder introduced to the Senate, Rich Payne and Dean Whitlow, Cape Girardeau.

Senator Russell introduced to the Senate, Ronna Ford, Lebanon; and Maggie Odgen, Licking.

Senator Mathewson introduced to the Senate, Jeff Gregory, and his children, Haylee and Trevor; and Dan and Jenny Hurley, and their children, Brenden, Conner, and Casey, Sedalia; and Haylee, Trevor, Brenden, Conner, and Casey were made honorary pages.

Senator Mathewson introduced to the Senate, eleven students from Missouri Valley College, Marshall.

Senator Loudon introduced to the Senate, Jasmine Hailey, Skylar Talmon, Kylara Kazakoff, Ashley Wachter, Heather Hooper, Blair Lindsay, and Bob Yeates, the Principia Upper School, St. Louis.

Senator Kinder introduced to the Senate, Presiding Commissioner of Cape Girardeau County, Gerald Jones, Jackson.

Senator Mathewson introduced to the Senate, the Physician of the Day, Dr. Jerry Meyer, M.D., his wife, Rev. Dr. Renee Meyer, and their daughter, Courtney, Concordia.

Senator Yeckel introduced to the Senate, former State Senator Roseann Bentley, recipient of the Missouri Lifetime Achievement Award in the Arts, and her husband, Dr. John Bentley, Springfield.

On motion of Senator Gibbons, the Senate adjourned under the rules.

SENATE CALENDAR

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SEVENTEENTH DAY-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2003

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FORMAL CALENDAR

SECOND READING OF SENATE BILLS

HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING

HCS for HB 185

SENATE BILLS FOR PERFECTION

INFORMAL CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS FOR PERFECTION

SB 18-Yeckel and Cauthorn,

with SCS (pending)