Missouri State Senate
Senate Bills - 2003 Session
SB 0001 - Russell - Requires boating safety identification card to operate watercraft for certain individuals
SB 0002 - Russell - Refines various provisions of employment security law
SB 0003 - Russell - Authorizes certain fire protection districts to provide stretcher van and wheelchair transportation services
SB 0004 - Caskey - Creates the Antiterrorism Fund and Fight Terrorism license plate
SB 0005 - Caskey - Makes numerous changes to sentencing laws
SB 0006 - Caskey - Allows nonprobate transfers
SB 0007 - Mathewson - Authorizes conveyance of state property in Pettis County
SB 0008 - Goode - Creates a senior property tax deferral program
SB 0009 - Goode - Amends various provisions regarding the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles
SB 0010 - Goode - Creates a no-spam list in Attorney General's office for unsolicited commercial email
SB 0011 - Kinder - Makes various modifications to taxation
SB 0012 - Kinder - Enacts the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
SB 0013 - Kinder - Prohibits certain suits by political subdivisions and the state against firearm manufacturers and dealers
SB 0014 - DePasco - Revises maximum allowable salary for certain Kansas City police officers
SB 0015 - Childers - Creates a Legislative Academy within the General Assembly
SB 0016 - Childers - Allows first class counties to retain a larger percentage of a portion of the assessed valuation
SB 0017 - Childers - Allows a percentage of insurance premium taxes to fund various fire protection programs
SB 0018 - Yeckel - Creates the Missouri Higher Education Deposit Program
SB 0019 - Yeckel - Allows a tax deduction for those who contribute to medical savings accounts
SB 0020 - Yeckel - Creates a tax exemption for property leased or transferred by certain interstate compact agencies
SB 0021 - Bland - Modifies various aspects of the criminal justice system
SB 0022 - Bland - Creates a commission to study the death penalty and imposes a temporary moratorium on executions
SB 0023 - Bland - Establishes the "Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program" to provide health care benefits to all MO citizens
SB 0024 - Steelman - Modifies various provisions relating to the protection of the elderly
SB 0025 - Steelman - Transfers hearings on environmental issues to the Administrative Hearing Commission
SB 0026 - Steelman - Creates a tax credit for 10% of contributions to health reimbursement arrangements
SB 0027 - Gibbons - Creates a single-rate tax on individual income with increased personal exemptions
SB 0028 - Gross - Specifies calculation of revenue estimates for governor's recommended budget each fiscal year
SB 0029 - Gross - Prohibits courts from altering, setting aside, or ignoring withdrawal deadlines in elections
SB 0030 - Gross - Creates the Amber Alert System
SB 0031 - Foster - Alters provisions concerning suspension and offences for which a pupil may be prohibited from public school
SB 0032 - Foster - Limits those who may complain of prevailing wage violations and allows withholding of payments in some situations
SB 0033 - Loudon - Establishes the Open Contracting Act
SB 0034 - Loudon - Imposes civil liability on any person violating Missouri's informed consent law for abortions
SB 0035 - Loudon - Authorizes Joint Committee on Wagering and Gaming to solicit bids for university study of pathological gambling in MO
SB 0036 - Klindt - Requires risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis be prepared when certain environmental rules are promulgated
SB 0037 - Klindt - Adopts the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
SB 0038 - Klindt - Creates the "Missouri Biomass Technology Commission"
SB 0039 - Cauthorn - Revises numerous provisions relating to emergency services
SB 0040 - Cauthorn - Requires performance-based budgeting for state departments
SB 0041 - Cauthorn - Creates signing bonuses for teachers in rural schools
SB 0042 - Dougherty - Modifies various provisions relating to the protection of the elderly
SB 0043 - Dougherty - Establishes the "Office of the Child Advocate for Children's Protection & Services"
SB 0044 - Dougherty - Allows employees to take six weeks of paid leave for family or medical reasons
SB 0045 - Kennedy - Requires certain facilities to provide immunizations for influenza and pneumonia to elderly residents
SB 0046 - Kennedy - Provides a tax credit for modifying a home for a disabled person
SB 0047 - Kennedy - Allows St. Louis City to have a lien on property for abatement of dangerous buildings
SB 0048 - Coleman - Requires security guards and security guard firms to be licensed by the Department of Insurance
SB 0049 - Coleman - Expands first degree property damage to include damage to a motor vehicle while breaking in to steal
SB 0050 - Coleman - Modifies time for election authority to complete verification of initiative or referendum petition signatures
SB 0051 - Shields - Renames Missouri Western State College as Missouri Western State University
SB 0052 - Shields - Modifies the nonresident athletes and entertainers tax
SB 0053 - Shields - Renames MO Western State College as MO Western State Univ. & MO Southern State College as MO Southern State Univ.-Joplin
SB 0054 - Griesheimer - Allows biennial vehicle emissions testing in certain attainment areas
SB 0055 - Nodler - Renames Missouri Southern State College as Missouri Southern State University-Joplin
SB 0056 - Nodler - Allows cooperative agreements between higher education institutions for the purpose of offering graduate programs
SB 0057 - Nodler - Modifies the filing procedure for campaign finance reports when done electronically
SB 0058 - Russell - Revises documentation required for telecommunications companies to charge for Internet service
SB 0059 - Russell - Allows nonattorney representation before the Admin. Hearing Commission & the Division of Labor & Industrial Relations
SB 0060 - Russell - Exempts certain employees from union membership, prohibits payroll deductions for, and the requirement of, service fees
SB 0061 - Caskey - Limits the private use of an individual's Social Security Number in certain situations
SB 0062 - Caskey - Allows Cass County to elect a county surveyor
SB 0063 - Caskey - Provides that rulings on termination of parental rights shall be final for purposes of appeal
SB 0064 - Goode - Authorizes counties to submit a tax to the voters to support enhanced 911 services
SB 0065 - Goode - Modifies provisions of the unmarked human burial act
SB 0066 - Goode - Revises regulation of tax increment financing
SB 0067 - Childers - Requires state-sponsored professional development events for teachers to occur on scheduled days
SB 0068 - Childers - Modifies provision regarding refunds of ambulance and fire protection district sales tax
SB 0069 - Yeckel - Creates the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board to serve as liaison between agencies and small businesses
SB 0070 - Yeckel - Requires informed consent by a woman before the performance of an abortion
SB 0071 - Yeckel - Extends a homestead assessment freeze to all property, except when it changes hands
SB 0072 - Bland - Requires charter schools to meet all accreditation standards and requirements
SB 0073 - Bland - Establishes the Missouri Commission of Prevention and Management of Obesity
SB 0074 - Bland - Requires insurers to offer optional coverage for weight reduction counseling services
SB 0075 - Steelman - Allows the state registrar to issue a certification of stillbirth
SB 0076 - Gross - Exempts the homestead of those aged 65 and older from increases in property tax assessments
SB 0077 - Gross - Allows refunds of sales tax remitted from coffin sales in limited circumstances
SB 0078 - Gross - Allows the Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol employees to purchase certain service for retirement credits
SB 0079 - Loudon - Limits reassessment of property values to the rate of inflation
SB 0080 - Loudon - Prohibits reassessment of previously assessed real property and improvements until a transfer of ownership occurs
SB 0081 - Loudon - Modifies the definition of "totally unemployed" to include certain suspended workers
SB 0082 - Klindt - Exempts religious, charitable, and nonprofit organizations from food inspection laws in certain circumstances
SB 0083 - Cauthorn - Allows issuance of permits to carry concealed weapons
SB 0084 - Cauthorn - Allows specific tax credits be taken on a quarterly basis
SB 0085 - Dougherty - Requires certain facilities for children to show proof of accreditation and compliance with safety standards
SB 0086 - Dougherty - Mandates insurance coverage for new phases of clinical trials and certain prostate examinations
SB 0087 - Dougherty - Eliminates time restrictions for special needs children under Missouri's Health Insurance Program for children
SB 0088 - Kennedy - Creates licensure requirements for private investigators
SB 0089 - Kennedy - Requires that amateur radio license plates contain the words "AMATEUR RADIO" in place of the words "SHOW-ME-STATE"
SB 0090 - Kennedy - Allows ten cities to adopt ordinances to install automatic traffic control enforcement systems
SB 0091 - Coleman - Requires law enforcement officers to provide specified notice before administering portable chemical test
SB 0092 - Coleman - Regulates the prevention and screening of lead poisoning
SB 0093 - Shields - Allows an exemption from sales tax on items purchased and given to the state
SB 0094 - Shields - Creates a tax credit for teachers' related out-of-pocket expenses
SB 0095 - Shields - Establishes a small business health insurance tax credit program to offset employee health insurance premium costs
SB 0096 - Russell - Allows recognition of bargaining unit upon approval of majority of employees in unit
SB 0097 - Russell - Non-attorneys may represent corporations in certain state proceedings
SB 0098 - Russell - Gives some employees a judicial remedy against labor organizations and allows revocation of their certification
SB 0099 - Caskey - Requires a portion of property tax collections shall be used for the geographic information system (GIS)
SB 0100 - Caskey - Changes the eligibility age for retirement under MOSERS and HTEHPRS systems
SB 0101 - Caskey - Allows Cass County to establish a municipal court system to prosecute ordinance violations
SB 0102 - Goode - Creates the Invasive Species Council
SB 0103 - Goode - Extends the fee on waste tires to 2014
SB 0104 - Goode - Increases the Housing Trust Fund fee from $3 to $5 and applies the fee to all recordable instruments
SB 0105 - Bland - Lowers age for jury duty from 21 to 18; excuses certain students
SB 0106 - Bland - Establishes planning commission for Kansas City Missouri School District
SB 0107 - Bland - Creates a statewide AMBER Alert program
SB 0108 - Gross - Adds the Chief Information Officer to the State Records Commission
SB 0109 - Gross - Expands mechanic's lien law to include equipment rentals
SB 0110 - Gross - Details information to be included in physician abortion reports
SB 0111 - Loudon - Expands authority of courts to set aside past convictions and expunge criminal records
SB 0112 - Loudon - Allows parents to refuse to vaccinate their child for religious, philosophical, or medical reasons
SB 0113 - Loudon - Makes it illegal to install fake air bags in automobiles
SB 0114 - Dougherty - Prohibits use of genetic information and testing for insurance purposes
SB 0115 - Dougherty - Allows the department of health to investigate complaints of air quality in public schools
SB 0116 - Shields - Prohibits Public Service Commission members from having campaign committees
SB 0117 - Shields - Modifies law as it relates to driveaway operations and land improvement contractor's commercial motor vehicles
SB 0118 - Shields - Changes the eligibility age for retirement under MOSERS and HTEHPRS systems
SB 0119 - Russell - Prohibits labor organizations from acting as the exclusive representative in some instances
SB 0120 - Caskey - Allows Cass County to use a small portion of its property tax revenue for collection costs
SB 0121 - Caskey - Includes Cass County in a certain planning and zoning program
SB 0122 - Caskey - Enables the assessor in third class counties to make certain entries to the assessor's book after delivery of the book
SB 0123 - Goode - Prohibits certain predatory lending practices with respect to home loans
SB 0124 - Goode - Specifies that article used in trade-in to offset sales tax must have had tax paid or been exempted from tax
SB 0125 - Goode - Allows electric, gas, and water corporations to bill for certain infrastructure costs
SB 0126 - Bland - Allows PSC to refund ratepayers for unauthorized use charges, penalties & refunds from pipelines after a hearing
SB 0127 - Bland - Allows PSC to consider the ability to pay in setting utility rates and may establish programs for low-income residents
SB 0128 - Bland - Dedicates additional revenue to the energy assistance program
SB 0129 - Gross - Prohibits expenditure of state funds by public officials or employees to support or oppose a ballot measure or candidate
SB 0130 - Gross - Authorizes conveyance of state property along Knaust Road in St. Charles County
SB 0131 - Gross - Revises eligibility of felons to vote
SB 0132 - Loudon - Requires Office of Administration to include certain products in the cafeteria plan for state employees
SB 0133 - Loudon - Prohibits elected and appointed officials from appearing in televised commercials or advertisements paid by state money
SB 0134 - Loudon - Allows surviving spouses/other relatives of a peace officer killed in line of duty to receive special license plates
SB 0135 - Goode - Exempts certain leased personal property from taxation
SB 0136 - Goode - Changes filing and meeting dates for offices in political subdivisions and special districts
SB 0137 - Goode - Authorizes design-build projects in certain instances
SB 0138 - Bland - Lowers the maximum penalties consumers must pay for late payments on certain credit transactions
SB 0139 - Bland - Modifies the grandparents as foster parents program
SB 0140 - Bland - Establishes the General Assembly Scholarship Program funded by a nonresident earnings tax
SB 0141 - Gross - Limits the availability of low income housing tax credits
SB 0142 - Goode - Gives the power of eminent domain to towns and villages
SB 0143 - Goode - Specifies the effective dates for vetoed bills when veto is overridden
SB 0144 - Goode - Revises the sunshine law
SB 0145 - Bland - Requires racial profiling information for every stop of a motor vehicle or a pedestrian
SB 0146 - Bland - Requires parity between insurance coverage for mental health services and other health care services
SB 0147 - Bland - Outlines minimum staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities
SB 0148 - Goode - Reduces speed limit by 5 mph for trucks on certain highways, expressways and interstates of this state
SB 0149 - Bland - Creates a braider classification requiring licensing by the Board of Cosmetology
SB 0150 - Bland - Allows school districts to create after-school and summer educational programs for at-risk youth
SB 0151 - Bland - Authorizes a two-year tax free zone in Kansas City
SB 0152 - Bland - Prohibits sale of firearms without a trigger locking device
SB 0153 - Bland - Authorizes an appropriation to the Missouri Housing Development Commission for grants to local groups
SB 0154 - Bland - Prohibits health carriers from changing conditions of its drug formulary during contract period
SB 0155 - Bland - Designates Walt Disney Film Studio as a state historic site
SB 0156 - Bland - Extends the sunset on the waste tire fee to 2011
SB 0157 - Bland - Makes changes to the bail bondsmen licensing provisions
SB 0158 - Bland - Creates the State Board of Public Records
SB 0159 - Bland - Establishes coordinated health program board to prevent student obesity, cardiovascular disease, & type II diabetes
SB 0160 - Bland - Makes arson motivated by hate crimes a class A felony
SB 0161 - Bland - Requires persons guilty of boating while intoxicated to complete the SATOP program
SB 0162 - Bland - Requires health insurance policies to provide coverage for twenty-four hours of inpatient care following surgery
SB 0163 - Bland - Authorizes the department of revenue to use biometric identification methods for driver license purposes
SB 0164 - Bland - Prohibits open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles
SB 0165 - Bland - Makes changes to the Missouri minority business advocacy commission
SB 0166 - Bland - Establishes a Needle Exchange Program within the Department of Health
SB 0167 - Russell - Modifies jurisdiction for election contests involving the offices of circuit and associate judge
SB 0168 - Quick - Creates a $150,000 death benefit for public safety officers killed in the line of duty
SB 0169 - Quick - Eliminates the death penalty
SB 0170 - Quick - Authorizes the Clay County Commission to pay the salaries of deputy circuit clerks and division clerks
SB 0171 - Loudon - Allows surviving spouses/other relatives of a firefighter killed in the line of duty to receive license plates
SB 0172 - Goode - Revises regulation of tax increment financing
SB 0173 - Quick - Modifies provisions regarding elections in fire protection districts
SB 0174 - Childers - Limits paddlesport outfitters liability
SB 0175 - Loudon - Creates a food recovery program to provide food to needy persons
SB 0176 - Wheeler - Authorizes the bureau of communicable diseases to monitor epidemiological studies for suspected bioterrorist agents
SB 0177 - Wheeler - Requires aliens to provide notarized copies of birth certificates to obtain a driver's license
SB 0178 - Bland - Enables persons with hardships to pay property taxes in installments
SB 0179 - Bland - Prohibits an insurer from refusing to insure an eligible person's interest in certain residential property
SB 0180 - Bland - Allows teachers and administrators in KC to come out of retirement & not relinquish retirement benefits for 4 years
SB 0181 - Cauthorn - Allows certain state employees compensation to be automatic- ally adjusted according to the Consumer Price Index level
SB 0182 - Cauthorn - Requires consent 24-hours prior to an abortion and proof of financial responsibility to perform abortions
SB 0183 - Dougherty - Requires security features on temporary registration tags and makes it a crime to counterfeit or alter such tags
SB 0184 - Bartle - Allows the sexual offender registry to be posted on the Internet
SB 0185 - Wheeler - Creates the Missouri Office of Pharmaceutical Reporting
SB 0186 - Cauthorn - Removes ability of Marion County Circuit Court to appoint Div. I circuit clerk if office is separated from recorder
SB 0187 - Yeckel - Revises the charter school laws
SB 0188 - Cauthorn - Exempts pension and retirement income of seniors from state income tax
SB 0189 - Loudon - Allows Indian tribes to be employers
SB 0190 - Loudon - Deems a positive test for controlled substances or excessive blood alcohol content misconduct connected with work
SB 0191 - Bartle - Prohibits individuals from engaging in or using public funds and facilities for human cloning
SB 0192 - Loudon - Allows prosecution of persons charged with theft or fraudu- lent use of credit devices or credit in different venues
SB 0193 - Loudon - Allows the Highways and Transportation Commission to construct toll roads
SB 0194 - Scott - Allows Indian tribes to be considered employers
SB 0195 - Scott - Enables Platte and Clay counties to levy a one-half percent room tax
SB 0196 - Scott - The state may not automatically purchase goods or services from MO Voc. Ent. if MO businesses provide the services
SB 0197 - DePasco - Suspends all sales tax exemptions for two years with the exception of food, pharmaceuticals, and related items
SB 0198 - Caskey - Modifies DNA profiling system
SB 0199 - Childers - Modifies the classification of counties, and various other provisions related to counties and county government
SB 0200 - Bland - Enacts reciprocal nurse licensure compact
SB 0201 - Steelman - Prohibits health carriers from changing health services codes without the permission of the physician
SB 0202 - Childers - Requires access to water supply for fire protection entities during emergencies
SB 0203 - Bartle - Modifies enforcement of administrative subpoenas
SB 0204 - Yeckel - Authorizes school districts to designate an educational service agency
SB 0205 - Gross - Adds CPI adjustment to "hold harmless" school districts' school aid
SB 0206 - Champion - Creates crime of failing to obey the lawful order of a law enforcement officer at the scene of an accident or emergency
SB 0207 - Mathewson - Modifies the law regarding damage claims by rental companies for rental motor vehicles
SB 0208 - Mathewson - Allows recreational vehicle dealers to hold shows at the Missouri state fairgrounds
SB 0209 - Steelman - Requires the division of medical services to annually recalculate the Medicaid nursing home reimbursement amount
SB 0210 - Steelman - Provides that commissioners of the family court must be elected except where the nonpartisan court plan is used
SB 0211 - Cauthorn - Specifies that sales at prison stores are subject to sales tax
SB 0212 - Bartle - Modifies provisions for highway patrol salary schedules and the Kansas City police retirement system
SB 0213 -