Missouri State Senate
Senate Bills - 2003 Session
Governor's Action on Senate Bills
Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed
as of 9/16/03

SB 0001 - (Russell) - Requires boating safety identification card to operate watercraft for certain individuals
6/26/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0002 - (Russell) - Refines various provisions of employment security law
9/10/03 - S defeats motion to override Governor's veto(Russell)

SB 0004 - (Caskey) - Creates the Antiterrorism Fund and Fight Terrorism license plate
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0005 - (Caskey) - Makes numerous changes to sentencing laws
6/27/03 - Signed by Governor (w/EC)

SB 0007 - (Mathewson) - Authorizes conveyance of state property in Pettis County
9/10/03 - No motion made to override Governor's veto

SB 0011 - (Kinder) - Makes various modifications to taxation
7/10/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0012 - (Kinder) - Enacts the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0013 - (Kinder) - Prohibits certain suits by political subdivisions and the state against firearm manufacturers and dealers
9/12/03 - H adopts motion to override Governor's veto

SB 0014 - (DePasco) - Revises maximum allowable salary for certain Kansas City police officers
5/08/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0016 - (Childers) - Allows first class counties to retain a larger percentage of a portion of the assessed valuation
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0029 - (Gross) - Prohibits courts from altering, setting aside, or ignoring withdrawal deadlines in elections
9/10/03 - No motion made to override Governor's veto

SB 0030 - (Gross) - Creates the Amber Alert System
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0039 - (Cauthorn) - Revises numerous provisions relating to emergency services
6/24/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0050 - (Coleman) - Modifies time for election authority to complete verification of initiative or referendum petition signatures
5/08/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0052 - (Shields) - Modifies the nonresident athletes and entertainers tax
7/10/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0054 - (Griesheimer) - Allows biennial vehicle emissions testing in certain attainment areas
6/19/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0055 - (Nodler) - Renames Missouri Southern State College as Missouri Southern State University-Joplin
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0061 - (Caskey) - Limits the private use of an individual's Social Security Number in certain situations
6/27/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0063 - (Caskey) - Provides that rulings on termination of parental rights shall be final for purposes of appeal
6/27/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0068 - (Childers) - Modifies provision regarding refunds of ambulance and fire protection district sales tax
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0069 - (Yeckel) - Creates the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board to serve as liaison between agencies and small businesses
9/10/03 - Motion to override Governor's veto-Defeated (Yeckel)

SB 0084 - (Cauthorn) - Allows specific tax credits be taken on a quarterly basis
9/10/03 - Motion to override Governor's veto-Defeated(Cauthorn)

SB 0101 - (Caskey) - Allows Cass County to establish a municipal court system to prosecute ordinance violations
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0108 - (Gross) - Adds the Chief Information Officer to the State Records Commission
5/30/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0120 - (Caskey) - Allows Cass County to use a small portion of its property tax revenue for collection costs
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0121 - (Caskey) - Includes Cass County in a certain planning and zoning program
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0122 - (Caskey) - Enables the assessor in third class counties to make certain entries to the assessor's book after delivery of the book
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0130 - (Gross) - Authorizes conveyance of state property along Knaust Road in St. Charles County
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0136 - (Goode) - Changes filing and meeting dates for offices in political subdivisions and special districts
7/03/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0143 - (Goode) - Specifies the effective dates for vetoed bills when veto is overridden
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0175 - (Loudon) - Creates a food recovery program to provide food to needy persons
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0184 - (Bartle) - Allows the sexual offender registry to be posted on the Internet
9/16/03 - S Calendar S Bills for Perfection

SB 0186 - (Cauthorn) - Removes ability of Marion County Circuit Court to appoint Div. I circuit clerk if office is separated from recorder
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0194 - (Scott) - Allows Indian tribes to be considered employers
5/08/03 - Signed by Governor (w/EC)

SB 0199 - (Childers) - Modifies the classification of counties, and various other provisions related to counties and county government
9/11/03 - S defeats motion to override Governor's veto-Childers

SB 0202 - (Childers) - Requires access to water supply for fire protection entities during emergencies
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0203 - (Bartle) - Modifies enforcement of administrative subpoenas
9/10/03 - No motion made to override Governor's veto

SB 0207 - (Mathewson) - Modifies the law regarding damage claims by rental companies for rental motor vehicles
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0212 - (Bartle) - Modifies provisions for highway patrol salary schedules and the Kansas City police retirement system
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0218 - (Goode) - Authorizes imposition of lateral sewer service repair fee in certain situations
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0219 - (Steelman) - Creates the Korean Conflict Medallion Program
6/26/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0224 - (Vogel) - Authorizes easement on state property to the city of Fulton
9/10/03 - No motion made to override Governor's veto

SB 0228 - (Griesheimer) - Enables the City of Warrenton and Shannon County to levy a transient guest tax
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0232 - (Cauthorn) - Authorizes conveyance of state property in Thousand Hills State Park
5/08/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0234 - (Quick) - Allows Clay County to open or operate a concession stand at privately operated marinas
4/28/03 - Signed by Governor (w/EC)

SB 0235 - (Quick) - Considers the value of a redevelopment area when calculating local indebtedness limit
5/08/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0238 - (Caskey) - Modifies provisions regarding incorporation or annexation of unincorporated areas in Cass County
5/15/03 - Signed by Governor (w/EC)

SB 0239 - (Mathewson) - Authorizes conveyance of National Guard Armory in Sedalia to the Sedalia School District Foundation
5/08/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0242 - (Yeckel) - Limits the amount of a supersedeas bond in tobacco products litigation
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0243 - (Yeckel) - Creates the State Property Preservation Fund
9/16/03 - S Calendar S Bills for Perfection

SB 0248 - (Gross) - Revises provisions of various retirement plans
6/19/03 - Signed by Governor (w/EC)

SB 0250 - (Stoll) - Allows certain counties to enact a one-half percent sales tax for law enforcement purposes
9/10/03 - No motion made to override Governor's veto

SB 0255 - (Kinder) - Eliminates PSC ratemaking oversight for certain not-for- profit electrical cooperatives
5/08/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0266 - (Shields) - Requires the department of mental health to develop plans for children and persons on waiting lists
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0269 - (Quick) - Enables Excelsior Springs to submit a public safety sales tax to its voters
5/15/03 - Signed by Governor (w/EC)

SB 0275 - (Russell) - Addresses authority of governor to convey certain state property in Cole County
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0280 - (Scott) - Enacts various tort reform measures
9/11/03 - S defeats motion to override Governor's veto (Scott)

SB 0281 - (Shields) - Allows first class counties to acquire, erect, operate, manage, etc. buildings and property outside the county seat
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0282 - (Shields) - Revises the maximum time a county commission may issue a lease or concession grant for certain public facilities
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0288 - (Dolan) - Changes the time for the owner of lost property to prove property from one year to 180 days after publication
6/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0289 - (Dolan) - Names the portion of Highway 71 within Jasper County the "Trooper Charles P. Corbin Memorial Highway"
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0292 - (Yeckel) - Limits disclosure of credit card account numbers on sales receipts provided to cardholder
5/30/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0293 - (Vogel) - Allows the department of revenue to specify the minimum income tax filing level
5/30/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0294 - (Vogel) - Requires criminal history check for certain persons related to the gaming and civilian review boards
6/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0295 - (Shields) - Makes various modifications to laws regarding tax sales of land
7/03/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0296 - (Griesheimer) - Requires the state board of education to offer two levels of professional teacher certification
6/26/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0298 - (Griesheimer) - Revises liquor license requirements, operational restrictions, and enforcement provisions
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0299 - (Champion) - Requires performance-based budgeting and creates the Sunset Act
6/26/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0301 - (Bray) - Increases maximum lateral sewer service repair fee to be imposed from $28 to $50 per year
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0307 - (Steelman) - Modifies the rebate amount for prescription drugs in the Missouri Senior Prescription Program
6/16/03 - Signed by Governor (w/EC)

SB 0314 - (Dolan) - Repeals a doubly-enacted section regarding the towing of motor vehicles from private property
6/26/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0317 - (Stoll) - Establishes a December 15, 2003, deadline for a MCHCP study which is presently required by law but possesses no deadline
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0321 - (Days) - Requires persons discharged from prison or parole, to be informed of the procedures to register to vote
5/30/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0325 - (Steelman) - Alters provisions regarding veterans & mandates that public schools devote one class period observing Veterans Day
6/24/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0327 - (Gross) - Modifies provisions of real estate appraiser licensing
6/19/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0330 - (Caskey) - Allows child support orders to be sent to employers by regular or certified mail
6/27/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0346 - (Yeckel) - Revises banking laws
6/26/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0351 - (Dougherty) - Changes the procedure in which parental or guardian consent is noted for the organ donation process of minors
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0355 - (Stoll) - Allows persons registering their vehicle to make a $1 donation to the organ donor program
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0356 - (Stoll) - Makes a technical change in the organ donation license law
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0357 - (Shields) - Modifies venue for administrative actions involving real property
6/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0358 - (Shields) - Requires budgetary approval of Platte County or city within Platte County for expenditures to local election board
9/10/03 - No motion made to override Governor's veto

SB 0371 - (Foster) - Allows MOHELA to provide loans for nonsectarian tuition and other costs for certain students
5/08/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0373 - (Bartle) - Modifies provisions of the self-storage facilities act
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0376 - (Caskey) - Changes the body that certifies a deputy coroner to the Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0379 - (Champion) - Allows the City of Springfield to remove or transfer real property from a district or zone designation
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0383 - (Dolan) - Modifies duties of county recorder in manner of recording certain documents
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0385 - (Scott) - Modifies how taxes are calculated for workers' compensation policies with deductible options
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0388 - (Klindt) - Increases the amount borrowers can be guaranteed from the single purpose animal facilities loan guarantee fund
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0394 - (Bartle) - Modifies law governing corporate formalities
7/03/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0399 - (Caskey) - Expands the crime of delivering any controlled substances to prisons, city & county jails, and private prisons & jails
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0401 - (Dolan) - Modifies the definition of crime under Chapter 595, RSMo, and crime victims' compensation fund
9/10/03 - No motion made to override Governor's veto

SB 0407 - (Klindt) - Modifies the requirements for health insurance coverage of clinical trials
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0423 - (Childers) - Designates a portion of Highway 65 in Taney County as the "Trooper Jimmie Linegar Memorial Highway"
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0425 - (Scott) - Modifies various provisions dealing with the reporting and investigation of an individual's death
9/10/03 - No motion made to override Governor's veto

SB 0426 - (Griesheimer) - Modifies time state employees may receive paid leave for volunteering as a Red Cross disaster service volunteer
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0431 - (Gibbons) - Modifies the law relating to informed consent for experimental treatments by accredited teaching hospitals
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0447 - (Bartle) - Creates the basic civil legal services fund
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0448 - (Bartle) - Extends sunset for statewide court automation fund
7/03/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0456 - (Kennedy) - Allows a self-directed deferred retirement plan program for the St. Louis Firefighters Retirement System
5/15/03 - Signed by Governor (w/EC)

SB 0457 - (Caskey) - Allows a position on the executive council of the judicial conference to be filled
5/30/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0463 - (Gross) - Increases term of director for nonprofit corporation from five to six years
5/30/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0465 - (Bartle) - Modifies duties of judicial finance commission
6/26/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0466 - (Bartle) - Modifies provisions relating to charges in criminal cases
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0467 - (Bartle) - Increases criminal case filing surcharge
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0468 - (Bartle) - Modifies types of case dispositions that must be reported to the Uniform Law Enforcement System Records
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0471 - (Bartle) - Modifies filing requirements for child support garnishment orders
6/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0474 - (Bartle) - Modifies surcharge procedure in civil case filings
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0478 - (Gross) - Creates inactive status for architects and psychologists and modifies duties of landscape architects
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0492 - (Scott) - Revises the registration of a commercial interior designer
6/19/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0504 - (Clemens) - Authorizes a satellite enterprise zone in Springfield
7/07/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0506 - (Clemens) - Includes the use of lasers within the definition of dentistry
6/19/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0511 - (Kinder) - Establishes the Joint Committee on the Life Sciences
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0513 - (Kennedy) - Removes discretion of board of police commissioners as to paid vacation and holidays in some situations
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0522 - (Gross) - Provides an additional rate for the capital improvement sales tax
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0529 - (Childers) - Allows certain railroads within Missouri to be designated by the division of tourism as official state railroads
5/30/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0534 - (Cauthorn) - Includes definitions for protective oversight and voluntary leave in the Omnibus Nursing Home Act
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0537 - (Jacob) - Authorizes Boone County Counselor to prosecute certain actions resulting in civil fines
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0540 - (Gross) - Limits the number of microbrewer licenses available to an individual and his agents
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0546 - (Caskey) - Allows Johnson County to adopt and impose landfill fees
6/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0547 - (Caskey) - Modifies pay schedules for certain county clerks and treasurers
7/01/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0548 - (Champion) - Requires annual report by the Jt. Committee on Legislative Research listing statutes expiring within the next 2 years
6/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0552 - (Yeckel) - Expands the list of property exempt from attachment to clarify that all qualified retirement plans will be exempt
7/03/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0555 - (Kinder) - Addresses ability of certain aluminum smelters and cities to purchase energy outside of PSC oversight
5/22/03 - Signed by Governor (w/EC)

SB 0556 - (Kinder) - Modifies various provisions relating to the protection of the elderly
6/16/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0562 - (Griesheimer) - Authorizes conveyance of state property located in St. Louis County to the City of Pacific
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0577 - (Shields) - Authorizes the conveyance of an easement in the form of a right-of-way in the City of St. Joseph
6/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0578 - (Shields) - Authorizes the conveyance of land owned by the state in Platte County
5/30/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0598 - (Childers) - Establishes the Corporal Bobbie J. Harper Memorial Highway on U.S. Highway 71 in McDonald County
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0606 - (Coleman) - Allows the department of natural resources to convey state land in certain situations
5/30/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0611 - (Clemens) - Allows county agricultural and mechanical societies to borrow money and mortgage property
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0618 - (Kennedy) - Requires the Department of Mental Health to develop a state suicide prevention plan
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0620 - (Loudon) - Modifies the BUILD program and implements certain job retention provisions
6/18/03 - Signed by Governor (w/EC)

SB 0621 - (Loudon) - Allows certain cities to abate certain types of public nuisances and charge the cost of removal against owner
7/09/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0623 - (Foster) - Creates procedures for challenges to fiscal notes in initiatives and referenda
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0651 - (Steelman) - Makes the Norton/Cynthiana grape the official state grape
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0666 - (Bland) - School districts with multiple attendance centers shall develop policies regarding intra-district transfers
7/07/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0675 - (Gross) - Eliminates certain funds and charges interest against certain other funds
6/26/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0686 - (Russell) - Articulates conditions upon which school districts may transfer unrestricted funds
6/23/03 - Signed by Governor

SB 0697 - (Nodler) - Designates a George Washington Carver Memorial Highway on a portion of Interstate 44 in Jasper and Newton Counties
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SCR 001 - (Gross) - Rejects salary increase recommendations of the Citizens' Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials
1/31/03 - Signed by Governor

SCR 008 - (Dougherty) - Renaming the St. Louis office of the division of workforce development after Nathaniel J. "Nat" Rivers
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SCR 011 - (Steelman) - Relating to the creation of the comprehensive patient education and health care cost improvement pilot project
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor

SCR 013 - (Nodler) - Creates a subcommittee on Competition and Privatization within the Joint Committee on Legislative Research
7/11/03 - Signed by Governor