Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 2/17/98

SB 0470 - Schneider - Abuse and neglect reports of mental health patients
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar w/SCS (2/9)

SB 0472 - Wiggins - Authorizes income tax deduction for certain secondary school expenses
02/17/98 -- S Inf Calendar S Bill for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0475 - Banks - Establishes voluntary registration of child care providers
02/17/98 -- 003 S Calendar S Bills for Third Reading (In BC)

SB 0485 - Mathewson - Relating to the registration of packaged ice manufacturers
02/17/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0487 - Goode - Regulates the towing of motor vehicles and other abandoned property
02/17/98 -- 015 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection

SB 0488 - Goode - Special School District of St. Louis County
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/2)

SB 0489 - Goode - Clarifies reduction in purchase price for trade-in items for sales tax purposes
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar w/SCS (2/16)

SB 0494 - Mueller - Requires reporting of absentee ballot results
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee

SB 0499 - Howard - Creates new civil action against psychotherapists and allows 3rd parties to file complaints
02/17/98 -- S Inf Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS & SS/SCS

SB 0517 - Graves - Changes requirements for the formation of housing cooperatives
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/9)

SB 0518 - Graves - Motor vehicle safety inspections shall be one-time only
02/17/98 -- 002 S Calendar S Bills for Third Reading (In BC)

SB 0520 - Bentley - Provides employers who give employee references with immunity
02/17/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 763 & 520

SB 0526 - Childers - Inspections of seasonal resorts to be done by August 1, annually
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/2)

SB 0530 - Schneider - Modifies definition of conflict of interest for judges
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/16)

SB 0532 - Wiggins - Revises drug laws to include crimes involving methamphetamines
02/17/98 -- 001 S Calendar S Bills for Third Reading (In BC)

SB 0536 - Caskey - Allows any county to regulate fireworks
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar w/SCS (2/9)

SB 0538 - Russell - Allows for local government licensing of electricians and plumbers
02/17/98 -- 018 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCA 1

SB 0541 - Goode - Modifies motor vehicle emissions inspections for St. Louis area
02/17/98 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & withdrawn (Klarich)
02/17/98 -- S Inf Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS (pending)

SB 0542 - Goode - Changes calculation of fees on hazardous waste generation and disposal units
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0544 - Singleton - Establishes a presidential primary in Missouri
02/17/98 -- Hearing Cancelled S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee

SB 0549 - Howard - Allows specified licensed psychologists to prescribe drugs
02/17/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 0550 - Johnson - County treasurer is default road district treasurer
02/17/98 -- H First Read

SB 0551 - Johnson - Modifies election dates for water district bonds
02/17/98 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0553 - Bentley - Postsecondary course option available for high school students at all grade levels
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/2)

SB 0558 - Wiggins - Establishes liability for tax-exempt entity which uses unauthorized or improper project exemption certificates
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/16)

SB 0561 - Caskey - Sewer, water, electric and gas utilities to provide Braille or large-type billing upon request
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar w/SCS (2/9)

SB 0571 - Johnson - Allows public records to be kept on cd-rom
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar w/SCS (2/16)

SB 0579 - Russell - Authorizes conveyance of state property in Osage Beach
02/17/98 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0580 - Lybyer - Allows the board of aldermen in fourth classification cities to adopt a four-year term if approved by voters
02/17/98 -- H First Read

SB 0582 - Ehlmann - First class charter counties may regulate billboards
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0583 - Maxwell - Establishes English as the common language of the state of Missouri
02/17/98 -- 020 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0588 - Caskey - Increases state payments to sheltered workshops
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/2)

SB 0590 - Sims - Restores full federal income tax deductibility for individuals and corporations
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0596 - Johnson - Creates felony offenses for animal neglect or abuse
02/17/98 -- 017 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0597 - Johnson - Allows fee collection from drainage/levy districts in counties of the first class
02/17/98 -- H First Read

SB 0609 - Childers - Establishes provisional certification for out-of-state teachers
02/17/98 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
02/17/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 0618 - McKenna - Increases maximum liability of the state and political subdivisions
02/17/98 -- 010 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0625 - Caskey - Revises provisions regarding emergency services
02/17/98 -- 003 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0629 - Goode - Authorizes levy of property tax to protect homeowners against declining property values
02/17/98 -- 001 S Calendar S Bill for Perfection w/SCAs 1 & 2

SB 0632 - Quick - Providing health care for certain uninsured individuals
02/17/98 -- 005 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0634 - Westfall - Minors who refuse breathalyzer test may have license revoked
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar w/SCS (2/16)

SB 0641 - House - Survivor grant program to include disabled public safety officer, officer's spouse and children
02/17/98 -- 019 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection

SB 0642 - Maxwell - Authorizes certain payroll deductions for state employees
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/16)

SB 0649 - House - Disabled license plates-changes for physicians
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar w/SCS (2/16)

SB 0650 - McKenna - Creates the State Committee of Dietitians to regulate dietitians
02/17/98 -- 006 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection

SB 0651 - McKenna - Makes various changes to custody, visitation and child support laws
02/17/98 -- 011 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0652 - Childers - Allows county tax books to be kept electronically
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar w/SCS (2/9)

SB 0653 - Childers - Defines public water supply district as political subdivision
02/17/98 -- H First Read

SB 0657 - Caskey - Modifies transfer of retirement provisions of administrative hearing commissioners & state retirement systems
02/17/98 -- 002 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection

SB 0658 - Caskey - Fund transfers and levy increases for capital projects for certain school districts
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/2)

SB 0659 - Caskey - Provides job security for deputy sheriffs, who shall no longer serve "at the pleasure" of sheriffs"
02/17/98 -- 012 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0661 - Caskey - The petroleum storage tank insurance fund
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/9)

SB 0667 - Kenney - Increase income tax dependency exemption from $400 to $1200
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0668 - Kenney - Req. voter-approved statewide ballot measures to be resub- mitted to voters if amended or repealed by general assembly
02/17/98 -- Hearing Cancelled S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee

SB 0674 - Sims - Makes technical changes to state adoption laws
02/17/98 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0675 - Johnson - Lowers age for circuit breaker to 62; raises minimum base to $8,900 and maximum upper limit to $18,000
02/17/98 -- 004 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0676 - Johnson - Allows county commissions to replace absentee board members
02/17/98 -- H First Read

SB 0680 - Wiggins - Merger of domestic corporation with subsidiary without shareholder election
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/2)

SB 0683 - Westfall - Allows license plates relating to a civil war battlefield park
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0687 - Sims - Expands the rights of birth parents, grandparents, foster parents and guardians in the adoption process
02/17/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS/SBs 771 & 687

SB 0689 - Jacob - Relates to blood tests for pregnant women
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/2)

SB 0691 - Jacob - Restores sales tax exemption for sales by university book- stores
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0710 - DePasco - Modifies provisions of election law
02/17/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee

SB 0717 - Maxwell - Allows certain persons in federal service to vote by electronic medium
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee

SB 0719 - Yeckel - Limits mortgage insurance on residential loans
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/9)

SB 0720 - Clay - Missouri Children's Services Commission on children of incarcerated parents
02/17/98 -- H First Read

SB 0722 - Sims - Prohibits insurers from discriminating on the basis of domestic violence
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar w/SCS (2/9)

SB 0724 - Bentley - Earmarks estimated income tax revenue on nonresident athletes and entertainers to certain funds
02/17/98 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Rohrbach)
02/17/98 -- S Inf Calendar S Bills for Perfection

SB 0727 - Banks - Limits penalty/interest rate on property tax delinquencies in city of St. Louis to prime rate
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0729 - DePasco - Modifies provisions relating to the filing of reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission
02/17/98 -- 013 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0731 - Wiggins - Exempts items from sales/use tax, including livestock or poultry feed, electrodes and pesticides or herbicides
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0732 - Schneider - Clarifies initial licensure requirements of psychologists
02/17/98 -- SCS S adopted
02/17/98 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0734 - Caskey - Authorizes the Health and Educational Facilities Authority to issue bonds for cultural facilities
02/17/98 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 0738 - Clay - Establishes procedures for early voting
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee

SB 0739 - McKenna - Excludes subdivisions of lots over 5 acres from wastewater system regulation and from platting in certain counties
02/17/98 -- H First Read

SB 0745 - House - Higher education: Revises scholarship limits and approval of programs
02/17/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Education Committee

SB 0751 - Mathewson - Authorizes income tax credit to bowling alley operators equal to 10% of purchase price of machinery and equipment
02/17/98 -- 014 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCA 1

SB 0753 - Caskey - Revises laws regarding decertification of teachers for certain crimes
02/17/98 -- 008 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0754 - Banks - Requires HMOs to cover the costs of second opinions
02/17/98 -- 007 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0756 - Sims - Allows employee leave for stepparents
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/2)

SB 0761 - DePasco - Modifies provisions of the Kansas City Public School Retirement System
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/9)

SB 0763 - Kinder - Provides employers with immunity for providing certain employee information to prospective employers
02/17/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS SBs 763 & 520 S Commerce
& Environment Committee

SB 0764 - McKenna - Eliminates the classification and population requirements of section 473.767 of the probate code
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/9)

SB 0767 - Maxwell - Disposition of revenue in the Gaming Commission Fund
02/17/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee

SB 0771 - Sims - Relates to child placement and the rights of parents and guardians
02/17/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS SBs 771 & 687 S Aging,
Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0773 - Howard - Extends certificate of need moratorium dates
02/17/98 -- 016 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection

SB 0778 - Jacob - Reduces amount of time county collectors have to collect delinquent personal property taxes from five years to three
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/9)

SB 0780 - House - Makes technical revisions to education laws
02/17/98 -- SA 7 S adopted
02/17/98 -- SA 8 S offered & adopted (Ehlmann)
02/17/98 -- SA 9 S offered (Kinder)
02/17/98 -- SA 1 to SA 9 S offered & adopted (Ehlmann)
02/17/98 -- SA 9, as amended, S defeated
02/17/98 -- SA 10 S offered (Mueller)
02/17/98 -- SSA 1 for SA 10 S offered & withdrawn (Flotron)
02/17/98 -- SA 10 S withdrawn
02/17/98 -- SA 11 S offered & adopted (Johnson)
02/17/98 -- SA 12 S offered & withdrawn (Flotron)
02/17/98 -- Perfected, as amended

SB 0782 - Howard - Revises definition of maintenance drugs
02/17/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 0787 - Clay - Requires department of economic development to initiate 3 community revitalization projects in high poverty areas
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar w/SCA 1 (2/9)

SB 0793 - Childers - Places cost limits on what the Department of Revenue can claim due to its handling of charitable contributions
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/10)

SB 0804 - Curls - Allows Kansas City to require forfeiture of vehicle used to dump waste illegally
02/17/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0809 - Klarich - Allows choice of municipalities for overlapping property
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/9)

SB 0813 - Flotron - Aviation: Airport assistance, airport authorities and jet fuel tax use
02/17/98 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
02/17/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS SBs 813 & 864 S Local
Government & Economic Development Committee

SB 0818 - Goode - Changes to the Unclaimed Property Law
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0820 - Ehlmann - Allows city of O'Fallon to submit proposal for local tourism tax to public vote
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar w/SCS (2/16)

SB 0827 - Mathewson - Restricts refund of tax credits under new business facility law to engineering, architectural and accounting firms
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/16)

SB 0828 - Mathewson - Changes the name of the International Trade Show Revolving Fund to the International Promotions Revolving Fund
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/16)

SB 0829 - Mathewson - Makes technical correction in section 100.255 relating to Missouri Development Finance Board
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/16)

SB 0832 - Mathewson - Corporate swine farm ownership of agricultural land
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/9)

SB 0838 - Sims - Authorizes automated traffic enforcement programs
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0840 - Howard - Relating to the Commodity Councils Merchandising Fund
02/17/98 -- Voted do Pass S Appropriations Committee W/SCS

SB 0841 - Caskey - Allows reduced early benefits for certain surviving spouses in county employees' retirement system
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee-Consent

SB 0842 - Caskey - Prohibits alkaloids "of controlled substances" in prisons; allows expungement of previous convictions for same
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/16)

SB 0846 - Scott - Licensing of real estate appraisers
02/17/98 -- Reported From S Corrections & General Laws Committee
to Floor w/SCS
02/17/98 -- 021 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCS

SB 0848 - Mueller - Allows use of local park tax outside of municipality or county if a cooperative agreement exists
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee
02/17/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0854 - Clay - Revises licensure requirements for funeral directors and interns
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee
02/17/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee-Consent

SB 0855 - Sims - Allows for transfer and reallocation of certain care facility beds without a certificate of need requirement
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 0856 - McKenna - Grants Jefferson County right to establish a county municipal court plan
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0858 - Lybyer - Community Optional Service (COS) calling plan shall continue until determination that competitive plans are available
02/17/98 -- Hearing Cancelled S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0860 - Singleton - Cities may not impose additional license fees or taxes on elec. co. activities on their own telecommun. facilities
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0864 - Howard - Aviation: Airport assistance and jet fuel tax use
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee
02/17/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 813 & 864

SB 0865 - Flotron - Prohibits use of tax increment financing for retail enterprises
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0868 - Maxwell - School districts may "hop over" one county and join a community college district in a nonadjoining county
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0870 - Howard - Creates an appeal mechanism for those disqualified from employment with the Department of Mental Health
02/17/98 -- S Consent Calendar (2/10)

SB 0871 - Howard - Creates crime of financial exploitation of the elderly
02/17/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 0872 - Clay - Allows transfers between certain funds of the St. Louis Police Retirement System
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee

SB 0883 - Staples - Establishes accountability provisions for the Department of Transportation
02/17/98 -- 009 S Calendar S Bills for Perfection w/SCA 1

SB 0885 - DePasco - Modifies motorcycle helmet law to apply only to persons under age 21
02/17/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0921 - Rohrbach - Relating to telephone service for prison inmates
02/17/98 -- S First Read

SB 0922 - House - Relating to employment security
02/17/98 -- S First Read

SB 0923 - Scott - Relating to regulation of electrical utilities
02/17/98 -- S First Read

SB 0924 - Kinder - Relating to requiring the courts of this state to apply the doctrine of forum nonconveniens in civil cases
02/17/98 -- S First Read

SJR 021 - Mathewson - Disposition of funds received as a result of certain legal settlements
02/17/98 -- S Inf Calendar S Bills for Perfection

SJR 024 - Maxwell - Issuance of bonds for water pollution control
02/17/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Appropriations Committee W/SCS