Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 3/03/98

SB 0470 - Schneider - Abuse and neglect reports of mental health patients
03/03/98 -- SCS S adopted
03/03/98 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0475 - Banks - Establishes voluntary registration of child care providers
03/03/98 -- Defeated on S Third Reading

SB 0491 - Singleton - Increases dependency and certain other income tax deductions
03/03/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0499 - Howard - Creates new civil action against psychotherapists and allows 3rd parties to file complaints
03/03/98 -- SS for SCS S withdrawn
03/03/98 -- SS#2 for SCS S offered (Howard)
03/03/98 -- SA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & Ruled out of
order (Jacob)
03/03/98 -- SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Schneider)
03/03/98 -- SA 1 to SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS S offered &
adopted (Jacob)
03/03/98 -- SA 2 to SS#2 for SCS, as amended, S adopted
03/03/98 -- SA 3 to SS#2 for SCS S offered (Schneider)

SB 0513 - McKenna - Exempts from sales and use tax sales certain assistive devices used by people with a disability
03/03/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0516 - Klarich - Exempts repair parts and replacement machinery (from sales and use tax)
03/03/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0561 - Caskey - Sewer, water, electric and gas utilities to provide Braille or large-type billing upon request
03/03/98 -- SCS S adopted
03/03/98 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0590 - Sims - Restores full federal income tax deductibility for individuals and corporations
03/03/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0625 - Caskey - Revises provisions regarding emergency services
03/03/98 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/03/98 -- H First Read

SB 0627 - Goode - Modifies provisions relating to taxation of telecommunications companies
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCS S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0629 - Goode - Authorizes levy of property tax to protect homeowners against declining property values
03/03/98 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/03/98 -- H First Read

SB 0630 - Rohrbach - Repeals boat sales tax exemption and creates Water Safety Fund
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0632 - Quick - Providing health care for certain uninsured individuals
03/03/98 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 0650 - McKenna - Creates the State Committee of Dietitians to regulate dietitians
03/03/98 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/03/98 -- H First Read

SB 0654 - Childers - Allows tax credit for 50% of purchase price/manufac. cost of environmental control equipment for charcoal producers
03/03/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0657 - Caskey - Modifies transfer of retirement provisions of administrative hearing commissioners & state retirement systems
03/03/98 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/03/98 -- H First Read

SB 0659 - Caskey - Provides job security for deputy sheriffs, who shall no longer serve "at the pleasure" of sheriffs
03/03/98 -- Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0661 - Caskey - The petroleum storage tank insurance fund
03/03/98 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
03/03/98 -- H First Read

SB 0667 - Kenney - Increase income tax dependency exemption from $400 to $1200
03/03/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0675 - Johnson - Lowers age for circuit breaker to 62; raises minimum base to $8,900 and maximum upper limit to $18,000
03/03/98 -- Reported From S Budget Control Committee to Floor
03/03/98 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/03/98 -- H First Read

SB 0691 - Jacob - Restores sales tax exemption for sales by university book- stores
03/03/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0714 - Johnson - Exempts from sales and use tax replacement machinery and parts
03/03/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0715 - Johnson - Exempts adjuvants from sales/use tax, pesticide carriers used to enhance effect of pesticides
03/03/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0724 - Bentley - Earmarks estimated income tax revenue on nonresident athletes and entertainers to certain funds
03/03/98 -- SS S offered & adopted (Bentley)
03/03/98 -- Perfected

SB 0731 - Wiggins - Exempts items from sales/use tax, including livestock or poultry feed, electrodes and pesticides or herbicides
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee
03/03/98 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0746 - Wiggins - Postmark rule for mailing license taxes; DOR to state reason for taxpayer negligence in income tax assessment
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee - Consent
03/03/98 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Com. to Floor - Consent

SB 0753 - Caskey - Revises laws regarding decertification of teachers for certain crimes
03/03/98 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/03/98 -- H First Read

SB 0761 - DePasco - Modifies provisions of the Kansas City Public School Retirement System
03/03/98 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0764 - McKenna - Eliminates the classification and population requirements of section 473.767 of the probate code
03/03/98 -- H First Read

SB 0776 - Flotron - Requires all state tax laws to be strictly construed against taxing authority, which bears ultimate burden of proof
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0787 - Clay - Requires department of economic development to initiate 3 community revitalization projects in high poverty areas
03/03/98 -- H First Read

SB 0805 - Jacob - Authorizes certain design and build contracts when the contractor is not licensed in Missouri
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCS S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0809 - Klarich - Allows choice of municipalities for overlapping property
03/03/98 -- H First Read

SB 0818 - Goode - Changes to the Unclaimed Property Law
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCS S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0831 - Mathewson - Revises part of "brownfields" law; allows developer who paid remediation costs to directly receive tax credits
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCS S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0849 - Caskey - Specifies original assessment of distributable property of freight line companies; director of revenue to collect tax
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCS S Ways & Means Committee-Consent
03/03/98 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/
SCS - Consent

SB 0857 - Jacob - Increases dependency exemption to $800
03/03/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0860 - Singleton - Cities may not impose additional license fees or taxes on elec. co. activities on their own telecommun. facilities
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0861 - Johnson - Transportation development districts-alternate tax collection; mortgages
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Ways & Means Committee
-Consent
03/03/98 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/
SCA 1 - Consent

SB 0868 - Maxwell - School districts may "hop over" one county and join a community college district in a nonadjoining county
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0873 - Kenney - Phases in full deductibility of federal income taxes for individual and corporate taxpayers
03/03/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0883 - Staples - Establishes accountability provisions for the Department of Transportation
03/03/98 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/03/98 -- H First Read

SB 0887 - Schneider - Increases dependency exemption to $800 and increases income levels for circuit breaker bill
03/03/98 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SB 731 et al S Ways & Means
Committee

SB 0888 - Wiggins - Defines "food" to exclude food sold where gross receipts on those sales is more than 50% of total gross receipts
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee - Consent
03/03/98 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Com. to Floor - Consent

SB 0894 - Sims - Architects with valid Canadian licenses may be licensed in Missouri
03/03/98 -- Reported From S Interstate Cooperation Committee to
Floor - Consent

SB 0908 - Flotron - Administrative proceedings to remedy detrimental reliance
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee - Consent
03/03/98 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Com. to Floor - Consent

SB 0911 - McKenna - Allows various tax credits for encouraging small businesses in distressed communities
03/03/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCS S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0920 - House - Revises underground facility safety notification requirements
03/03/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0921 - Rohrbach - Telephone service for prison inmates
03/03/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SJR 021 - Mathewson - Disposition of funds received as a result of certain legal settlements
03/03/98 -- Bill Taken Up and Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 1014 - Franklin - Supplemental Appropriations
03/03/98 -- Reported From S Appropriations Com. to Floor w/SCS

HB 1144 - Mays (050) - Increases penalties for failure to comply with the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act
03/03/98 -- Referred S Labor & Industrial Relations Committee

HB 1147 - Hosmer - ADDRESSES THE METHAMPHETAMINE PROBLEM
03/03/98 -- S First Read

HB 1148 - Rizzo - The Petroleum Storage Tank Insurance Fund
03/03/98 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 1160 - Treadway - Exempts motor vehicle rental policies having insurance aspects from insurance regulation
03/03/98 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

HB 1473 - Hoppe - Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
03/03/98 -- Referred S Corrections & General Laws Committee

HB 1609 - Shelton (057) - Salaries for St. Louis police
03/03/98 -- Referred S Corrections & General Laws Committee