Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 3/30/98

SB 0470 - Schneider - Abuse and neglect reports of mental health patients
03/30/98 -- Referred H Civil & Administrative Law Committee

SB 0487 - Goode - Regulates the towing of motor vehicles and other abandoned property
03/30/98 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 0489 - Goode - Clarifies reduction in purchase price for trade-in items for sales tax purposes
03/30/98 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0517 - Graves - Changes requirements for the formation of housing cooperatives
03/30/98 -- Referred H Local Government & Related Matters Com.

SB 0558 - Wiggins - Establishes liability for tax-exempt entity which uses unauthorized or improper project exemption certificates
03/30/98 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0561 - Caskey - Sewer, water, electric and gas utilities to provide Braille or large-type billing upon request
03/30/98 -- Referred H Utilities Regulation Committee

SB 0571 - Johnson - Allows public records to be kept on cd-rom
03/30/98 -- Referred H Governmental Organization & Review
Committee

SB 0596 - Johnson - Creates felony offenses for animal neglect or abuse
03/30/98 -- Referred H Agriculture Committee

SB 0614 - McKenna - Allows first-class counties to appoint a probate commissioner and deputy commissioner
03/30/98 -- Referred S Budget Control Committee

SB 0625 - Caskey - Revises provisions regarding emergency services
03/30/98 -- Referred H Local Government & Related Matters Com.

SB 0629 - Goode - Authorizes levy of property tax to protect homeowners against declining property values
03/30/98 -- Referred H Municipal Corporations Committee

SB 0634 - Westfall - Minors who refuse breathalyzer test may have license revoked
03/30/98 -- Referred H Criminal Law Committee

SB 0642 - Maxwell - Authorizes certain payroll deductions for state employees
03/30/98 -- Referred H Governmental Organization & Review Com.
03/30/98 -- Re-referred H Miscellaneous Bills Committee

SB 0649 - House - Disabled license plates-changes for physicians
03/30/98 -- Referred H Motor Vehicle & Traffic Regulation Com.

SB 0650 - McKenna - Creates the State Committee of Dietitians to regulate dietitians
03/30/98 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing Com.

SB 0657 - Caskey - Modifies transfer of retirement provisions of administrative hearing commissioners & state retirement systems
03/30/98 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0661 - Caskey - The petroleum storage tank insurance fund
03/30/98 -- Referred H Commerce Committee

SB 0681 - Ehlmann - Repeals quotas & preferences by state and local governments
03/30/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental
Organization Committee-Continued

SB 0719 - Yeckel - Modifies mortgage insurance requirements for residential loans
03/30/98 -- Referred H Banks & Financial Institutions Committee

SB 0722 - Sims - Prohibits insurers from discriminating on the basis of domestic violence
03/30/98 -- Referred H Insurance Committee

SB 0724 - Bentley - Earmarks estimated income tax revenue on nonresident athletes and entertainers to certain funds
03/30/98 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0753 - Caskey - Revises laws regarding decertification of teachers for certain crimes
03/30/98 -- Referred H Education-Elementary & Secondary Com.

SB 0761 - DePasco - Modifies provisions of the Kansas City Public School Retirement System
03/30/98 -- Referred H Retirement Committee

SB 0764 - McKenna - Eliminates the classification and population requirements of section 473.767 of the probate code
03/30/98 -- Referred H Civil & Administrative Committee

SB 0765 - McKenna - Authorizes Horse Racing Commission to regulate off-track pari-mutuel wagering
03/30/98 -- SA 6 to SCS S withdrawn
03/30/98 -- SA 7 to SCS S offered (Yeckel)
03/30/98 -- SA 1 to SA 7 to SCS S offered & withdrawn (McKenna)
03/30/98 -- SA 2 to SA 7 to SCS S offered & adopted (McKenna)
03/30/98 -- SA 7 to SCS, as amended, S adopted
03/30/98 -- SA 8 to SCS S offered & defeated (Childers)
03/30/98 -- SA 9 to SCS S offered & defeated (Kenney)
03/30/98 -- SA 10 to SCS S offered (Ehlmann)
03/30/98 -- SA 1 to SA 10 to SCS S offered (McKenna)
03/30/98 -- SA 1 to SA 10(part I) S adopted
03/30/98 -- SA 1 to SA 10(part II) S defeated
03/30/98 -- SA 10 to SCS, as amended, S adopted
03/30/98 -- SA 11 to SCS S offered & adopted (McKenna)
03/30/98 -- SA 12 to SCS S offered & adopted (Kenney)
03/30/98 -- SA 13 to SCS S offered & defeated (Kenney)
03/30/98 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
03/30/98 -- Perfected

SB 0786 - Clay - Changes term of definition in human rights law (chapter 213, RSMo)
03/30/98 -- Referred H Civil & Administrative Law Committee

SB 0787 - Clay - Requires department of economic development to initiate 3 community revitalization projects in high poverty areas
03/30/98 -- Referred H Commerce Committee

SB 0793 - Childers - Places cost limits on what the Department of Revenue can claim due to its handling of charitable contributions
03/30/98 -- Referred H Social Security, Medicaid & The Elderly
Committee

SB 0809 - Klarich - Allows choice of municipalities for overlapping property
03/30/98 -- Referred H Local Government & Related Matters Com.

SB 0820 - Ehlmann - Allows city of O'Fallon to submit proposal for local tourism tax to public vote
03/30/98 -- Referred H Tourism, Recreation & Cultural Resources
Committee

SB 0827 - Mathewson - Restricts refund of tax credits under new business facility law to engineering, architectural and accounting firms
03/30/98 -- Referred H Commerce Committee

SB 0828 - Mathewson - Changes the name of the International Trade Show Revolving Fund to the International Promotions Revolving Fund
03/30/98 -- Referred H Commerce Committee

SB 0829 - Mathewson - Makes technical correction in section 100.255 relating to Missouri Development Finance Board
03/30/98 -- Referred H Commerce Committee

SB 0839 - Howard - Requires notification of unemployment benefit eligibility by certain employers
03/30/98 -- Referred H Workers' Compensation & Employment
Security Committee

SB 0842 - Caskey - Prohibits alkaloids "of controlled substances" in prisons; allows expungement of previous convictions for same
03/30/98 -- Referred H Correctional & State Institutions Com.

SB 0854 - Clay - Revises licensure requirements for funeral directors and interns
03/30/98 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee

SB 0870 - Howard - Creates an appeal mechanism for those disqualified from employment with the Department of Mental Health
03/30/98 -- Referred H Critical Issues Committee

SB 0883 - Staples - Establishes accountability provisions for the Department of Transportation
03/30/98 -- Referred H Transportation Committee

SB 0907 - Singleton - Creates the Missouri Children's Health Insurance Program
03/30/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0939 - Kenney - Modernizes law governing the sale of new and renovated bedding
03/30/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0963 - Flotron - Extends deadline for the completion of facility expansion
03/30/98 -- H Second Read - H715

SB 0971 - Maxwell - Requires electronic benefits transfer (EBT) for bene- ficiaries of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program
03/30/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0976 - Curls - Establishes the "Work Pays" Program
03/30/98 -- Voted Do Pass W/SCS S Public Health & Welfare Comm.

SCR 036 - Caskey - Relating to renaming the State Information Center to The James C. Kirkpatrick Information Center
03/30/98 -- Voted Do Pass H Elections Committee

HB 0898 - Heckemeyer - Uniformed employees of Highway Patrol may purchase weapon and badge upon retirement
03/30/98 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0922 - Gratz - Revises requirements of lawful fences
03/30/98 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

HB 0927 - Hosmer - Pertaining to political activites of certain state employees
03/30/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental
Organization Committee

HB 0931 - Carter - Allows for disposal of hazardous materials and other property seized in criminal investigations
03/30/98 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0944 - Long - Removes language allowing for removal of county clerk
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 0950 - Leake - Eligibility for agricultural development loans includes the production of wine grapes
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 0955 - Lograsso - Changes procedures for selecting school district banks
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 0968 - Barry - State teacher training colleges shall offer courses in first aid and CPR
03/30/98 -- Referred S Education Committee

HB 0986 - Backer - PROVIDES FOR THE DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC RECORDS
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 0996 - Kennedy - Architects with valid Canadian licenses may be licensed in Missouri
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1001 - Franklin - Public debt appropriations
03/30/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee

HB 1005 - Franklin - Office of Administration and certain Transportation Dept. appropriations
03/30/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee

HB 1033 - Franklin - Modifies survivor option percentages and deferred allowance provisions under LAGERS
03/30/98 -- Referred S Elections, Pensions & Veterans' Affairs
Committee

HB 1037 - Leake - Changes in ownership of dealerships of agricultural and power equipment
03/30/98 -- Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee

HB 1046 - O'Toole - Allows free criminal background checks for homeless veterans
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1052 - Ford - Workfare Renovation Project
03/30/98 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

HB 1055 - Thomason - Regulates franchising practices of motorcycle manufacturers
03/30/98 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

HB 1059 - Liese - Permits loan fees for financial institutions; surveyors and notaries
03/30/98 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organization
Committee

HB 1066 - Clayton - Perfection of security interests under Article 8
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1080 - Auer - Commercial casualty insurance-limits on notices
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1084 - Vogel - Requires proof of selective service registration for state employment or scholarships
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1088 - Boucher - Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education shall assess literacy of blind students
03/30/98 -- Referred S Education Committee

HB 1090 - Auer - Allows immediate transfer of insurance executive to Dept. of Insurance
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1092 - Rizzo - Disabled license plates-Revenue Dept. to check with Chiropractic Board
03/30/98 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1094 - Treadway - Regulation and licensing of certain professionals
03/30/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Corrections & General Laws Comm.

HB 1095 - Smith (011) - Revises provisions of Sunshine Law
03/30/98 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

HB 1097 - Overschmidt - Excludes funeral expenses from asset consideration in public assistance
03/30/98 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

HB 1103 - May (108) - Provides exceptions to the 1997 changes to the durable power of attorney laws
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1107 - May (108) - Clarifies that a trustee is entitled to reasonable compensation
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1113 - DeMarce - Allows certain counties to impose property tax to improve roads
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1120 - Griesheimer - Limits on public employees' and officials' business transactions with the Missouri subdivisions
03/30/98 -- Referred S Ethics Committee

HB 1145 - Lakin - Allows publication of legal notices by newspapers after a 30-day interruption in publications in certain circumstances
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1149 - Campbell - Cities or counties may exempt certain food items from local sales tax
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1157 - McClelland - Allows Community Service Commission to solicit grants and donations
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1158 - McClelland - Allows use of local park tax outside of municipality or county if a cooperative agreement exists
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1161 - Wiggins - Public drinking water program
03/30/98 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 1162 - DeMarce - Creates the Jim Sears Leadership Scholarship Program at Truman State University
03/30/98 -- Referred S Education Committee

HB 1167 - Relford - Inmates shall be put in administrative segregation for up to 3 years for assault on Corrections employee
03/30/98 -- Referred S Corrections & General Laws Committee

HB 1197 - Gunn - Establishes the Family Development Account Program
03/30/98 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

HB 1201 - Summers - Allows neighborhood assistance funds to be used for trans- portation services for elderly and disabled persons
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1216 - Monaco - Reinstatement of corporate registrations
03/30/98 -- S First Read (w/EC)

HB 1226 - May (108) - Allows a family court administrator to appoint the superintendent of a detention facility
03/30/98 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

HB 1228 - May (108) - Non-domestic partnerships' membership in a limited liability company does not constitute transacting business
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1239 - Parker - Victims of certain crimes may attend all proceedings, regardless whether they are also a witness
03/30/98 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1240 - Parker - Missouri Wine Marketing and Research
03/30/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Corrections & General Laws Comm.

HB 1272 - Holand - Springfield school board members to serve four-year terms
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1274 - Farnen - Relates to local authority over Head Start programs
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1293 - Pouche - Prohibits appointment of office holders and county employees to county board of equalization
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1299 - Skaggs - Modifies provisions of the Kansas City Public School Retirement System
03/30/98 -- Referred S Elections, Pensions & Veterans' Affairs
Committee

HB 1300 - Kennedy - Temporary license plates shall be issued for a 30-day period
03/30/98 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1301 - Campbell - Extends rights of appeals notification and penalty waivers to both sales and income taxpayers
03/30/98 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 1304 - Foley - Allows board of alderpersons in fourth class cities to set compensation of the park board
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1309 - Clayton - Merger of domestic subsidiary without shareholder election
03/30/98 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organization
Committee

HB 1352 - Rizzo - Increases penalties for zoning violations
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1357 - Broach - Adds ketamine to list of Schedule IV controlled substances
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1369 - Smith (011) - Extends liability exemption to negligent acts by a person assisting an oil spill response
03/30/98 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 1374 - Scheve - Insurers must send notice about interest due on loan against insurance policy
03/30/98 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

HB 1410 - Luetkenhaus - Disabled license plates-Revenue Dept. to check with Podiatric Board
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1412 - Harlan - Establishes a small business health insurance pool to be administered by the MCHCP Board
03/30/98 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

HB 1419 - Wilson - Relates to blood tests for pregnant women
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1444 - May (108) - Requires court date when summons is issued in certain land- lords and tenants suits
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1454 - O'Toole - Modifies description of St. Louis in police and firemen's retirement systems
03/30/98 -- Referred S Elections, Pensions & Veterans' Affairs
Committee

HB 1468 - Reynolds - Cities may not impose business fees on insurance professionals without a local office
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1480 - DeMarce - Allows county recorder to use funds from user fee for state Historical Records Grant Program
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1506 - O'Toole - Public Service Commission shall regulate changes of telecommunications services or provider
03/30/98 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 1507 - Bray - Allows Director of Revenue to increase or decrease filing and payment requirements for certain taxes
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1508 - Relford - Clarifies law regarding calculation of minimum prison terms
03/30/98 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1511 - Koller - Changes the definition of local log truck
03/30/98 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1528 - Smith (011) - Changes process of collecting fees paid to sheriffs in civil court cases
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1531 - Hoppe - Reduces amount of time county collectors have to collect delinquent personal property taxes from 5 years to 3
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1556 - Dougherty - Expands the child protection system to the entire state
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1562 - Relford - Sale of surplus Highway Patrol vehicles
03/30/98 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

HB 1566 - Johnson - Allows triple damages for injuries resulting from certain crimes involving controlled substances
03/30/98 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 1569 - Seigfreid - Modifies various shareholder requirements and corporate operations
03/30/98 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 1571 - Monaco - Requires fiduciaries to comply with Missouri Prudent Investor Act
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1586 - Hosmer - Allows certain counties to contract with private attorneys in non-prosecutorial roles
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1587 - Luetkenhaus - O'Fallon authorized to impose 5% hotel tax
03/30/98 -- Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee

HB 1588 - Luetkenhaus - Revises amount of insurance premium taxes transferred to the Fire Education Fund
03/30/98 -- Referred S Education Committee

HB 1596 - Leake - Highway corridor preservation-applied to additional counties
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1599 - Clayton - Allows reduced early benefits for surviving spouses and part time work for members in county employees' retirement system
03/30/98 -- Referred S Elections, Pensions & Veterans' Affairs
Committee

HB 1601 - Treadway - Regulation of certain professions
03/30/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Corrections & General Laws Comm.

HB 1607 - Richardson - Modifies reemployment provisions regarding LAGERS members
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1683 - Fitzwater - Revises alternative education placement hearings
03/30/98 -- Referred S Education Committee

HB 1704 - Leake - Procedure for University of Missouri to transfer natural resources
03/30/98 -- Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee

HB 1705 - Hoppe - MODIFIES WHEN DELIVERIES MAY BE MADE TO A RETAILER BY A LIQUOR WHOLESALER
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1707 - Copeland - State moneys can be invested in standby letters of credit
03/30/98 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organization
Committee

HB 1718 - Chrismer - Use of state-owned veterans cemeteries by veterans and dependents as determined by U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1730 - Townley - Children under age 16 are given further options for driving with other licensed operators
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1734 - Backer - Allows counties to permit advance payment of property taxes in installments
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1747 - Ostmann - AUTHORIZES GOVERNOR TO CONVEY PROPERTY IN O'FALLON TO FORT ZUMWALT R-II SCHOOL DISTRICT
03/30/98 -- S First Read (w/EC)

HB 1748 - Wannenmacher - Allows children between 14 and 16 years of age to work at regional fairs and expositions
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1763 - Stoll - Modifies certain provisions of Public School Retirement System and Non Teacher Retirement System
03/30/98 -- Referred S Education Committee

HB 1791 - Clayton - Ratification of Mid-America Port Commission Agreement
03/30/98 -- S First Read (w/EC)

HB 1794 - Monaco - Expands the authorized use of mortgage insurance
03/30/98 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

HB 1802 - Thomason - Commercial vehicle inspectors may check for mandatory insurance
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1805 - Chrismer - AUTHORIZES GOVERNOR TO CONVEY PROPERTY TO CITY OF ST. PETERS
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1859 - Thomason - Cotton growers ballot eligibility
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1869 - Wiggins - Authority of the trustees of a Soil and Water Conservation Subdistrict
03/30/98 -- S First Read

HB 1880 - Hickey - Civil immunity given with regard to airbag on-off switches
03/30/98 -- S First Read