Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 4/07/98

SB 0470 - Schneider - Abuse and neglect reports of mental health patients
04/07/98 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Civil & Administative Law
Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee-Consent

SB 0479 - Caskey - A public water district may be created by simple majority if the district cannot issue bonds
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 0488 - Goode - Special School District of St. Louis County
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass H Education-Elementary & Secondary
Committee-Consent

SB 0489 - Goode - Clarifies reduction in purchase price for trade-in items for sales tax purposes
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0498 - Howard - Establishes new provisions governing motorcycle franchises
04/07/98 -- S Third Read and Passed
04/07/98 -- H First Read

SB 0518 - Graves - Motor vehicle safety inspections are reduced to one every three years
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Motor Vehicle & Traffic
Regulations Committee

SB 0524 - Sims - Authorizes state income tax credit under federal claim of right statute
04/07/98 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee - H901

SB 0535 - Caskey - Modifies equivalent sales ratio studies by State Tax Commission
04/07/98 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Ways & Means Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Ways & Means Com. - Consent

SB 0541 - Goode - Modifies motor vehicle emissions inspections for St. Louis area
04/07/98 -- H Second Read
04/07/98 -- Referred H Energy & Environment Committee

SB 0550 - Johnson - County treasurer is default road district treasurer
04/07/98 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government & Related
Matters Committee-Consent

SB 0553 - Bentley - Postsecondary course option available for high school students at all grade levels
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/HCAs H Education-Elementary &
Secondary Committee - Consent

SB 0558 - Wiggins - Establishes liability for tax-exempt entity which uses unauthorized or improper project exemption certificates
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0580 - Lybyer - Allows the board of aldermen in fourth classification cities to adopt a four-year term if approved by voters
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0583 - Maxwell - Establishes English as the common language of the state of Missouri
04/07/98 -- Referred H Critical Issues Committee

SB 0585 - Ehlmann - Clarifies duties of attorney general
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Judiciary Committee to Floor

SB 0597 - Johnson - Allows fee collection from drainage/levy districts in counties of the first class
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government & Related Matters
Committee-Consent

SB 0614 - McKenna - Allows first-class counties to appoint a probate commissioner and deputy commissioner
04/07/98 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee - H901

SB 0620 - Goode - Allows use of a single contract to design and build state facilities
04/07/98 -- Referred H Budget Committee - H901

SB 0625 - Caskey - Revises provisions regarding emergency services
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government & Related
Matters Committee
04/07/98 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government & Related
Matters Committee

SB 0627 - Goode - Modifies provisions relating to taxation of telecommunications companies
04/07/98 -- SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Goode)
04/07/98 -- Perfected
04/07/98 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 0631 - Bentley - Allows sale of certain records in the possession of the Secretary of State
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee

SB 0651 - McKenna - Makes various changes to custody, visitation and child support laws
04/07/98 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Caskey)
04/07/98 -- SA 2 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Sims)
04/07/98 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered (Sims)
04/07/98 -- SSA 1 for SA 3 to SS for SCS S offered &
withdrawn (Caskey)
04/07/98 -- SA 3 to SS for SCS S adopted
04/07/98 -- SA 4 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Klarich)
04/07/98 -- SA 5 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Caskey)
04/07/98 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
04/07/98 -- Perfected

SB 0652 - Childers - Allows county tax books to be kept electronically
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government & Related
Matters Committee
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government & Related
Matters Committee-Consent

SB 0657 - Caskey - Modifies transfer of retirement provisions of administrative hearing commissioners & state retirement systems
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee

SB 0676 - Johnson - Allows county commissions to replace absentee board members
04/07/98 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government & Related
Matters Committee - Consent

SB 0683 - Westfall - Allows license plates relating to a civil war battlefield park
04/07/98 -- Referred H Motor Vehicle & Traffic Regulations - H901
Committee

SB 0684 - Caskey - Revises juvenile offender procedures allowing placement with Division of Youth Services
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported Do Pass H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee - Consent

SB 0695 - Kinder - Authorizes transfer of Southeast Missouri State University property to Cape Girardeau
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Correctional & State Institutions
Committee

SB 0707 - Flotron - Specifies appointment procedures for TIF commissions in St. Louis County
04/07/98 -- Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee
04/07/98 -- Signed by Senate President
04/07/98 -- Signed by House Speaker
04/07/98 -- Delivered to Governor (w/EC)

SB 0722 - Sims - Prohibits insurers from discriminating on the basis of domestic violence
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Insurance Committee

SB 0724 - Bentley - Earmarks estimated income tax revenue on nonresident athletes and entertainers to certain funds
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0743 - Maxwell - Powers of State Emergency Management Agency
04/07/98 -- Referred H Local Government & Related Matters Com. - H901

SB 0746 - Wiggins - Revises provisions governing when penalties may be imposed for failure to pay certain state and local taxes
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0751 - Mathewson - Authorizes income tax credit to bowling alley operators equal to 10% of purchase price of machinery and equipment
04/07/98 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
04/07/98 -- Referred S Budget Control Committee

SB 0753 - Caskey - Revises laws regarding decertification of teachers for certain crimes
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Education-Elementary & Secondary
Committee

SB 0764 - McKenna - Eliminates the classification and population requirements of section 473.767 of the probate code
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported Do Pass H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee-Consent

SB 0781 - House - Revises provisions relating to school desegregation, school funding and urban schools
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Budget Control Committee
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Budget Control Committee
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Budget Control Committee to Floor
04/07/98 -- S Third Read and Passed

SB 0793 - Childers - Places cost limits on what the Department of Revenue can claim due to its handling of charitable contributions
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Social Services, Medicaid & the
Elderly Committee

SB 0809 - Klarich - Allows choice of municipalities for overlapping property
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government & Related
Matters Committee - Consent
04/07/98 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government & Related
Matters Committee - Consent

SB 0819 - Caskey - Revises provisions regarding computation of prosecutors' salaries
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee

SB 0820 - Ehlmann - Allows city of O'Fallon to submit proposal for local tourism tax to public vote
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Tourism, Recreation & Cultural
Resources Committee
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass H Tourism, Recreation & Cultural
Resources Committee - Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported Do Pass H Tourism, Recreation & Cultural
Resources Committee - Consent

SB 0832 - Mathewson - Corporate swine farm ownership of agricultural land
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee-Consent

SB 0844 - Klarich - Modifies requirements for registration of certain business agents with the Secretary of State
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee

SB 0849 - Caskey - Specifies original assessment of distributable property of freight line companies; director of revenue to collect tax
04/07/98 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee - H901

SB 0888 - Wiggins - Defines "food" to exclude food sold where gross receipts on those sales is more than 50% of total gross receipts
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0900 - Schneider - Clarifies takings analysis procedures
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee

SB 0908 - Flotron - Administrative proceedings to remedy detrimental reliance
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee

SB 0917 - Caskey - Raises county and township non-bid limit; increases township officer per diem
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government & Related
Matters Committee - Consent
04/07/98 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government & Related
Matters Committee - Consent

SB 0918 - Howard - Repeals authority of the Department of Mental Health to lease unneeded facilities and land
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Correctionsl & State Institutions
Committee

SB 0928 - House - Authorizes sale of property to the City of St. Peters
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Correctional & State Institutions
Committee

SB 0936 - Quick - Exempts from sales and use tax certain equipment and machinery used to produce newspapers
04/07/98 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee - H901

SB 0941 - Banks - Eligibility for public assistance
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Social Services, Medicaid & the
Elderly Committee

SB 0947 - Bentley - Springfield school board members to serve four-year terms
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Education-Elementary & Secondary
Committee

SB 0963 - Flotron - Extends deadline for the completion of facility expansion
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted H Social Services, Medicaid & the
Elderly Committee

SB 0981 - Schneider - Allows certain medical reports into evidence in second injury fund cases
04/07/98 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SJR 024 - Maxwell - Issuance of bonds for water pollution control
04/07/98 -- Referred H Budget Committee - H901

HB 0922 - Gratz - Revises requirements of lawful fences
04/07/98 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Local Government &
Economic Development Committee

HB 0944 - Long - Deletes language allowing removal of county clerk by county commission
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1002 - Franklin - Elementary and secondary education appropriations
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee

HB 1013 - Franklin - TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR REAL PROPERTY LEASES, RELATED SERVICES, UTILITIES, SYSTEMS FURNITURE; AND STRUCTUAL
04/07/98 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1033 - Franklin - Modifies survivor option percentages and deferred allowance provisions under LAGERS
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee-Consent

HB 1038 - Carter - REGULATES RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CERTAIN UTILITIES AND THEIR AFFILIATES
04/07/98 -- S First Read

HB 1043 - Gross - Social security numbers shall be kept confidential by the Dept. of Revenue
04/07/98 -- Referred S Corrections & General Laws Committee

HB 1046 - O'Toole - Allows free criminal background checks for homeless veterans
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Elections, Pensions and
Veterans Affairs Committee-Consent

HB 1052 - Ford - Workfare Renovation Project
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Public Health & Welfare Committee to
Floor w/SCS

HB 1066 - Clayton - Perfection of security interests under Article 8
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee-Consent

HB 1084 - Vogel - Requires proof of selective service registration for state employment or scholarships
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee-Consent

HB 1092 - Rizzo - Disabled license plates-Revenue Dept. to check with Chiropractic Board
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor - Consent

HB 1095 - Smith (011) - Revises provisions of Sunshine Law
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

HB 1097 - Overschmidt - Excludes funeral expenses from asset consideration in public assistance
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Public Health & Welfare Committee to
Floor - Consent

HB 1102 - Ostmann - Person who murders a child 12 or younger is eligible for death penalty
04/07/98 -- S First Read

HB 1113 - DeMarce - Allows certain counties to impose property tax to improve roads
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

HB 1136 - Stokan - Requires General Assembly notification of nursing home violations
04/07/98 -- Referred S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

HB 1145 - Lakin - Allows publication of legal notices by newspapers after a 30-day interruption in publications in certain circumstances
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

HB 1148 - Rizzo - The Petroleum Storage Tank Insurance Fund
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 1161 - Wiggins - Public drinking water program
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 1201 - Summers - Allows neighborhood assistance funds to be used for trans- portation services for elderly and disabled persons
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

HB 1274 - Farnen - Relates to local authority over Head Start programs
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee-Consent

HB 1293 - Pouche - Prohibits appointment of office holders and county employees to county board of equalization
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

HB 1299 - Skaggs - Modifies provisions of the Kansas City Public School Retirement System
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Elections, Pensions and Veterans
Affairs Committee-Consent

HB 1300 - Kennedy - Motor Vehicles-Temporary license plates, release of liens
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1301 - Campbell - Extends rights of appeals notification and penalty waivers to both sales and income taxpayers
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee-Consent

HB 1304 - Foley - Allows board of alderpersons in fourth class cities to set compensation of the park board
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1352 - Rizzo - Increases penalties for zoning violations
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1369 - Smith (011) - Extends liability exemption to negligent acts by a person assisting an oil spill response
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment
Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Commerce & Environment
Committee-Consent

HB 1410 - Luetkenhaus - Disabled license plates-Revenue Dept. to check with Podiatric Board
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Transportation Comm.-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor w/SCA 1 - Consent

HB 1419 - Wilson - Relates to blood tests for pregnant women
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Public Health & Welfare Committee to
Floor w/SCA 1 - Consent

HB 1454 - O'Toole - Modifies description of St. Louis in police and firemen's retirement systems
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Elections, Pensions and Veterans
Affairs Committee-Consent

HB 1468 - Reynolds - Cities may not impose business fees on insurance professionals without a local office
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1480 - DeMarce - Allows county recorder to use funds from user fee for state Historical Records Grant Program
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1506 - O'Toole - Public Service Commission shall regulate changes of telecommunications services or provider
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment
Committee-Consent

HB 1507 - Bray - Allows Director of Revenue to increase or decrease filing and payment requirements for certain taxes
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee-Consent

HB 1511 - Koller - Changes the definition of local log truck
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Transportation Com.-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor w/SCA 1 - Consent

HB 1519 - Boucher - Disposition of revenue in the Gaming Commission Fund
04/07/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Elections, Pensions and Veterans'
Affairs Committee

HB 1531 - Hoppe - Reduces amount of time county collectors have to collect delinquent personal property taxes from 5 years to 3
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee-Consent

HB 1556 - Dougherty - Expands the child protection system to the entire state
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee-Consent

HB 1562 - Relford - Sale of surplus Highway Patrol vehicles
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Developemnt Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 1569 - Seigfreid - Modifies various shareholder requirements and corporate operations
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 1596 - Leake - Highway corridor preservation-applied to additional counties
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor w/SCS

HB 1599 - Clayton - Allows reduced early benefits for surviving spouses and part time work for members in county employees' retirement system
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee-Consent

HB 1600 - Williams (159) - Technical changes to commercial feed law
04/07/98 -- S First Read

HB 1607 - Richardson - Modifies reemployment provisions regarding LAGERS members
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee-Consent

HB 1609 - Shelton (057) - Salaries for St. Louis police
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Corrections & General Laws
Committee to Floor w/SCA 1-Consent

HB 1668 - Hosmer - ALLOWS COUNTIES TO ESTABLISH FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAMS
04/07/98 -- Referred S Corrections & General Laws Committee

HB 1698 - Hosmer - Allows sales tax in fire protection district, or in any municipality containing such district
04/07/98 -- 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
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Pensions & Veterans'
Affairs Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Elections, Pensions and Veterans
Affairs Committee-Consent

HB 1730 - Townley - Children under age 16 are given further options for driving with other licensed operators
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Transportation Com.-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Transportation Committee to
Floor w/SCA 1 - Consent

HB 1734 - Backer - Allows counties to permit advance payment of property taxes in installments
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 1802 - Thomason - Commercial vehicle inspectors may check for mandatory insurance
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/07/98 -- Reported From S Transportation Com, to Floor-Consent

HB 1805 - Chrismer - Conveyance of property to the City of St. Peters
04/07/98 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee-Consent

HB 1862 - Crawford - PROHIBITS THE REMOVAL OR MOVING OF LAND SURVEY MONUMENTS OR MARKERS BYANYONE OTHER THAN A REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR
04/07/98 -- Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee

HB 1905 - Green - CHANGES COMPOSITION OF MUSEUM DISTRICT BOARDS
04/07/98 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organization
Committee

HB 1907 - Lakin - Health care employers required to perform criminal back- ground checks; still must exercise diligence in hiring
04/07/98 -- S First Read

HB 1918 - Lograsso - Removes defense of marriage to charge of sexual assault or deviant sexual assault
04/07/98 -- S First Read

HB 1928 - Parker - CHANGES EXCEPTIONS FROM SEWAGE DISPOSAL LAW
04/07/98 -- S First Read

HCR 010 - Crump - STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROMOTE THE USE OF THE EDDIE EAGLE ELEMENTARY GUN SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM
04/07/98 -- S First Read
04/07/98 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions Com.