Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 1/31/01

SB 0009 - Caskey - Creates Farmland Protection Act and Missouri Agricultural Advocate's Office
01/31/01 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee

SB 0013 - Russell - Exempts retired members of the military from paying the additional fee for personalized license plates
01/31/01 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0018 - Staples - Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from wearing motorcycle helmets
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 0022 - Singleton - Expands the current prescription drug tax credit for the elderly
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Public Health & Welfare
Committee

SB 0025 - Johnson - Removes prohibition on collection of "tuition" by the University of Missouri
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee (Consent)

SB 0028 - Rohrbach - Prohibits poll watchers and challengers in presidential primary elections from collecting certain information
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0032 - Kinder - Provides funds for education of hearing-impaired children not attending the Missouri School for the Deaf
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 0036 - Westfall - Provides for .08 DWI/BAC and increases collateral consequences; prohibits open containers for passengers
01/31/01 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 0044 - Bentley - Expedites the adoption of foster children by waiving or shortening certain waiting periods
01/31/01 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SBs 44 & 59 S Aging, Families &
Mental Health Committee

SB 0049 - Sims - Requires the MO Consolidated Health Care Plan to contract for a long-term care insurance option for state employees
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Comm.-Consent

SB 0050 - Childers - Creates a Legislative Academy within the General Assembly
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws

SB 0059 - Steelman - Creates the "Adoption Awareness Law" to promote adoption as an alternative to abortion
01/31/01 -- Combined with SCS/SBs 44 & 59

SB 0061 - Steelman - Authorizes countywide education sales taxes
01/31/01 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Education Committee

SB 0063 - Carter - Allows election authorities the option of providing early voting (voting before the election)
01/31/01 -- Hearing Cancelled S Financial and Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0066 - Gibbons - Protects a parent from liability for relinquishing custody of a newborn to a medical facility
01/31/01 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee - Consent

SB 0087 - Rohrbach - Requires assessment to be filed with petition for civil commitment of sexually violent predators
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee - Consent

SB 0089 - Kinder - Creates a new possession crime for anhydrous ammonia and increases penalties for current ammonia crimes
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0090 - Kinder - Imposes minimum prison terms for manufacturers of methamphetamine
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0098 - Bentley - Revises various criminal provisions
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0101 - Childers - Requires state-sponsored professional development events for teachers to occur on scheduled days
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0106 - Steelman - Creates a pharmaceutical assistance program for qualified senior citizens
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Public Health & Welfare
Committee

SB 0108 - Steelman - Creates MO Engineering and Science Academy and summer program for science teachers
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0110 - Gross - Corrects intersectional references in law regulating the manufacture, renovation and sale of mattresses
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Public Health and Welfare
Committee - Consent

SB 0111 - Gross - Revenue Department to cooperate in federal-state agreement to recognize disabled persons license plates
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0123 - Kinder - Prohibits political subdivisions from suing firearms manufacturers for sale or marketing to public
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0124 - Kinder - Allows community notification regarding registered sex offenders, based on assessment of danger
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0126 - Bentley - Allows the State Board of Education or school boards to award high school diplomas to World War II veterans
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0128 - Childers - Grants immunity from liability for injuries or death resulting from risks of paddlesport activities
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks and
Tourism Committee

SB 0133 - Steelman - University of Missouri-Rolla may sponsor charter schools
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0134 - Loudon - Requires full funding of categorical programs prior to over- funding of state aid formula
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0135 - Wiggins - Creates the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 0136 - Wiggins - Modifies membership and duties of the Organ Donation Advisory Committee; allows increased contributions
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Public Health & Welfare
Committee
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0137 - Wiggins - Creates felony of intimidation of an athletic coach, manager or sports official
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0139 - Goode - Creates a grant program for employees who purchase homes in areas of economic decline near where they work
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0142 - Childers - Allows owners of different classes of motor vehicles to apply for Korean War Veteran license plates
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0143 - Childers - Allows any person replacing stolen license plates to receive at no cost up to two license plates per year
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 0148 - Goode - Specifies the effective dates for laws passed by initiative and vetoed bills when veto is overridden
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections
Committee-Consent

SB 0151 - Childers - Prohibits insurers from placing applicants in high-risk coverage categories based on no prior insurance coverage
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Comm.-Consent

SB 0178 - Schneider - Amends law relating to amending a condominium association's bylaws and prohibits linking of services
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Com.-Consent

SB 0181 - Caskey - Amends motor vehicle tinted window prohibition
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0194 - Schneider - Prohibits health carriers from changing conditions of their drug formulary during contract periods
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0199 - Sims - Authorizes automated traffic enforcement programs
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0211 - DePasco - Limits sound amplification in motor vehicles
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0214 - Gross - Revises crime of possession of child pornography
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0215 - Gross - Increases the handling fees collected from issuers of bad checks by the prosecuting attorney
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0222 - Caskey - Creates felony for sale or distribution of gray market cigarettes
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0224 - Russell - Authorizes the creation of law enforcement districts in certain first classification counties
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee - Consent

SB 0226 - Goode - Creates a Life Science Research Program with tobacco proceeds
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental
Organizations, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Comm.

SB 0236 - Sims - Adds first cousins to the list of relatives eligible for adoption subsidies
01/31/01 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee - Consent

SB 0238 - Staples - Revises the Tourism Supplemental Revenue Fund
01/31/01 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS SBs 238 & 250 S Agriculture,
Conservation, Parks & Tourism Committee

SB 0241 - Rohrbach - Allows mutual insurance companies to notify policy holders via newspaper under certain merger conditions
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Comm.-Consent

SB 0248 - Wiggins - Revises dram shop liability
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0250 - Bentley - Creates a grant and loan program to promote cultural tourism
01/31/01 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 238 & 250

SB 0253 - Gross - Revises the statute of limitations and damages for home improvements
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0260 - Gross - Plaintiff must file an affidavit of a like professional in a suit against an architect, engineer or surveyor
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0278 - Westfall - Allows a municipality to use condemnation in order to construct or acquire natural gas service
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0388 - Caskey - Closes portions of hospital records and meetings in certain situations
01/31/01 -- S First Read

SB 0389 - Scott - Creates a defined contribution plan for certain employees of state colleges and universities
01/31/01 -- S First Read

SB 0390 - Rohrbach - Revises state holidays and leave benefits
01/31/01 -- S First Read

SB 0391 - Rohrbach - Modifies provisions regarding reimbursements between health care professionals and health carriers
01/31/01 -- S First Read

SB 0392 - Kenney - Broadens the class of employees which count toward tax credit calculations for a certain new business facility
01/31/01 -- S First Read

SB 0393 - Sims - Expands provisions allowing gratuitous dental services
01/31/01 -- S First Read

SB 0394 - Bentley - Authorizes Southwest Missouri State University to convey a certain piece of property
01/31/01 -- S First Read

SB 0395 - Carter - Provides additional protection to health care consumers
01/31/01 -- S First Read

SCR 002 - Singleton - Dissapproving the recommendation of the Citizen's Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials
01/31/01 -- HCS H adopted
01/31/01 -- H Third Read and Passed
01/31/01 -- Motion to concur in HCS
01/31/01 -- Sub-Motion to refuse to concur & Request H recede or
conference - Adopted

SJR 006 - Childers - Establishes an election process for selecting Public Service Commissioners
01/31/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial and Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee
01/31/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee