Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 2/13/01

SB 0012 - Russell - Non-attorneys may represent corporations in certain state proceedings
02/13/01 -- Perfected

SB 0013 - Russell - Exempts retired members of the military from paying the additional fee for personalized license plates
02/13/01 -- H First Read

SB 0014 - Mathewson - Authorizes a sales tax to fund jail districts
02/13/01 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
02/13/01 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Klarich)
02/13/01 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0025 - Johnson - Removes prohibition on collection of "tuition" by the University of Missouri
02/13/01 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0029 - Rohrbach - Allows certain convicted felons to obtain post-conviction DNA testing
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0032 - Kinder - Provides funds for education of hearing-impaired children not attending the Missouri School for the Deaf
02/13/01 -- SCA 1 S adopted
02/13/01 -- Perfected, as amended

SB 0039 - Klarich - Creates procedures for Tort Victim's Compensation Fund
02/13/01 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered (Jacob)

SB 0041 - Kenney - Creates spinal cord injury research grants, administered by a new advisory board created for that purpose
02/13/01 -- H First Read

SB 0044 - Bentley - Promotes adoption awareness and expedites the adoption of foster children by shortening certain waiting periods
02/13/01 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Klarich)
02/13/01 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & adopted (Dougherty)
02/13/01 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
02/13/01 -- Perfected, as amended

SB 0046 - Bentley - Allows dental students to enroll in the loan repayment program and establishes a donated dental services program
02/13/01 -- SS for SCS S offered (Bentley)
02/13/01 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Sims)
02/13/01 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted
02/13/01 -- Perfected, as amended

SB 0048 - Sims - Adds the Department of Mental Health's employee disqualifi- cation list to the Family Care Safety Registry
02/13/01 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee (0178S.04C)

SB 0072 - Loudon - Allows electronic storage of business and public records
02/13/01 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0086 - Rohrbach - Proposed county building code shall be submitted only to voters in the area governed by the code
02/13/01 -- H First Read

SB 0087 - Rohrbach - Requires assessment to be filed with petition for civil commitment of sexually violent predators
02/13/01 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0089 - Kinder - Creates a new possession crime for anhydrous ammonia and increases penalties for current ammonia crimes
02/13/01 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0096 - Bentley - Allows Purple Heart recipients to receive free motor vehicle registration and specialized license plates
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0125 - Bentley - Authorizes removal of property from the Springfield Community Improvement District
02/13/01 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0128 - Childers - Grants immunity from liability for injuries or death resulting from risks of paddlesport activities
02/13/01 -- Perfected

SB 0142 - Childers - Allows owners of different classes of motor vehicles to apply for Korean War Veteran license plates
02/13/01 -- H First Read

SB 0143 - Childers - Allows any person replacing stolen license plates to receive at no cost up to two license plates per year
02/13/01 -- Motion to take up for Third Reading - withdrawn

SB 0178 - Schneider - Amends law relating to amending a condominium association's bylaws and prohibits linking of services
02/13/01 -- H First Read

SB 0186 - Russell - Allows persons licensed to provide payday loans to also furnish deferred presentment services
02/13/01 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
Veterans' Affairs & Elections to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0192 - Schneider - Prohibits capital punishment of a mentally retarded person and restricts use of evidence obtained from such a person
02/13/01 -- SCS voted Do Pass S Judiciary Committee

SB 0197 - Johnson - Expands grant of immunity for the donation of certain fire equipment
02/13/01 -- SCS S adopted
02/13/01 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0198 - Staples - Increases authorization for county law enforcement sales tax from one-half of one percent to one percent
02/13/01 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0203 - Scott - Sales tax imposed by the metropolitan park and recreation system
02/13/01 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Committee to
Floor - Consent

SB 0227 - Jacob - Beneficiary designations made on or after August 28, 1989 shall be presumed resolved upon divorce
02/13/01 -- Reported From S Insurance & Housing Committee to
Floor - Consent

SB 0234 - Wiggins - Exempts certain interstate telecommunications services from sales taxes
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0236 - Sims - Adds first cousins to the list of relatives eligible for adoption subsidies
02/13/01 -- SCS S adopted
02/13/01 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0241 - Rohrbach - Allows mutual insurance companies to notify policy holders via newspaper under certain merger conditions
02/13/01 -- Reported From S Insurance & Housing Committee to
Floor w/SCS - Consent

SB 0247 - Westfall - Modifies current billboard law regarding spacing, commercial zoning and requesting permits
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0254 - Gross - Eliminates Missouri's motor voter registration program
02/13/01 -- Hearing Cancelled S Transportation Committee

SB 0256 - Caskey - Political subdivisions may require connection to sewer system
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Budget Control Committee
02/13/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Budget Control Committee
02/13/01 -- Reported From S Budget Control Committee to Floor

SB 0267 - Klarich - Revises various civil and criminal procedures
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee
02/13/01 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary Committee (0981S.02C)

SB 0282 - Klarich - Authorizes certain post-conviction DNA testing of evidence
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0298 - Quick - Requires the state to reimburse counties for reasonable medical expenses of state prisoners held in county jail
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0300 - Rohrbach - Certain DNR rules shall be no stricter than federal regulations with exceptions
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0311 - Mathewson - Allows resorts in certain counties who sell liquor by the drink to apply to remain open until 3:00 a.m.
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0314 - Steelman - Mandates time limitations for custody decisions
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0324 - Childers - Requires Transportation Commission to issue permits in order to erect structures which might impede airplane safety
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0330 - Jacob - Prohibits new construction of billboards along certain highways and the cutting of trees along the highways
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0338 - House - Allows unemployment benefits for workers enrolled in an approved, unpaid full-time training program
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Labor & Industrial Relations
Committee

SB 0342 - Jacob - Boone County drug commissioner removed and associate judge added
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee-Consent

SB 0347 - Caskey - A portion of property tax collections shall be used for a geographic information system (GIS)
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0348 - Sims - Allows for the termination of guardianship of children in certain circumstances
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental
Health Committee-Consent
02/13/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee-Consent

SB 0350 - Sims - Regulates individuals who provide amusement hay rides
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0352 - Johnson - Defines terms relating to the capital improvements sales tax in certain municipalities
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
02/13/01 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent (0420S.05C)

SB 0357 - Schneider - Modifies licensing provisions for psychologists and professional counselors
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental
Committee-Consent
02/13/01 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental
Committee-Consent (1016S.04C)

SB 0365 - Steelman - Allows Cuba, Mo, to impose a tourism tax
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee
02/13/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0366 - House - Corrects statutory cross-references in Chapter 288, Revised Statutes of MO
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Labor & Industrial Relations
Committee-Consent

SB 0372 - Gibbons - Allows abatement and prospective application of taxes in certain situations
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0373 - Gibbons - Changes tax credits for investment in small businesses and distressed communities
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0374 - Steelman - Establishes a program of air pollution emissions banking and trading
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment
Committee-Consent

SB 0375 - Steelman - Revises the Sunshine Law
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0378 - Singleton - Tax collection in certain counties
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0380 - House - Makes technical changes in industrial classification system for employer unemployment contributions
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Labor & Industrial Relations
Committee-Consent

SB 0381 - Klarich - Makes nonsolicitation agreements enforceable as they relate to certain employment practices
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee
02/13/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary Committee

SB 0382 - Yeckel - Prohibits release of nonpublic information by financial institutions
02/13/01 -- Reported From S Financial & Gov't. Org., Veterans'
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0383 - Johnson - Authorizes the Governor to sell certain property in Platte County
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0392 - Kenney - Broadens the class of employees which count toward tax credit calculations for a certain new business facility
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0394 - Bentley - Authorizes Southwest Missouri State University to convey a certain piece of property
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
02/13/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0400 - Kenney - Revises motor vehicle franchise practices
02/13/01 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0471 - Scott - Prohibits insurance companies' examination fee deductions from exceeding annual tax liability
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0472 - Caskey - Raises court reporter fees
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0473 - Dougherty - Makes various changes regarding children's services
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0474 - Rohrbach - Expands custody without warrant
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0475 - Yeckel - Revises distribution of gaming tax proceeds for schools
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0476 - Yeckel - Revises election laws
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0477 - Gross - Details information to be included in physician abortion reports
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0478 - Stoll - Election authorities must accept absentee ballot applications by fax
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0479 - Stoll - Modifies licensure provisions for pharmacists and pharmacies
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0480 - Foster - Revises minimum salaries for public school teachers
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0481 - Foster - Modifies portions of the Public School Retirement System
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0482 - Foster - Allows retainage in private building contracts
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0483 - Dougherty - Salary schedule credit for public schools
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0484 - Loudon - Expands the obligation of the Missouri Property and Casualty Guaranty Assn. for certain claims of insolvent insurers
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SB 0485 - Loudon - Authorizes MU to study gambling in Missouri
02/13/01 -- S First Read

SJR 009 - Goode - Changes procedures for amending the St. Louis City Charter
02/13/01 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SR 0187 - Kenney - Notice of Proposed Rule Change - Rule 45
02/13/01 -- S adopted