Missouri State Senate
Senate Action for 1/12/04
SB 0703 - Caskey - Requires bond to be posted in certain circumstances before a petition for modification of child custody can be filed
01/12/04 -- Hearing Scheduled S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent

SB 0704 - Caskey - Allows certain DWI offenders to receive hardship licenses after serving 90 days of the revocation period
01/12/04 -- Hearing Scheduled S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
and Jurisprudence Committee-Consent

SB 0712 - Childers - Creates a $150,000 death benefit for public safety officers killed in the line of duty
01/12/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0717 - Childers - Creates a Legislative Academy within the General Assembly
01/12/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0752 - Coleman - Expands first degree property damage to include damage to a motor vehicle while breaking in to steal
01/12/04 -- Hearing Scheduled S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0765 - Bartle - Prohibits individuals from engaging in or using public funds and facilities for human cloning
01/12/04 -- Hearing Scheduled S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0781 - Caskey - Modifies judge disqualification in witness immunity applications
01/12/04 -- Hearing Scheduled S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee-Consent

SB 0783 - Mathewson - Changes qualifications for member composition for the State Fair Commission
01/12/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee - Consent

SB 0799 - Steelman - Allows the state registrar to issue a certification of stillbirth
01/12/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental Org.,
Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee - Consent

SB 0801 - Gross - Exempts premises owners from lawsuits for past due sewer bills incurred by occupants of the premises
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

SB 0802 - Gross - Sets out requirements for obtaining a warrant by telephone
01/12/04 -- Hearing Scheduled S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0803 - Gross - Enables the Children's Division to meet with children in school unless the abuse is alleged to have occurred there
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0804 - Foster - Modifies provision relating to Alzheimer's Demonstration Projects
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0805 - Loudon - Establishes mandated health benefit review commission and eliminates certain mandates from health policies
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0806 - Loudon - Removes the aggregate cap for the adoption tax credit program
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0807 - Loudon - Authorizes special motion to dismiss in Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAlPP)
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0808 - Klindt - Establishes the Missouri Biomass Technology Commission
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 0809 - Klindt - Makes information collected in the course of an insurance compliance audit privileged information
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0810 - Klindt - Immunity from civil liability for certain landowners owning land adjoining public trails
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 0811 - Cauthorn - Exempts pension and retirement income of seniors from state income tax
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

SB 0812 - Cauthorn - Specifies that sales at prison stores are subject to sales tax
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0813 - Cauthorn - Allows participation in FFA, FHA, FCCLA, 4-H, & State Fair competition to count as attendance for purpose of state aid
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0814 - Dougherty - Increases the number of one-year, renewable scholarships for minority students
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0815 - Dougherty - Allows the Department of Health to investigate complaints of air quality in public schools
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0816 - Dougherty - Allows foster children to receive a tuition and fee waiver to state-funded colleges or universities
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0817 - Kennedy - Creates the Board of Counselors and Therapists
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0818 - Coleman - Modifies the definition of "prostitution-related offense"
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0819 - Coleman - Allows courts to order convicted persons to pay costs associated with prostitution-related arrests
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0820 - Coleman - Requires law enforcement officers to provide specified notice before administering portable chemical test
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0821 - Shields - Places an excise tax on adult entertainment and pornography
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0822 - Shields - Creates a stamp tax on controlled substances
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0823 - Shields - Changes the classification of an intoxication-related offense to a class D felony for prior offenders
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0825 - Griesheimer - Modifies the law relating to the evasion of weigh stations
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0827 - Bartle - Allows appeals from orders granting or denying class action certification
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0828 - Bartle - Reduces salaries of General Assembly in fiscal year 2005 to a sum equal to 97% of their salaries in fiscal year 2004
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0829 - Bray - Makes various modifications in regard to due process of public employees
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0830 - Bray - Implements the provisions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0831 - Bray - Changes economic development programs regarding distressed communities and small business investment tax credit
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0832 - Wheeler - Subjects nonprofit health entities to additional review by the AG before they can convert to for-profit entities
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0833 - Russell - Restricts the right to marry to persons eighteen years of age or older
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0834 - Russell - Allows recognition of bargaining unit upon approval of majority of state employees in unity
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0835 - Caskey - Authorizes custodial interrogations of persons suspected of committing felonies must be recorded
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0836 - Caskey - Creates a tax credit program for certain railroad ad valorem property tax
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0837 - Caskey - Requires the Director of Revenue to provide notice of certain remedied delinquencies
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0838 - Goode - Limits judicial discretion where jury is unable to unanimously agree on the death penalty
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0839 - Goode - Increases the taxes on cigarette and tobacco products
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0841 - Childers - Authorizes conveyance of state property to Pierce City
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism and Local Government Committee

SB 0842 - Childers - Changes the expiration date of a lodging establishment license
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0843 - Childers - Allows some political subdivisions to exempt themselves from the state prevailing wage upon voter approval
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0845 - Yeckel - Establishes the Grand Army of the Republic Veterans' Memorial Highway on a portion of Interstate 44
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0846 - Yeckel - Modifies licensing of dietitians
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0847 - Bland - Enables persons with hardships to pay property taxes in installments
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0848 - Bland - School districts may create after-school and summer educational programs for at-risk youth
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0849 - Bland - Requires school districts to offer alternative education programs
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0850 - Steelman - Authorizes conveyance of state property located in Dent County to the city of Salem
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism and Local Government Committee

SB 0851 - Gross - Changes procedure for Motor vehicle emissions inspections in certain cases
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

SB 0852 - Gross - School districts to provide readiness assessments to determine if certain children are ready to enter school
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0853 - Gross - Prohibits state contracting with foreign companies when certain personal information is involved
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0854 - Loudon - Allows parents to refuse to vaccinate their children in certain circumstances
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 0855 - Loudon - Allows the transportation commission to construct toll roads
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0856 - Loudon - Modifies various provissions of the workers' compensation law
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0858 - Klindt - A+ reimbursements shall not be issued to any four-year institution of higher learning
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0859 - Klindt - Allows highway patrol officers to accept federal commissions and hold positions as school board members
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0860 - Cauthorn - Certain state employee compensation would automatically adjust according to the Consumer Price Index level
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0861 - Cauthorn - Allows members of the NRA to obtain specialized license plates
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0862 - Cauthorn - Creates the Repect Life license plate and establishes a fund to promote alternatives to abortion
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0863 - Dougherty - Repeals the $500 gambling boat loss limit
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0864 - Dougherty - Creates a tax credit for lead abatement and a dollar check-off for the Childhood Lead Testing Fund
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0865 - Dougherty - Allows the board of the St. Louis Public Schools to shift their compulsory attendance age range
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0866 - Coleman - Revises qualifications and procedures for election to the school board in the St. Louis City School District
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0867 - Coleman - Requires disclosure of Radio frequency identification tags (RFID) to consumers
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

SB 0868 - Shields - Creates a tax credit for teachers' related out-of-pocket expenses
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0871 - Bray - Creates a cause of action for wrongful discharge or employment
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0872 - Bray - Alters provisions regarding teacher termination hearings
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SB 0875 - Caskey - Modifies the percentage of property taxes deposited in the county assessment fund
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism and Local Government Committee

SB 0876 - Goode - Extends the sunset on the fee for waste tires
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

SB 0878 - Goode - Directs gas corporations to file experimental tariffs with the PSC
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

SB 0879 - Bland - Establishes the General Assembly Scholarship Program funded by a nonresident earnings tax
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0880 - Bland - Lowers the maximum penalties consumers must pay for late payments on certain credit transactions
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0881 - Bland - Requires parity between insurance coverage for mental health services and other health care services
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0882 - Klindt - Makes changes to the law governing animal research and production facilities
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 0885 - Cauthorn - Provides an alternative method for issuing certain utilities revenue bonds
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

SB 0886 - Cauthorn - Creates Grower's District Authorization Act
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SB 0887 - Goode - Modifies the offset for reducing the taxable purchase price of a vehicle
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0888 - Goode - Disallows the deduction for property tax paid to another state on nonresident income tax returns
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0891 - Bland - Requires Dept. Of Transportation to examine the congestion problems occurring in Kansas City area
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0895 - Goode - Prohibits certain predatory lending practices with respect to home loans
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0896 - Bland - Makes changes to the bail bondsmen and surety recovery agent licnesing provisions
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SB 0897 - Bland - Makes arson motivated by hate crimes a class A felony
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0899 - Goode - Amends the school bus inspection law to include the inspection of frames on school buses
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0900 - Goode - Vehicles manufactured twenty-six years prior to the current model year are exempt from the emission inspection
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

SB 1003 - Gibbons - Creates a comprehensive children's mental health service system
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental &
Public Health Committee

SB 1026 - Mathewson - Relating to DNA testing
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1027 - Cauthorn - Relating to licensing of surety recovery agents
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1028 - Cauthorn - Relating to state purchasing
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1029 - Bray - Relating to state contracts
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1030 - Bray - Relating to health care disclosure
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1031 - Bray - Relating to motor vehicle & bicycle safety
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1032 - Bray - Relating to education accountability standards
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1033 - Clemens - Relating to torts
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1034 - Childers - Relating to buyers club law
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1035 - Steelman - Relating to health care providers
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1036 - Steelman - Relating to physicians contractual relationships
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1037 - Steelman - Relating to right of way
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1038 - Yeckel - Relating to banking
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1039 - Yeckel - Relating to naturopathic medicine
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1040 - Griesheimer - Relating to hazardous waste management
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1041 - Griesheimer - Relating to certain law enforcement officers
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1042 - Griesheimer - Relating to licensing of motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1043 - Gross - Relating to special license plates
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1044 - Shields - Relating to state library
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1045 - Kinder - Relating to burning of crosses
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SB 1046 - Gibbons - Relating to friends of kids with cancer special license plates
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SCR 025 - Stoll - Urges Congress to repeal the federal Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision
01/12/04 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics
Committee

SCR 026 - Childers - Urges Congress to authorize the creation of an AgroForestry Industrialization Committee
01/12/04 -- S First Read

SJR 024 - Caskey - Preserving the opportunity of individual citizens to harvest wild fish and game animals
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SJR 025 - Yeckel - Removes portion of the Missouri Constitution which prohibits distribution of state funds to religious organizations
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SJR 026 - Yeckel - Removes provison of Constitution limiting distribution of funds to any church, religion, or any preacher or teacher
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SJR 027 - Jacob - Amends the Constitution to create a Revenue Stabilization Fund
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SJR 028 - Jacob - Constitutional amendment to repeal legislative term limits subject to voter approval
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SJR 029 - Steelman - Amends Constitution to state that only marriages between a man and a woman will be valid in this state
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental &
Public Health Committee

SJR 030 - Gross - Exempts property owned by veterans' organizations from property taxation
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SJR 031 - Loudon - Amends the Constitution to allow the Commission to design, acquire, construct, maintain and operate toll facilities
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SJR 033 - Coleman - Changes minimum age requirements for members of the general assembly
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

SJR 034 - Bartle - Abolishes the highway commission and replaces it with a Director of Transportation
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SJR 035 - Bland - Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil &
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 036 - Foster - Exempts livestock and grain from property taxation
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Natural Resources Committee

SJR 037 - Scott - Eliminates nonhighway agencies from receiving highway revenues over a five year period
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SJR 038 - Scott - Amends the Constitution to allow the commission to design, acquire, construct, maintain, and operate toll facilities
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

SJR 039 - Foster - Modifies the composition of the State Board of Education
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Education Committee

SJR 040 - Stoll - Revises requirements to be met by those involved in the management of bingo
01/12/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee

HCR 001 - Crowell - State of the Judiciary Address - 1/14/04
01/12/04 -- S adopted

HCR 002 - Crowell - State of the State Address - 1/21/04
01/12/04 -- S adopted

HCR 003 - Crowell - State of the State of Transportation Address - 1/28/04
01/12/04 -- S adopted

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