Missouri State Senate
Senate Action for 3/18/04
SB 0715 - Childers - Changes and creates provisions relating to counties
03/18/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee
03/18/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 0717 - Childers - Creates a Legislative Academy within the General Assembly
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor

SB 0728 - Steelman - Creates a tax credit for 10% of contributions to health reimbursement arrangements
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0730 - Gross - Creates the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act
03/18/04 -- S conferees appointed
(Gross, Gibbons, Vogel, Goode, Bray)

SB 0732 - Gross - States the duties of the Metropolitan Park and Recreation System
03/18/04 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 0739 - Klindt - Requires DNR to provide an impact statement on rules and state the reasons for denial of permits
03/18/04 -- S refuses to concur in HCS
03/18/04 -- S requests H recede or grant conference

SB 0768 - Nodler - Articulates new qualifications for the board of governors of Missouri Southern State University-Joplin
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 0771 - Bray - Allows operators of low-speed vehicles to use public highways under certain conditions
03/18/04 -- SCS S adopted
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0772 - Bray - Allows certain motor vehicles that stop to load or unload passengers to use alternately flashing warning signals
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0799 - Steelman - Requires the state registrar to issue a certification of stillbirth
03/18/04 -- SCS S adopted
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 0807 - Loudon - Authorizes special motion to dismiss in Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP)
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 0810 - Klindt - Immunity from civil liability for certain landowners owning land adjoining public trails
03/18/04 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
and Natural Resources Committee
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Natural Resources Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0824 - Griesheimer - Modifies law regarding the seizure of motor vehicles that have missing or illegible identification numbers
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 0884 - Klindt - Instructs the revisor of statutes to amend the statutes to reflect certain cases
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 0906 - Foster - Allows health carriers to offer one or more health plans which contain deductibles, coinsurance or other options
03/18/04 -- Removed from S Consent Calendar

SB 0920 - Caskey - Makes various changes to the power and authority of the State Water Patrol
03/18/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicles Committee

SB 0937 - Gross - Creates the Missouri Catalog of Assistance Program
03/18/04 -- Referred H Budget Committee

SB 0945 - Gibbons - Directs the state board to assist and encourage school districts in adopting service-learning programs
03/18/04 -- Referred H Education Committee

SB 0960 - Gibbons - Makes clarifications to the property assessment law
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 0968 - Shields - Guarantees teachers partial payment of contacts when teachers are laid off in certain cases
03/18/04 -- Referred H Education Committee

SB 0974 - Dougherty - Modifies the State Legal Expense Fund
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 0988 - Steelman - Modifies waste tire fees and subsequent programs relating to those fees
03/18/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability &
Fiscal Oversight Committee
03/18/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee

SB 1007 - Goode - Requires all gubernatorial appointments to be made with the advice and consent of the Senate
03/18/04 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 1023 - Griesheimer - Creates the criminal use of property by operating audio-visual recording devices while in a movie
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 1037 - Steelman - Allows franchise fees to be used as credits for any public utility right-of-way users
03/18/04 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

SB 1044 - Shields - Makes various modifications to the law affecting the state library
03/18/04 -- Referred H Corrections & State Institutions Committee

SB 1047 - Kennedy - Gives the Children's Division the sole authority to license foster homes and residential facilities
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1055 - Bartle - Allows a funeral benefit of $1,000 for special consultants of certain retirement systems of the Kansas City Police Dept
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 1062 - Griesheimer - Creates and modifies special licenses available to caterers to serve alcohol at certain functions
03/18/04 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 1064 - Scott - Eliminates the expiration date of Section 488.2205, which allows for collection and distribution of some court costs
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 1076 - Caskey - Revises law on nonprobate transfers
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 1080 - Nodler - mends certain policies with regard to MAP testing
03/18/04 - HCS Reported Do Pass H Education Committee

SB 1083 - Kennedy - Modifies the age limitation for the testing of lead poisoning in children
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1084 - Foster - Renders alterations to the teacher retirement system
03/18/04 -- SCS S adopted
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1085 - Foster - Creates a one dollar check-off for the Multiple Sclerosis Fund
03/18/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability &
Fiscal Oversight Committee
03/18/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 1093 - Gibbons - Allows political subdivisions and other public entities to invest public funds
03/18/04 -- SCS S adopted
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1106 - Shields - Conveys land to the St. Joseph Museum, Ind.
03/18/04 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 1107 - Shields - Conveys land to the St. Joseph school district St. Joseph School District
03/18/04 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 1111 - Klindt - Allows Grundy County to use certain moneys collected to be used for courtroom renovation and technology
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 1112 - Clemens - Modifies provision on uncontested elections for trustees of community college districts
03/18/04 -- Defeated on S Third Reading

SB 1116 - Stoll - Allows business and cell phone users to be placed on the no-call list
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Commerce & the Environment Committee
to Floor w/SCS

SB 1122 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to the practice of dentistry
03/18/04 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 1123 - Gibbons - Requires the Division of Medical Services to annually recalculate the Medicaid nursing home reimbursement amount
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
03/18/04 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 1130 - Scott - Regional Planning Commission employees may enroll in Missouri Local Government Retirement System in some cases
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 1133 - Foster - Removes school principals from certain sections of the Metropolitan school district's teacher tenure statute
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 1141 - Loudon - Changes procedures for the formation of certain levee districts
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 1152 - Steelman - Reorganized Common Sewer Districts
03/18/04 -- Removed S Consent Calendar

SB 1159 - Foster - Establishes the Coordinating Board for Early Childhood within the Children's Services Commission
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Aging, Families, Mental & Public
Health Committe to Floor

SB 1162 - Jacob - Expands the type of securities that may be used for certain subdivisions
03/18/04 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 1165 - Russell - Repeals the Shannon County Tourism Tax
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1166 - Caskey - Authorizes certain counties to adopt ordinances to impose civil fines for certain misdemeanors
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor

SB 1171 - Griesheimer - Codifies the Office of Homeland Security and the Missouri Security Council
03/18/04 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce & the Environment
Committee
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Commerce & the Environment Committee
to Floor w/SCS

SB 1181 - Yeckel - Modifies licensure for physical therapists and physical therapy assistants
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 1183 - Dolan - Changes provisions about regulations governing the subdivision of land
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1188 - Loudon - Modifies the law regarding annuity contracts
03/18/04 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 1196 - Klindt - Modifies various provisions of law relating to firework regulation
03/18/04 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce and the Environment
Committee

SB 1198 - Russell - Repeals the employer withholding bonus
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Comm. to Floor w/SCA 1

SB 1212 - Wheeler - Conveys state property, known as the Felix Building to the Truman Medical Center
03/18/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability &
Fiscal Oversight Committee
03/18/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 1213 - Steelman - Creates additional regulation for tobacco manufacturers
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1215 - Griesheimer - Allows public entities to acquire recover payments made for health care benefits made under a self-insurance plan
03/18/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountablity &
Fiscal Oversight Committee
03/18/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Acocuntability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee

SB 1235 - Loudon - Modifies insurance laws with respect to reinsurance and liquidation
03/18/04 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Loudon)
03/18/04 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1240 - Griesheimer - Allows certain counties to use law library funds for courtroom renovation and to pay bonds for such projects
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 1249 - Champion - Codifies Executive Order 03-27 into statute by expanding the preference given by state bodies to Missouri businesses
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 1250 - Scott - Modifies sections of law affecting the Missouri Propane Education and Research Council
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 1254 - Klindt - Expands the Missouri Air Emission Reduction Fund
03/18/04 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce & the Environment
Committee
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Commerce & the Environment Committee
to Floor w/SCS

SB 1257 - Days - Students expelled for certain violent behaviors shall not be considered "drop-outs" for MSIP purposes
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SB 1262 - Dolan - Revises the law regarding salvage vehicles
03/18/04 -- SCS S adopted
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1274 - Shields - Establishes the Missouri Area Health Education Centers Program
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1299 - Loudon - Raises the liability limits on residential insurance policies issued by the FAIR plan from $100,000 to $200,000
03/18/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent

SB 1355 - Days - Requires the state to participate in the Infant and Toddler Program pursuant to Part C of IDEA
03/18/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Education Committee to Floor

SB 1371 - Kinder - Closes the drug benefit coverage gap that was created due to the enactment of the Medicare Act of 2003
03/18/04 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SCR 036 - Gibbons - Creates a Joint Interim Committee on Underage Drinking
03/18/04 -- SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Gibbons)
03/18/04 -- S adopted
03/18/04 -- H First Read

SCR 044 - Yeckel - Establishes the Joint Interim Committee on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy
03/18/04 -- S First Read

SJR 036 - Foster - Exempts livestock and grain from property taxation
03/18/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Natural Resources Committee

SJR 038 - Scott - Amends the Constitution to allow the commission to design, acquire, construct, maintain, and operate toll facilities
03/18/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SJR 047 - Cauthorn - Resubmits the conservation sales tax to the voters every ten years
03/18/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation Parks &
Natural Resources Committee

SR 1451 - Yeckel - Establishes the Interim Committee on Violent Crime
03/18/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee-Consent
03/18/04 -- Reported From S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee to Floor

HB 0824 - Seigfreid - Allows a transient guest tax for the City of Concordia
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism and Local Government Committee

HB 0826 - Kelly (144) - Designates a portion of Highway A the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Highway
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 0912 - Page - Designates the George R. "Buzz" Westfall Memorial Highway
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 0937 - Moore - Allows members of Optimist International to obtain specialized license plates
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 0956 - May (149) - Names "Big Bluestem" as the official grass of the state of Missouri
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Natural Resources Committee

HB 0959 - Luetkemeyer - Revises banking laws and creates "Missouri Higher Education Deposit Program"
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com.

HB 0985 - Wood - Revises laws on the practice of real estate
03/18/04 -- S First Read

HB 0996 - Dusenberg - Adds the frame to the list of items that the Missouri State Highway Patrol must inspect annually on school busses
03/18/04 -- S First Read

HB 1014 - Bearden - To approriate money for supplemental purposes for the several departments and offices of state government.
03/18/04 -- S refuses to recede & grants conference
03/18/04 -- S conferees appointed
(Russell, Gross, Childers, Goode, Dougherty)

HB 1040 - Cunningham - Renders several alternations to the state's education policy
03/18/04 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

HB 1115 - Dempsey - Creates the "Commonsense Food Consumption Act"
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Pensions & General Laws
Committee

HB 1136 - Rupp - Enacts the "Disposition of Fetal Remains Act"
03/18/04 -- S First Read

HB 1171 - Rector - Updates statutes to reflect changes with the development of utility projects without additional regulation by the PSC
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

HB 1187 - Ervin - Changes the procedure allowing Clay County to operate concession stands at privately operated marinas
03/18/04 -- S First Read

HB 1188 - Lipke - Revises various statutes relating to fees and costs in criminal cases
03/18/04 -- S First Read

HB 1259 - Threlkeld - Applies Administrative Hearing Commission procedures to motor vehicle dealer license denials
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Commerce & the Environment
Committee

HB 1288 - Threlkeld - Requires franchisors to provide certain information to franchisees and to stand by warranties
03/18/04 -- S First Read

HB 1291 - Pearce - Restricts lenders from requiring borrowers to obtain homeowners insurance exceeding the replacment value
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com.

HB 1305 - Byrd - Modifies the law regarding medical malpractice insurance regarding the setting of rates, cancellation of policies etc
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance
and Industrial Relations Committee

HB 1317 - Kingery - Allows members of the Boy Scouts to obtain specialized license plates
03/18/04 -- S First Read

HB 1347 - Jetton - Creates Secretary of State's Council on Library Development
03/18/04 -- S First Read

HB 1363 - Fares - Creates an Archival Facility for the preservation of public records
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com.

HB 1398 - Lager - Authorizes a bid process for selecting the depositary of city funds in Maryville
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,
Tourism and Local Government Committee

HB 1399 - Lager - Athletic trainers shall be licensed, rather than registered
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental
Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com.

HB 1439 - Crawford - Modifies process for selecting leadership positions on the Highways and Transportation Commission
03/18/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1456 - Black - Authorizes a transient guest tax for tourism purposes and infrastructure improvements in Marston and Matthews
03/18/04 -- S First Read

HB 1566 - Stefanick - Limits eligibility for certain medical assistance benefits to amounts appropriated for such benefits.
03/18/04 -- S First Read

HCR 012 - Kelly (036) - Designates Miss Missouri as an official hostess for the State of Missouri
03/18/04 -- S First Read

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