Missouri State Senate
Senate Action for 4/01/04
SB 0715 - Childers - Changes and creates provisions relating to counties
04/01/04 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 0732 - Gross - States the duties of the Metropolitan Park and Recreation System
04/01/04 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government Comm. - Consent

SB 0738 - Loudon - Modifies laws relating to abortion services
04/01/04 -- SS for SCS S offered (Loudon)
04/01/04 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & defeated (Bray)
04/01/04 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered & withdrawn (Bray)

SB 0757 - Shields - Modifies the law for "driveaway operation" and extends the area of operation for certain motor vehicles
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicles Committee

SB 0762 - Champion - Modifies various provisions relating to foster care and protective services for children
04/01/04 -- Referred H Children and Families Committee

SB 0768 - Nodler - Articulates new qualifications for the board of governors of Missouri Southern State University-Joplin
04/01/04 -- Referred H Education Committee

SB 0769 - Nodler - Establishes the procedures for disincorporation of a road district in Jasper County
04/01/04 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 0771 - Bray - Allows operators of low-speed vehicles to use public highways under certain conditions
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicles Committee

SB 0772 - Bray - Allows certain motor vehicles that stop to load or unload passengers to use alternately flashing warning signals
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 0782 - Caskey - Requires county treasurers to designate an individual to act on his or her behalf if incapacitated
04/01/04 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 0787 - Childers - Requires countywide election approving gambling boats in cities
04/01/04 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0788 - Childers - Exempts persons operating fire equipment during non-emergency functions from possessing a CDL
04/01/04 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 0824 - Griesheimer - Modifies law regarding the seizure of motor vehicles that have missing or illegible identification numbers
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 0827 - Bartle - Allows appeals from orders granting or denying class action certification
04/01/04 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0845 - Yeckel - Establishes the Grand Army of the Republic Veterans' Memorial Highway on a portion of Interstate 44
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 0870 - Bartle - Prohibits locating sexually-oriented billboards within one mile of a state highway
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 0883 - Klindt - Re-enacts legislation repealed by a prior unconstitutional bill
04/01/04 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0884 - Klindt - Instructs the revisor of statutes to amend the statutes to reflect certain cases
04/01/04 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0888 - Goode - Disallows the deduction for property tax paid to another state on nonresident income tax returns
04/01/04 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Committee to Floor

SB 0894 - Goode - Amends the current Missouri bumper height law for certain motor vehicles
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 0899 - Goode - Amends the school bus inspection law to include the inspection of frames on school buses
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 0900 - Goode - Vehicles manufactured twenty-six years prior to the current model year are exempt from the emission inspection
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 0901 - Goode - Changes jurisdiction over underground storage tanks from the Clean Water Commission to the MO Hazardous Waste Management
04/01/04 -- H Second Read
04/01/04 -- Referred H Conservation & Natural Resources Committee

SB 0906 - Foster - Allows health carriers to offer one or more health plans which contain deductibles, coinsurance or other options
04/01/04 -- Reported From S Small Business, Insurance &
Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0908 - Cauthorn - Creates the Missouri Medical Malpractice Mutual Insurance Company Act
04/01/04 -- Reported From S Small Business, Insurance &
Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0921 - Caskey - Establishes that review hearings to place offenders in administrative segregation are not contested cases
04/01/04 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0942 - Nodler - Authorizes the conveyance of various parcels of state land
04/01/04 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee

SB 0952 - Wheeler - Modifies and adds provisions relating to the salaries of certain Kansas City police officers
04/01/04 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 0956 - Scott - Allows persons operating animal driven vehicles to use lanterns and reflective material during nighttime hours
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 0966 - Shields - Establishes requirements a temporary help firm employee must follow before claiming unemployment benefits
04/01/04 -- Referred H Workforce Development & Workplace Safety
Committee

SB 0974 - Dougherty - Modifies the State Legal Expense Fund
04/01/04 -- Referred H Financial Services Committee

SB 0988 - Steelman - Modifies waste tire fees and subsequent programs relating to those fees
04/01/04 -- Referred H Tax Policy Committee

SB 0992 - Cauthorn - Changes the definition of containers approved for transporting anhydrous ammonia
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 1020 - Steelman - Revises provisions of the Sunshine Law
04/01/04 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws

SB 1027 - Cauthorn - Makes changes to the bail bondsmen and surety recovery agents licensing provisions
04/01/04 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee

SB 1040 - Griesheimer - Extends and examines various environmental fees
04/01/04 -- Referred H Conservation & Natural Resources Committee

SB 1047 - Kennedy - Gives the Children's Division the sole authority to license foster homes and residential facilities
04/01/04 -- Referred H Children and Families Committee

SB 1048 - Nodler - Revises proof of property taxes procedure for motor vehicles registration for certain tax-exempt organizations
04/01/04 -- Referred H Tax Policy Committee

SB 1062 - Griesheimer - Creates and modifies special licenses available to caterers to serve alcohol at certain functions
04/01/04 -- Voted Do Pass 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
04/01/04 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 1081 - Kinder - Permits contractors to resolve lawsuits without litigation
04/01/04 -- S Third Read and Passed
04/01/04 -- H First Read

SB 1083 - Kennedy - Modifies the age limitation for the testing of lead poisoning in children
04/01/04 -- Referred H Health Care Policy Committee

SB 1084 - Foster - Renders alterations to the teacher retirement system
04/01/04 -- Referred H Education Committee

SB 1085 - Foster - Creates a one dollar check-off for the Multiple Sclerosis Fund
04/01/04 -- H Second Read
04/01/04 -- Referred H Tax Policy Committee

SB 1111 - Klindt - Allows Grundy County to use certain moneys collected to be used for courtroom renovation and technology
04/01/04 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 1114 - Loudon - Extends the expiration date of a section relating to removal of nuisances
04/01/04 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 1122 - Shields - Modifies provisions relating to the practice of dentistry
04/01/04 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee

SB 1123 - Gibbons - Requires the Division of Medical Services to annually recalculate the Medicaid nursing home reimbursement amount
04/01/04 -- Referred H Senior Security Committee

SB 1130 - Scott - Regional Planning Commission employees may enroll in Missouri Local Government Retirement System in some cases
04/01/04 -- Referred H Retirement Committee

SB 1133 - Foster - Removes school principals from certain sections of the Metropolitan school district's teacher tenure statute
04/01/04 -- Referred H Education Committee

SB 1141 - Loudon - Changes procedures for the formation of certain levee districts
04/01/04 -- Referred H Job Creation & Economic Development
Committee

SB 1160 - Shields - Establishes the Prescription Drug Repository Program within the Department of Health and Senior Services
04/01/04 -- Referred H Senior Security Committee

SB 1165 - Russell - Repeals the Shannon County Tourism Tax
04/01/04 -- Referred H Tax Policy Committee

SB 1172 - Gibbons - Authorizes the Secretary of State to open and maintain an archival facility in St. Louis
04/01/04 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws

SB 1177 - Klindt - Makes various changes to the law relating to joint municipal utility commissions
04/01/04 -- Referred H Communications, Energy & Technology
Committee

SB 1181 - Yeckel - Modifies licensure for physical therapists and physical therapy assistants
04/01/04 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee

SB 1188 - Loudon - Modifies the law regarding annuity contracts
04/01/04 -- Referred H Financial Services Committee

SB 1189 - Scott - Modifies various provisions dealing with the reporting and investigating of an individual's death
04/01/04 -- Motion to adopt SCS withdrawn

SB 1197 - Quick - Requires regional recreational district board members in Clay County to be elected
04/01/04 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 1212 - Wheeler - Conveys state property, known as the Felix Building to the Truman Medical Center
04/01/04 -- H Second Read
04/01/04 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 1215 - Griesheimer - Allows public entities to acquire recover payments made for health care benefits made under a self-insurance plan
04/01/04 -- H Second Read
04/01/04 -- Referred H Financial Services Committee

SB 1218 - Quick - Provides title protection for advanced practice registered nurses
04/01/04 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee

SB 1220 - Caskey - Increases the maximum amount of compensation that certain county officials may receive
04/01/04 -- S Third Read and Passed
04/01/04 -- H First Read

SB 1221 - Kinder - Authorizes a $190,440,000 bond issuance and a long-term ground lease for the University of Missouri
04/01/04 -- Reported From S Appropriations to Floor w/SCS

SB 1225 - Dougherty - Increases the maximum allowable compensation for St. Louis police officers
04/01/04 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 1227 - Russell - Authorizes the issuance of bonds for construction and renovation projects for the University of Missouri system
04/01/04 -- Reported From S Apprpriations Comm. to Floor w/SCS

SB 1229 - Caskey - Excludes commercially produced tobacco products from items that cannot knowingly be delivered to a jail or prison
04/01/04 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 1235 - Loudon - Modifies insurance laws with respect to reinsurance and liquidation
04/01/04 -- Referred H Financial Services Committee

SB 1243 - Wheeler - Requires public administrators serving as a conservator to have pooled accounts audited annually
04/01/04 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 1247 - Dougherty - Includes certain pro bono attorneys in legal expense fund
04/01/04 -- Hearing Scheduled S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee
04/01/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee
04/01/04 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal
Oversight Committee to Floor
04/01/04 -- SCS S adopted
04/01/04 -- S Third Read and Passed - Consent
04/01/04 -- H First Read

SB 1249 - Champion - Codifies Executive Order 03-27 into statute by expanding the preference given by state bodies to Missouri businesses
04/01/04 -- Referred H Job Creation & Economic Development
Committee

SB 1250 - Scott - Modifies sections of law affecting the Missouri Propane Education and Research Council
04/01/04 -- Referred H Communication, Energy & Technology
Committee

SB 1253 - Mathewson - Clarifies the definition of "city" in relation to urban redevelopment
04/01/04 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws

SB 1257 - Days - Students expelled for certain violent behaviors shall not be considered "drop-outs" for MSIP purposes
04/01/04 -- Referred H Education Committee

SB 1259 - Childers - Allows certain nonresidents to operate a vessel on the lakes of this state with a temporary boater education permit
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 1262 - Dolan - Revises the law regarding salvage vehicles
04/01/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 1274 - Shields - Establishes the Missouri Area Health Education Centers Program
04/01/04 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee

SB 1277 - Yeckel - Provides for licensing of private fire investigators
04/01/04 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org., Vet.
Affairs and Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1279 - Steelman - Creates the Missouri Hospital Infection Control Act of 2004
04/01/04 -- Reported From S Aging, Families, Mental & Public
Health Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1296 - Callahan - Authorizes the conveyance of state property in the Kansas City area
04/01/04 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 1299 - Loudon - Raises the liability limits on residential insurance policies issued by the FAIR plan from $100,000 to $200,000
04/01/04 -- Referred H Financial Services Committee

SB 1302 - Champion - Authorizes the Board of Governors of Southwest Missouri State University to convey land
04/01/04 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 1304 - Griesheimer - Districts providing emergency services are entitled to reimbursement of at least 50% from special allocation fund
04/01/04 -- Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee

SB 1329 - Griesheimer - Modifies provisions concerning Emergency Services Boards
04/01/04 -- H Second Read
04/01/04 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 1332 - Caskey - Allows sheriffs to pay the costs of issuing concealed carry endorsements with sheriff's revolving fund money
04/01/04 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS SBs 1332 & 1341 S Judiciary
& Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Comm. (4849S.04C)

SB 1338 - Callahan - Enables Raytown to establish a sales tax for homeland security
04/01/04 -- H Second Read
04/01/04 -- Referred H Tax Policy Committee

SB 1341 - Cauthorn - Revises the purposes for which monies in the county sheriff's revolving fund can be spent
04/01/04 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 1332 & 1341

SB 1344 - Champion - Modifies the procedure of the Joint Committee on Economic Development Policy and Planning
04/01/04 -- H Second Read
04/01/04 -- Referred H Job Creation & Economic Development
Committee

SB 1365 - Yeckel - Creates the Veterans' Historical Education Trust Fund and encourages the development of other veterans' programs
04/01/04 -- H Second Read
04/01/04 -- Referred H Homeland Security & Veterans Affairs
Committee

SB 1371 - Kinder - Closes the drug benefit coverage gap that was created due to the enactment of the Medicare Act of 2003
04/01/04 -- Hearing Scheduled S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee
04/01/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee
04/01/04 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability and
04/01/04 -- Fiscal Oversight Committee to Floor
04/01/04 -- S Third Read and Passed
04/01/04 -- H First Read

SB 1390 - Foster - Modifies one section relating to boll weevil eradication
04/01/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
and Natural Resources Committee

SB 1391 - Foster - Enables the cities of Steele, Marston, and Mathews to propose a transient guest tax for certain purposes
04/01/04 -- H Second Read
04/01/04 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 1400 - Loudon - Allows practice of physical therapy on animals with prescription from a veterinarian
04/01/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
and Natural Resources Committee

SCR 028 - Kennedy - Urges the President of the United States to lift the ban on Canadian pharmaceuticals
04/01/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee

SCR 044 - Yeckel - Establishes the Joint Interim Committee on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy
04/01/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee

SCR 045 - Dougherty - Establishes April as Literacy month in Missouri
04/01/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &
Ethics Committee

HB 0884 - Ward - Permits property and casualty insurers who offer automobile coverage to include comprehensive and collision coverage as
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 0980 - Myers - Requires DNR to provide a regulatory impact report for certain rulemaking processes and reasons to deny permits
04/01/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks and
Natural Resources Committee

HB 1048 - Parker - Clarifies appropriations for community college district maintenance funds.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1090 - Bishop - Allows property insurance for real estate transferred by beneficiary deed to automatically continue with the grantee
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1142 - Daus - Allows operators of low-speed vehicles to use public highways under certain conditions.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1179 - Corcoran - Revises surcharge in criminal cases so that the money collected may also be used to pay for any expenses related
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1217 - Johnson - Provides that certain retired members can become special consultants on the problems of retirement, aging, and other
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1233 - Dixon - Allows public entities that self-insure health care benefits to require reimbursement for medical claims paid
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1253 - Luetkemeyer - Modifies various insurance provisions relating to powers and duties of liquidators, mutual credits/debts set-offs,
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1278 - Luetkemeyer - Modifies various provisions regarding insurance.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1304 - Byrd - Enacts various measures relating to claims for damages
04/01/04 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee (3380S.09C)
04/01/04 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1364 - Bishop - Makes the filing of parenting plans for children over the age of eighteen optional in proceedings relating to child
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1405 - Dougherty - Creates the Missouri Association of State Troopers Emergency Relief Society special license plate
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1438 - Ward - Designates a section of U.S. Highway 67 in St. Francois County as the Deputy Steven R. Ziegler Memorial Highway
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1440 - Deeken - Regional Planning Commission employees may enroll in Missouri Local Government Retirement System in some cases.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1444 - Moore - Repeals current requirement for legislative committees to have resolutions passed authorizing visits to state
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1445 - Mayer - Authorizes a conveyance of state property used as a National Guard Armory to the city of Dexter.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1471 - Brooks - Authorizes the conveyance of the Felix Building in Jackson County to the Truman Medical Center
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1502 - Wilson - Relates to school employee retirement and revises definition of "break in service.".
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1529 - Lembke - Requires a minimum reimbursement for emergency services in a tax increment financing district.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1566 - Stefanick - Limits eligibility for certain medical assistance benefits to amounts appropriated for such benefits.
04/01/04 -- Hearing Scheduled S Governmental Accountability and
Fiscal Oversight Committee

HB 1603 - Lager - Reenacts and authorizes the republication of section 135.766 (Tax Credit for Small Business Guaranty Fees).
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1604 - Bean, Jr. - Modifies the requirements for securing a cotton lien for nonpayment of an assessment.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1608 - Dougherty - Authorizes the conveyance of state property in Independence.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1610 - Ward - Designates the Trooper Jesse R. Jenkins Memorial Highway.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1612 - Bringer - Authorizes a conveyance of state property to the city of Hannibal.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1613 - Morris - Authorizes a conveyance of real property by the board of governors of Southwest Missouri State University.
04/01/04 -- S First Read (w/EC)

HB 1614 - Holand - Removes the January 1, 2005, sunset for sections 376.825 to 376.840.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1631 - Dixon - Removes outdated reference to the State Training School for Negro Girls.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1634 - Behnen - Revises the law on military discharge records by making all images of such records older than seventy-five years
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1635 - Salva - Authorizes a conveyance of state property known as Highlands I in Jackson County
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HB 1660 - Lager - Revises laws pertaining to accident reports and their disclosure.
04/01/04 -- S First Read

HJR 035 - Dethrow - Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring two-thirds majority vote on initiatives relating to fish and wildlife
04/01/04 -- S First Read

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