Missouri Senate - Daily Action

Missouri State Senate

Senate Action for 4/08/04

SB 0700 - Russell - Creates an enterprise zone in Laclede County: 04/08/04 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee; 04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee

SB 0710 - Goode - Amends various provisions regarding the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles: 04/08/04 -- Referred H Transportation & Motor Vehicle Committee

SB 0717 - Childers - Creates a Legislative Academy within the General Assembly: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar; 04/08/04 -- Perfected

SB 0718 - Yeckel - Creates the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board to serve as liaison between agencies and small businesses: 04/08/04 -- Referred H Small Business Committee

SB 0728 - Steelman - Creates a tax credit for 10% of contributions to health reimbursement arrangements: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0769 - Nodler - Establishes the procedures for disincorporation of a road district in Jasper County: 04/08/04 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee

SB 0774 - Wheeler - Establishes the lifetime home grant program which is funded by an additional $1 fee on real estate instruments

04/08/04 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org.,

Vet. Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0782 - Caskey - Requires county treasurers to designate an individual to act on his or her behalf if incapacitated: 04/08/04 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee

SB 0787 - Childers - Requires countywide election approving gambling boats in cities: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0807 - Loudon - Authorizes special motion to dismiss in Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP): 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0810 - Klindt - Immunity from civil liability for certain landowners owning land adjoining public trails: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0817 - Kennedy - Creates the Board of Counselors and Therapists: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0888 - Goode - Disallows the deduction for property tax paid to another state on nonresident income tax returns: 04/08/04 -- SA 1 S offered & withdrawn (Jacob); 04/08/04 -- SA 2 S offered & defeated (Jacob); 04/08/04 -- Perfected

SB 0906 - Foster - Allows health carriers to offer one or more health plans which contain deductibles, coinsurance or other options: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0908 - Cauthorn - Creates the Missouri Medical Malpractice Mutual Insurance Company Act: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0942 - Nodler - Authorizes the conveyance of various parcels of state land: 04/08/04 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee

SB 0960 - Gibbons - Makes clarifications to the property assessment law: 04/08/04 -- Referred H Tax Policy Committee

SB 1023 - Griesheimer - Creates the criminal use of property by operating audio-visual recording devices while in a movie: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1037 - Steelman - Allows franchise fees to be used as credits for any public utility right-of-way users

04/08/04 -- Reported From S Commerce & the Environment

Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1075 - Coleman - Authorizes the conveyance of the Midtown Habilitation Center: 04/08/04 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee; 04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 1076 - Caskey - Revises law on nonprobate transfers: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar; 04/08/04 -- Perfected

SB 1081 - Kinder - Permits contractors to resolve lawsuits without litigation: 04/08/04 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 1093 - Gibbons - Allows political subdivisions and other public entities to invest public funds: 04/08/04 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee; 04/08/04 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government Comm. - Consent

SB 1106 - Shields - Conveys land to the St. Joseph Museum, Ind.: 04/08/04 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee; 04/08/04 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government Comm. - Consent

SB 1107 - Shields - Conveys land to the St. Joseph school district St. Joseph School District: 04/08/04 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee; 04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 1116 - Stoll - Allows business and cell phone users to be placed on the no-call list: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar; 04/08/04 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Steelman); 04/08/04 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted; 04/08/04 -- Perfected

SB 1124 - Goode - Provides Electrical Companies the Opportunity to Recover Incurred Costs: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1128 - Cauthorn - Revises laws regulating concentrated animal feeding operations: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1132 - Steelman - Establishes predetermination of prudence for utility infrastructure investments

04/08/04 -- Reported From S Commerce & the Environment

Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1159 - Foster - Establishes the Coordinating Board for Early Childhood within the Children's Services Commission: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1166 - Caskey - Authorizes certain counties to adopt ordinances to impose civil fines for certain misdemeanors: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar; 04/08/04 -- Perfected

SB 1171 - Griesheimer - Codifies the Office of Homeland Security and the Missouri Security Council: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1183 - Dolan - Changes provisions about regulations governing the subdivision of land: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1198 - Russell - Repeals the employer withholding bonus: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1212 - Wheeler - Conveys state property, known as the Felix Building to the Truman Medical Center: 04/08/04 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee; 04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 1213 - Steelman - Creates additional regulation for tobacco manufacturers: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1220 - Caskey - Increases the maximum amount of compensation that certain county officials may receive: 04/08/04 -- Referred H Special Committee on General Laws

SB 1221 - Kinder - Authorizes a $350,000,000 bond issuance for construction and renovation of facilities of higher education: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1233 - Dolan - Creates license plates, revises law on salvage title, modifies towing law and modifies other motor vehicle laws: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar; 04/08/04 -- S Third Read and Passed; 04/08/04 -- H First Read

SB 1234 - Mathewson - Implements the Jobs Now Initiative: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1247 - Dougherty - Includes certain pro bono attorneys in legal expense fund: 04/08/04 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 1254 - Klindt - Expands the Missouri Air Emission Reduction Fund: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1277 - Yeckel - Provides for licensing of private fire investigators: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1279 - Steelman - Creates the Missouri Hospital Infection Control Act of 2004: 04/08/04 -- SS for SCS S offered (Steelman); 04/08/04 -- SA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Bland); 04/08/04 -- SS for SCS, as amended, S adopted; 04/08/04 -- Perfected

SB 1331 - Gibbons - Revises the definition of "municipality" as it relates to downtown and rural development: 04/08/04 -- Hearing Conducted H Local Government Committee; 04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass H Local Government Committee - Consent

SB 1332 - Caskey - Allows sheriffs to pay the costs of issuing concealed carry endorsements with sheriff's revolving fund money

04/08/04 -- Reported From S Judiciary & Civil & Criminal

Jurisprudence Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 1355 - Days - Requires the state to participate in the Infant and Toddler Program pursuant to Part C of IDEA: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 1370 - Nodler - Requires contracts for energy conservation measures in public buildings to meet certain requirements: 04/08/04 -- SS S offered (Nodler); 04/08/04 -- SA 1 to SS S offered & adopted (Nodler); 04/08/04 -- SS, as amended, S adopted; 04/08/04 -- Perfected

SB 1371 - Kinder - Closes the drug benefit coverage gap that was created due to the enactment of the Medicare Act of 2003: 04/08/04 -- Referred H Senior Security Committee

SB 1390 - Foster - Modifies one section relating to boll weevil eradication

04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks and

Natural Resources Committee

SB 1394 - Vogel - Modifies various provisions regarding tax collection: 04/08/04 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Committee to Floor

SB 1395 - Shields - Modifies the artists and entertainers tax: 04/08/04 -- Reported From S Ways & Means Committee to Floor

SCR 044 - Yeckel - Establishes the Joint Interim Committee on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy

04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &

Ethics Committee

04/08/04 -- Reported From S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &

Ethics Committee to Floor

SCR 045 - Dougherty - Establishes April as Literacy month in Missouri

04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &

Ethics Committee

04/08/04 -- Reported S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics

Committee to Floor

SCR 046 - Gross - Establishes the Joint Interim Committee on Tax Returns

04/08/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &

Ethics Committee

SCR 047 - Griesheimer - Establishes the Joint Interim Committee on State Supported Passenger Rail Service and Multimodal Transportation

04/08/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &

Ethics Committee

SJR 024 - Caskey - Preserving the right of Missouri citizens to harvest wild bird, fish and game: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SJR 025 - Yeckel - Removes portion of the Missouri Constitution which prohibits distribution of state funds to religious organizations

04/08/04 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org.,

Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor

SJR 026 - Yeckel - Removes provison of Constitution limiting distribution of funds to any church, religion, or any preacher or teacher

04/08/04 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Org.,

Veterans' Affairs & Elections Committee to Floor

SJR 040 - Stoll - Revises requirements to be met by those involved in the management of bingo: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SJR 041 - Kinder - Removes the Governor's recommendations for revenue bills from the Constitution: 04/08/04 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

HB 0855 - Holand - Modifies law regarding insurance coverage for mental health conditions, chemical dependency and alcoholism

04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Aging, Families, Mental &

Public Health Committee

HB 0883 - Graham - Designates a certain portion of Interstate 70 the Submarine Veterans' Highway.: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 0912 - Page - Designates the George R. "Buzz" Westfall Memorial Highway: 04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 0946 - Crawford - Makes changes to the Transportation Department, billboards, development districts and other transportation issues: 04/08/04 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Trasnportation Comm. (3521S.09C)

HB 0956 - May (149) - Names "Big Bluestem" as the official grass of the state of Missouri

04/08/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks

& Natural Resources Committee

HB 0960 - Roark - Designates a portion of U.S. Highway 60 as the Trooper Russell Harper Memorial Highway.

04/08/04 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

(3611S.03C)

HB 1001 - Bearden - Appropriates money for the board of fund commissioners.: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1002 - Bearden - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and the: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1003 - Bearden - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and the: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1004 - Bearden - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue and the: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1005 - Bearden - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Office of Administration, the: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1006 - Bearden - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1007 - Bearden - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Economic Development,: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1008 - Bearden - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety.: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1009 - Bearden - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections and the: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1010 - Bearden - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, the Board: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1011 - Bearden - To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, and distributions of the Department of Social Services and the: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1012 - Bearden - To sppropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Chief Executive's Office and Mansion.: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 1014 - Bearden - To approriate money for supplemental purposes for the several departments and offices of state government: 04/08/04 -- Signed by House Speaker; 04/08/04 -- Signed by Senate President Pro Tem; 04/08/04 -- Delivered to Governor

HB 1029 - Henke - Designates a portion of Highway J in Lincoln County as the "Veterans Highway".: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1114 - Skaggs - Allows survivors of peace officers and firemen killed in the line of duty to receive special license plates.: 04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 1149 - May (149) - Designates a bridge on Interstate 44 in Phelps County as the the "Trooper Mike L. Newton Memorial Bridge": 04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 1284 - Engler - Revises the law regarding salvage vehicles: 04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 1304 - Byrd - Enacts various measures relating to claims for damages

04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal

Oversight Committee

04/08/04 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountability & Fiscal

Oversight Committee to Floor

04/08/04 -- S Third Read and Passed

HB 1305 - Byrd - Modifies the law regarding medical malpractice insurance regarding the setting of rates, cancellation of policies etc

04/08/04 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Small Business, Insurance and

Industrial Relations Committee (4174S.05C)

04/08/04 -- Reported From S Small Business, Insurance &

Industrial Relations Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1442 - Lipke - Designates the Thomas G. Tucker, Jr. Memorial Highway: 04/08/04 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 1444 - Moore - Removes the requirement that a resolution be adopted before a legialtive committee may visit any state institution

04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental

Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com.

HB 1454 - Swinger - Authorizes a conveyance of state property used as a National Guard Armory to the city of Caruthersville.

04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,

Tourism and Local Government Committee

HB 1462 - Bean, Jr. - Authorizes a conveyance of state property used as a National Guard Armory to the city of Bernie.

04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Economic Development,

Tourism and Local Government Committee

HB 1566 - Stefanick - Limits eligibility for certain medical assistance benefits to amounts appropriated for such benefits.

04/08/04 -- Reported From S Governmental Accountabioity & Fiscal

Oversight Committee to Floor w/SCS

HB 1614 - Holand - Creates a sunset date of January 1, 2011 for the Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Insurance Act

04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance

and Industrial Relations Committee

HB 1660 - Lager - Modifies laws pertaining to accident reports and their disclosure

04/08/04 -- Second Read and Referred S Financial & Governmental

Organization, Veterans' Affairs & Elections Com.

HCR 010 - Myers - Designates Menfro soil as representing the many fertile soils of the State of Missouri

04/08/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &

Ehics Committee

HCR 012 - Kelly (036) - Designates Miss Missouri as an official hostess for the State of Missouri

04/08/04 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions &

Ethics Committee