Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 1/12/99

SB 0001 - Schneider - Changes law relating to judges and court procedure
01/12/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0002 - Schneider - Interest calculated by actuarial method on prepayment of loans
01/12/99 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organization Com.

SB 0003 - Schneider - Authorizes state income tax deduction for school tuition, attendance fees, supplies and transportation costs
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0004 - Wiggins - Extends Kansas City transportation sales tax until December 31, 2001
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0005 - Wiggins - Terminates, after January 1, 2000, corporation franchise tax in chapter 147, RSMo
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0006 - Wiggins - Authorizes taxpayers to subtract amount of social security benefits in determining state income tax
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0007 - Banks - Creates a Commission on Special Health, Psychological and Social Needs of Minority Older Individuals
01/12/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0008 - Banks - Requires Department of Health to establish an education program about Hepatitis C
01/12/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0009 - Banks - Prohibits insurance company from using credit history to determine whether to provide, renew or cancel policy
01/12/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0010 - Scott - Establishment of the Mark McGwire Highway
01/12/99 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0011 - Russell - Adds associate circuit judges to Camden, Laclede and Taney counties
01/12/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0012 - Russell - Allows trainers of guide dogs, hearing assistance dogs and service dogs to enter premises without paying extra charges
01/12/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0013 - Russell - Excludes any capital gains included in federal adjusted gross income from state income tax
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0014 - Mathewson - Authorizes income tax credit for one-half of prescription drugs purchased by income-qualified senior citizens
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0015 - Mathewson - Clarifies an existing statutory conflict on appointment of the state fire marshal.
01/12/99 -- Referred S Local Gov't. & Economic Development Comm.

SB 0016 - Mathewson - Authorizes state income tax credit equal to 50% of eligible expenditures to meet ADA requirements
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0017 - Staples - Allows recreational motor vehicles, up to 45 feet, to be operated upon the highways
01/12/99 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0018 - Goode - Creates crime of aggravated driving with excessive blood alcohol content of .15%
01/12/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0019 - Goode - Increases enforcement provisions for motor vehicle financial responsibility
01/12/99 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0020 - Goode - Authorizes municipalities to levy property tax to protect homeowners against declining property values
01/12/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0021 - Flotron - Puts burden of proof on taxing authority; grants various taxpayer protections during audits and collections
01/12/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0022 - Flotron - Provides for a tax credit for expenses incurred in the adoption of a special needs child
01/12/99 -- Referred S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0023 - Flotron - Allows lumber and building materials dealers to remit sales tax upon receipt of cash payments
01/12/99 -- Referred S Labor & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0024 - Singleton - Eliminates the right of county collectors to retain fees collected
01/12/99 -- Referred S Local Gov't. & Economic Development Comm.

SB 0025 - Singleton - Creates a procedure for the report and evaluation of sudden infant death syndrome cases
01/12/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0026 - Singleton - Removed county officials cannot attain county elective office for eight years
01/12/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
01/12/99 -- Committee

SB 0027 - Mueller - Specifies the reporting of absentee votes
01/12/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
01/12/99 -- Committee

SB 0028 - Mueller - Allows political subdivisions to purchase insurance for elderly or low-income housing
01/12/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0029 - Mueller - Revises the statute of limitations and damages for home improvements
01/12/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0030 - Howard - Revises composition and duties of the Soil and Water Districts Commission
01/12/99 -- Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Tourism
01/12/99 -- Committee

SB 0031 - Howard - Establishes a deadline on Ethics Commission investigations
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ethics Committee

SB 0032 - Howard - Establishes notification of unemployment benefit eligibility
01/12/99 -- Referred S Labor & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0033 - Johnson - Eliminates current requirement that textbooks be purchased at on-campus bookstore for sales tax exemption
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0034 - Johnson - Retention of public records and penalties for tampering
01/12/99 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organization Com.

SB 0035 - Johnson - Revises Kansas City tourism and convention tax
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0036 - Rohrbach - Prohibits future private jails for profit
01/12/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
01/12/99 -- Committee

SB 0037 - Rohrbach - Changes in the way neighborhood improvement districts are established
01/12/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
01/12/99 -- Committee

SB 0038 - Rohrbach - Requires voter approval for building codes in certain counties
01/12/99 -- Referred S Labor & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0039 - Clay - Revises capital murder sentencing provisions
01/12/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0040 - Clay - Requires public school instruction on history of civil rights issues in America
01/12/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0041 - Clay - Revises Lincoln University Board of Curators
01/12/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0042 - Ehlmann - Makes numerous changes in laws affecting the City of St. Louis
01/12/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
01/12/99 -- Committee

SB 0043 - Ehlmann - Repeals quotas and preferences by state and local governments
01/12/99 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organization Com.

SB 0044 - Ehlmann - Creates Community Partnership Program for purpose of addressing poverty issues and promoting local participation
01/12/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0045 - Kinder - Prohibits partial birth abortions, except to preserve life of mother
01/12/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0046 - Maxwell - Increases maximum liability of the state and political subdivisions
01/12/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0047 - Maxwell - Eliminates current requirement that textbooks be purchased at on-campus bookstore for sales tax exemption
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0048 - Maxwell - Allows small employers to participate in the Missouri State Employee Health Plan
01/12/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0049 - Westfall - Lowers maximum legal blood alcohol content to .08%
01/12/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0050 - Westfall - Creates felonies of killing and assault of police animals
01/12/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0051 - Westfall - Allows license plates relating to civil war battlefield park
01/12/99 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0052 - Klarich - Limits or freezes assessed valuation of real property under specified conditions
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0053 - Klarich - Removes authorization for revision of any tax levy to permit inflationary growth factor
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0054 - Graves - Authorizes work camps for qualified corrections inmates
01/12/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
01/12/99 -- Committee

SB 0055 - Graves - Creates crime of involuntary manslaughter in the second degree
01/12/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0056 - Graves - Revises the limit and penalties for motor vehicle safety inspections
01/12/99 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0057 - Kenney - Phases in full deductibility of federal income taxes paid by individuals
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0058 - Kenney - Phases in full deductibility of federal income taxes for corporations
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0059 - Kenney - Allows certain school districts to make additional transfers of operating funds for capital projects
01/12/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0060 - Bentley - Authorizes income tax credit for pharmaceutical costs by senior citizens and disabled veterans
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0061 - Bentley - Requires Highway and Transportation Commission to adopt rules for tourist information signs
01/12/99 -- Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Tourism
01/12/99 -- Committee

SB 0062 - Bentley - Allows forfeiture or impoundment of motor vehicle for certain DWI offenses
01/12/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0063 - Sims - Restores full federal income tax deductibility for individuals
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0064 - Sims - Changes two-year real property assessment cycle to four year cycle
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0065 - Sims - Restores full federal income tax deductibility for corporations
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0066 - Childers - Crime victims immune from civil liability for injuries to perpetrator
01/12/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0067 - Childers - Provides for the election of public service commissioners
01/12/99 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organization Com.

SB 0068 - Childers - Establishes a tax credit for dry fire hydrants
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0069 - Steelman - Authorizes pharmaceutical tax credit within circuit breaker structure
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0252 - Rohrbach - Relating to the nineteenth judicial circuit
01/12/99 -- S First Read

SB 0253 - Bland - Relating to jury service
01/12/99 -- S First Read

SB 0254 - Bland - Relating to economic development in certain economically depressed areas
01/12/99 -- S First Read

SB 0255 - Bland - Relating to user fees collected by the county recorder of deeds
01/12/99 -- S First Read

SB 0256 - Bland - Relating to cancellation of insurance policies
01/12/99 -- S First Read

SB 0257 - Bland - Relating to liquor control
01/12/99 -- S First Read

SB 0258 - Bland - Relating to academic scholarships for certain motivated and talented students
01/12/99 -- S First Read

SB 0259 - Jacob - Relating to jury service
01/12/99 -- S First Read

SB 0260 - Klarich - Relating to boundaries of political subdivisions
01/12/99 -- S First Read

SB 0261 - Howard - Relating to the treatment of tuberculosis
01/12/99 -- S First Read

SCR 001 - Clay - Relating to the Great Irish Famine
01/12/99 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions Committee

SCR 002 - Goode - Relating to telecommunications
01/12/99 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions Committee

SCR 003 - Ehlmann - Relating to the Federal Clean Air Act
01/12/99 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions Committee

SCR 004 - Russell - Relating to the Global Climate Treaty
01/12/99 -- S First Read

SJR 001 - Schneider - Revises term limits for members of the General Assembly
01/12/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SJR 002 - Schneider - Commission on Judicial Resources may evaluate need for judicial positions
01/12/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SJR 003 - Schneider - Revises the composition and duties of the Citizens' Commission on the Compensation for Elected Officials
01/12/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
01/12/99 -- Committee

SJR 004 - Banks - Exempts real and personal property owned by senior citizens from property tax with a replacement tax
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SJR 005 - Goode - Eliminates the Citizens' Commission on the Compensation for Elected Officials
01/12/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
01/12/99 -- Committee

SJR 006 - Goode - Forfeiture proceeds shall be divided between school fund and Public Safety Dept.
01/12/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SJR 007 - Goode - Exempts from taxation motor vehicles used primarily for non- business purposes, with a replacement tax on other property
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SJR 008 - Maxwell - Excludes from definition of total state revenues funds designated for Missouri veterans' homes
01/12/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SJR 009 - Klarich - Voters to determine whether tobacco settlement funds are included in total state revenues
01/12/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SJR 010 - Yeckel - Allows approval of school bond issues by simple majority
01/12/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SJR 011 - Goode - Exempts from taxation motor vehicles used primarily for non- business purposes
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SJR 012 - Kinder - The right of parents to educate their children shall not be abridged
01/12/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 013 - Ehlmann - Revises Missouri Constitution to prohibit laws to establish or limit free exercise of religion
01/12/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 014 - House - Eliminates personal property tax; imposes replacement tax on residential and commercial/utility property
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SJR 015 - Klarich - Removes authorization for political subdivisions to revise tax levies to permit inflationary growth factor
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SJR 016 - Schneider - Forfeiture proceedings shall be divided between schools and law enforcement
01/12/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SJR 017 - Mueller - Authorizes general assembly to provide for site valuation of land for property tax purposes
01/12/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee