Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 1/20/99

SB 0001 - Schneider - Changes law relating to judges and court procedure
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0018 - Goode - Creates crime of aggravated driving with excessive blood alcohol content of .15%
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0020 - Goode - Authorizes municipalities to levy property tax to protect homeowners against declining property values
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0021 - Flotron - Puts burden of proof on taxing authority; grants various taxpayer protections during audits and collections
01/20/99 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee
01/20/99 -- Re-referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0026 - Singleton - Removed county officials cannot attain county elective office for eight years
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Veterans' Affairs &
Corrections Committee

SB 0027 - Mueller - Specifies the reporting of absentee votes
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Veterans' Affairs &
Corrections Committee

SB 0028 - Mueller - Allows political subdivisions to purchase insurance for elderly or low-income housing
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Com.-Consent

SB 0030 - Howard - Revises composition and duties of the Soil and Water Districts Commission
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
and Tourism Committee

SB 0039 - Clay - Revises capital murder sentencing provisions
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0040 - Clay - Requires public school instruction on history of civil rights issues in America
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0041 - Clay - Revises Lincoln University Board of Curators
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0048 - Maxwell - Allows small employers to participate in the Missouri State Employee Health Plan
01/20/99 -- Hearing Cancelled S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0049 - Westfall - Lowers maximum legal blood alcohol content to .08%
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0061 - Bentley - Requires Highway and Transportation Commission to adopt rules for tourist information signs
01/20/99 -- Hearing Cancelled S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
and Tourism Committee

SB 0066 - Childers - Crime victims immune from civil liability for injuries to perpetrator
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0083 - Goode - Requires agencies to report funding received for homeless programs
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Com.-Consent

SB 0086 - Singleton - Creates defense to claim of adverse possession
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0087 - Singleton - Creates crime of leaving scene of shooting
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0093 - Ehlmann - Attorney General may settle desegregation suit and must defend constitutionality of statutes
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0094 - Ehlmann - Felony stealing limit to be $450
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0095 - Maxwell - Eliminates fees for inspection of weighing and measuring devices
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
and Tourism Committee

SB 0100 - Kenney - Creates crime of identity theft
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0110 - Schneider - Modifies certain provisions of the Second Injury Fund
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee-Consent

SB 0111 - Schneider - Changes interest calculations for workers' compensation payments
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0112 - Schneider - Removes the exception for boats and vessels from partition suits
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee-Consent

SB 0114 - Russell - Requires certain juvenile offenders to register with law enforcement
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0178 - Maxwell - Modifies rodeo exception to animal baiting law
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee-Consent

SB 0193 - Wiggins - Authorizes Kansas City to put to vote up to 1/2 cent sales tax to fund flood relief projects
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Budget Control Committee
01/20/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Budget Control Committee
01/20/99 -- Reported From S Budget Control Committee to Floor
01/20/99 -- S Third Read and Passed (EC Adopted)
01/20/99 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 0201 - Childers - Authorizes municipalities to purchase gas for resale
01/20/99 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0202 - Childers - Revises school term starting date requirements
01/20/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0203 - Wiggins - Modifies procedures for initiating a civil action on certain discriminatory practices
01/20/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0204 - Rohrbach - Repeals boat sales tax exemption and creates Water Safety Fund
01/20/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0205 - Westfall - Makes numerous changes to existing billboard law, including spacing and size requirements
01/20/99 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0206 - Childers - Establishes the Mature Worker Child Care Program
01/20/99 -- Referred S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0207 - Klarich - A hazardous materials response team member may sit on policy board of multijurisdictional enforcement group
01/20/99 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0208 - House - Higher education: of programs
01/20/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0209 - Goode - Requires seller certification for sales of electricity and gas; distributors required to file tariffs
01/20/99 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0210 - Howard - Staggers the elections of the governing body in township counties
01/20/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
Committee

SB 0211 - Howard - Deals with establishment of and distribution of trusts within the Missouri Family Trust
01/20/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0212 - Jacob - Requires elected sheriffs to be certified peace officers before elected to office
01/20/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
Committee

SB 0213 - Scott - Changes portions of the Sheriffs' Retirement Plan
01/20/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0214 - Mathewson - Changes the method of filling vacancies of elective offices in fourth class cities
01/20/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0215 - Mathewson - Modifies provisions of the health plan for state employees
01/20/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0216 - Wiggins - Registration for dispensation of controlled substances shall not exceed three years
01/20/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0217 - Wiggins - Establishes Missouri Respect Life Commission and Missouri Alternatives to Abortion Support Fund
01/20/99 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0218 - Caskey - Revises qualifications of governing board members of certain state colleges and universities
01/20/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0219 - Caskey - Specifies original assessment of distributable property of freight line companies; Director of Revenue to collect tax
01/20/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0220 - Caskey - Raises the advertising limit to equal the minimum bidding limit for county purchases
01/20/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0221 - House - Expands the obligation of the Property and Casualty Guaranty Fund for insolvent insurer claims
01/20/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0222 - Clay - Modifies jury compensation
01/20/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0223 - Bland - Establishes the Tobacco Settlement Fund Commission
01/20/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0224 - Caskey - Prohibits certain indemnification contracts on public and private construction works
01/20/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0225 - Caskey - Licensing of physical therapist assistants
01/20/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0226 - Mathewson - Authorizes transient guest tax for fourth class cities in first class counties (Grain Valley)
01/20/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0227 - Mathewson - Increases the cost of a permit for the sale of nonintoxicating beer
01/20/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0228 - Russell - Authorizes Governor to convey certain state property to the City of Osage Beach
01/20/99 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organization
Committee

SB 0229 - Russell - Allows certain cities to impose a tourism tax
01/20/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0230 - Russell - Modifies exemptions to animal baiting law
01/20/99 -- Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Tourism
Committee

SB 0231 - Banks - Requires licensure of persons dealing with lead-based substances
01/20/99 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0232 - Banks - Requires the addition of fire sprinklers in certain buildings
01/20/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0233 - Sims - Deals with the placement of children in appropriate educational services
01/20/99 -- Referred S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0234 - Stoll - Establishes the "Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
01/20/99 -- Referred S Labor & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0235 - Stoll - Removes from gambling definitions games or machines which only give right of replay or certain small items
01/20/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
Committee

SB 0236 - Stoll - Allows kindergarten pupils to attend prior summer school
01/20/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0237 - Klarich - Clarifies statutory references for child endangerment
01/20/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0238 - Jacob - Student representative may attend all curators/regents board meetings
01/20/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0239 - Jacob - Describes the powers of the board of hospital trustees
01/20/99 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations
Committee

SB 0240 - DePasco - Authorizes independence to submit issue of tourism tax to voters
01/20/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0241 - Bland - School districts may create after-school and summer educational programs for at-risk youth
01/20/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0242 - Bland - Authorizes state income tax credit for purchase of goods or services from qualified minority business enterprise
01/20/99 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0243 - Bland - Establishes the "Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program"
01/20/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0244 - Schneider - Corrects a section enacted in two separate bills affecting the licensing of psychologists
01/20/99 -- Referred S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0245 - Maxwell - The Transportation Department may enter into project labor agreements
01/20/99 -- Referred S Labor & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0246 - Maxwell - Allows for the inspection of certain dwellings and child- occupied facilities for the existence of a lead hazard
01/20/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0247 - Maxwell - Prohibits contractors who hire illegal aliens from contracting with the State for one year
01/20/99 -- Referred S Labor & Industrial Relations Committee

SB 0248 - Maxwell - Authorizes sellers of motor vehicles to add any debt owed on a trade-in to a new retain installment contract
01/20/99 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0249 - Maxwell - Regulates the profession of those who install manufactured homes
01/20/99 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0250 - Bland - Establishes tax credits for persons paying for or providing child care
01/20/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0251 - Bland - Missouri Housing Development Commission
01/20/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0252 - Rohrbach - Adds one circuit court judge in Cole County in 2002
01/20/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0253 - Bland - Lowers the age for jury service from 21 to 18 and excuses certain students
01/20/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0254 - Bland - Authorizes pilot project to establish tax free zone in Kansas City
01/20/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0255 - Bland - Expands scope of documents to be charged a fee; corrects several references
01/20/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0256 - Bland - Insurance companies may not refuse to insure an eligible person's interest in residential property
01/20/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0257 - Bland - Requires the placement of warning signs in establishments selling or serving alcoholic beverages
01/20/99 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0258 - Bland - Establishes the Missouri Transition Scholarship Program; 5% wholesale tax on compact discs
01/20/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0259 - Jacob - Lowers the age for jury service from 21 to 18
01/20/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0260 - Klarich - Changes boundary commission law pertaining to boundary corrections and petition requirements
01/20/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0291 - Caskey - Amends child support enforcement provisions to comply with federal mandates
01/20/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0308 - Scott - Relating to certain state retirement systems
01/20/99 -- S First Read

SB 0309 - Maxwell - Relating to public safety personnel
01/20/99 -- S First Read

SB 0310 - Maxwell - Relating to the ethanol producer incentive fund
01/20/99 -- S First Read

SB 0311 - Wiggins - Relating to protection of health care consumers
01/20/99 -- S First Read

SB 0312 - Sims - Relating to bowling centers
01/20/99 -- S First Read

SB 0313 - Stoll - Relating to certain real estate transfers
01/20/99 -- S First Read

SB 0314 - Scott - Relating to certain state retirement systems
01/20/99 -- S First Read

SB 0315 - Staples - Relating to the conveyance of state property to the city of Farmington
01/20/99 -- S First Read

SB 0316 - Schneider - Relating to certain judicial personnel
01/20/99 -- S First Read

SB 0317 - Howard - Deals with the regulation and licensing of the practice of naturopathic medicine
01/20/99 -- S First Read

SB 0318 - Jacob - Relating to income tax exemptions
01/20/99 -- S First Read

SB 0319 - House - Relating to sheltered workships
01/20/99 -- S First Read

SJR 003 - Schneider - Revises the composition and duties of the Citizens' Commission on the Compensation for Elected Officials
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Veterans' Affairs &
Corrections Committee

SJR 005 - Goode - Eliminates the Citizens' Commission on the Compensation for Elected Officials
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Veterans' Affairs &
Corrections Committee

SJR 006 - Goode - Forfeiture proceeds shall be divided between school fund and Public Safety Dept.
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SJR 012 - Kinder - The right of parents to educate their children shall not be abridged
01/20/99 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

SJR 013 - Ehlmann - Revises Missouri Constitution to prohibit laws to establish or limit free exercise of religion
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SJR 016 - Schneider - Forfeiture proceedings shall be divided between schools and law enforcement
01/20/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SJR 020 - Stoll - Relating to school district bond elections
01/20/99 -- S First Read