Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 2/02/99

SB 0004 - Wiggins - Extends Kansas City transportation sales tax until December 31, 2001
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee-Consent

SB 0005 - Wiggins - Terminates, after January 1, 2000, corporation franchise tax in chapter 147, RSMo
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0010 - Scott - Establishment of the Mark McGwire Highway
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0012 - Russell - Allows trainers of guide dogs, hearing assistance dogs and service dogs to enter premises without paying extra charges
02/02/99 -- Reported From S Public Health & Welfare Committee to
Floor-Consent

SB 0013 - Russell - Excludes any capital gains included in federal adjusted gross income from state income tax
02/02/99 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Ways & Means

SB 0014 - Mathewson - Authorizes income tax credit for one-half of prescription drugs purchased by income-qualified senior citizens
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCS SB 14, 60 & 69 S Ways & Means

SB 0015 - Mathewson - Clarifies an existing statutory conflict on appointment of the state fire marshal.
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0016 - Mathewson - Authorizes state income tax credit equal to 50% of eligible expenditures to meet ADA requirements
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0017 - Staples - Allows recreational motor vehicles, up to 45 feet, to be operated upon the highways
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0025 - Singleton - Deals with the release of summaries and/or full autopsy results in sudden infant death syndrome cases
02/02/99 -- Reported From S Public Health & Welfare Committee to
Floor-Consent

SB 0035 - Johnson - Revises Kansas City tourism and convention tax
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0051 - Westfall - Allows license plates relating to civil war battlefield park
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
02/02/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0060 - Bentley - Authorizes income tax credit for pharmaceutical costs by senior citizens and disabled veterans
02/02/99 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 14, 60 & 69

SB 0069 - Steelman - Authorizes pharmaceutical tax credit within circuit breaker structure
02/02/99 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 14, 60 & 69

SB 0078 - Russell - Amends Supreme Court rule 5.29 to allow non-attorneys to represent themselves before certain state agencies
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0105 - Sims - Authorizes claim of right credit for taxes paid in error in previous year
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Ways & Means Committee-

SB 0110 - Schneider - Modifies certain provisions of the Second Injury Fund
02/02/99 -- Reported From S Judiciary Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0115 - Russell - Exempts retired military members from paying personalized license plate fees for retired military plates
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 0116 - Russell - Non-attorneys may represent corporations in certain state proceedings
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0128 - Schneider - Modifies definition of conflict of interest for judges
02/02/99 -- Hearing Scheduled H Judiciary Com. (3:00p.m. HR5)

SB 0149 - Childers - Allows any person replacing stolen license plates to receive at no cost up to two license plates per year
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

SB 0153 - Childers - Permits cemeteries to contract with road districts
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0156 - Schneider - Establishes good faith employee negotiations for public employment
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Labor & Industrial Relations Com.

SB 0159 - House - Authorizes contributions of cash and marketable securities for maternity home tax credit
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee-Consent
02/02/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee-Consent

SB 0160 - Maxwell - Authorizes bonds for water pollution and stormwater control
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0165 - Steelman - Eliminates retirement benefits for all General Assembly members first sworn in on or after January 1, 1999
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0166 - Kinder - Places restrictions on the sale of intoxicating liquor by certain establishments
02/02/99 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Commerce &
Environment Committee

SB 0172 - Goode - Increases penalties for violations of utility laws
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0174 - Quick - Requires motor vehicle license renewal tabs to be placed inside the vehicle
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Transportation Committee

SB 0182 - Westfall - Describes procedure for issuing license plates and placards for the physically disabled
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Transportation Committee

SB 0185 - Goode - Establishes good faith employee negotiations for public employment
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Labor & Industrial Relations Com.

SB 0196 - DePasco - Modifies Kansas City Police Retirement System
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0197 - DePasco - Modifies Kansas City Police and Civilian Retirement Systems
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0199 - Scott - Condemnation proceedings and appointment of commissioners
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0201 - Childers - Authorizes municipalities to purchase gas for resale
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0205 - Westfall - Makes numerous changes to existing billboard law, including spacing and size requirements
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee

SB 0207 - Klarich - A hazardous materials response team member may sit on policy board of multijurisdictional enforcement group
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0209 - Goode - Requires seller certification for sales of electricity and gas; distributors required to file tariffs
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0211 - Howard - Concerns the establishment and distribution of trusts within the Missouri Family Trust
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee
02/02/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee-Consent
02/02/99 -- Reported From S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0213 - Scott - Changes portions of the Sheriffs' Retirement Plan
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Pensions & General Laws Comm.-Consent

SB 0214 - Mathewson - Changes the method of filling vacancies of elective offices in fourth class cities
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0215 - Mathewson - Modifies provisions of the health plan for state employees
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0216 - Wiggins - Registration for dispensation of controlled substances shall not exceed three years
02/02/99 -- Reported From S Public Health & Welfare Committee to
Floor-Consent

SB 0219 - Caskey - Specifies original assessment of distributable property of freight line companies; Director of Revenue to collect tax
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee-Consent

SB 0220 - Caskey - Raises the advertising limit to equal the minimum bidding limit for county purchases
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0225 - Caskey - Licensing of physical therapist assistants
02/02/99 -- Reported From S Public Health & Welfare Committee to
Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0232 - Banks - Requires the addition of fire sprinklers in certain buildings
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0244 - Schneider - Corrects a section enacted in two separate bills affecting the licensing of psychologists
02/02/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Faimiles & Mental Health
Committee-Consent
02/02/99 -- Reported From S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee to Floor w/SCS-Consent

SB 0278 - Klarich - Authorizes Missouri limited liability companies to serve as trustees under trust organized in Missouri
02/02/99 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0292 - Sims - Prohibits health care facilities from retaliating against employees who report abuses by the health care facility
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 0294 - Staples - Requires that all persons under 21 wear motorcycle helmets
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

SB 0295 - Schneider - Sovereign immunity liability limits of the state and political subdivisions are increased
02/02/99 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Mathewson)
02/02/99 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered (Maxwell)
02/02/99 -- SSA 1 for SA 2 to SCS S offered (Staples)
02/02/99 -- SA 1 to SSA 1 for SA 2 to SCS S offered (Maxwell)

SB 0303 - Flotron - Increases maximum limits on sovereign immunity of political subdivisions; changes corporation franchise tax rate
02/02/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0304 - Childers - Allows counties to vote on changing classification
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SB 0308 - Scott - Certain state retirement systems
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0312 - Sims - This bill replaces all references to bowling alley with bowling center
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
02/02/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

SB 0314 - Scott - Certain state retirement systems
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0315 - Staples - Allows conveyance of state property to the City of Farmington
02/02/99 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental Organization
Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0318 - Jacob - Increases state income tax personal exemptions by $900
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Ways & Means Committee
02/02/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0322 - Sims - Child care providers and the operation of child care facilities with and without licenses
02/02/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

SB 0325 - Stoll - Licensing procedures for architects, engineers and surveyors
02/02/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0326 - Goode - Extends the expiration date of the Nursing Facility Reimbursement Allowance from 9/30/99 to 9/30/2000
02/02/99 -- Referred S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0327 - Kinder - Establishes retail electric customer choice
02/02/99 -- Referred S Commerce and Environment Committee

SB 0328 - Clay - Prohibits criminal intimidation based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or disability
02/02/99 -- Referred S Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0329 - Jacob - Allows a judge to order counseling for children involved in divorce proceedings
02/02/99 -- Referred S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0330 - Rohrbach - Eliminates the bulk disclosure of motor vehicle records by the Department of Revenue
02/02/99 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organization
Committee

SB 0331 - Maxwell - Revises Public School Retirement System benefits
02/02/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0332 - House - Revises permitting of surface mining and land reclamation
02/02/99 -- Referred S Commerce and Environment Committee

SB 0333 - Staples - Creates a Commission to identify and support highway projects that enhance economic development
02/02/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0334 - Mathewson - Expands "brown fields" cleanup program to include residential property
02/02/99 -- Referred S Commerce and Environment Committee

SB 0335 - Caskey - Revises numerous sentencing provisions
02/02/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0336 - Caskey - Insurers may intervene in civil action to determine limits of coverage
02/02/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0337 - Howard - Declares certain persons incompetent to testify as witnesses in certain situations
02/02/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0338 - Howard - Creates Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Act
02/02/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0339 - Howard - Concerns the duties of the Division of Aging
02/02/99 -- Referred S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0340 - Russell - Allows creation of law enforcement districts
02/02/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0341 - Russell - Requires Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide $80.00 per pupil for driver's education
02/02/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0342 - Schneider - Authorizes the Commission on Judicial Resources to reallocate judgeships
02/02/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0343 - Schneider - Changes interest calculation method for withheld health insurance reimbursements
02/02/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0344 - Schneider - Authorizes state tax credit for contributions to qualified unplanned pregnancy resource centers in the state
02/02/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0345 - Johnson - Prohibits partial birth abortions
02/02/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0347 - House - Line 14 "At-Risk" moneys may be used for early grade foreign language instruction
02/02/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0348 - Wiggins - Increases allowable tax levy rate for debt service from fifty cents per hundred dollars assessed valuation to $1
02/02/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0349 - Graves - Allows a survivor of a member to receive creditable service under certain circumstances
02/02/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0350 - Clay - Establishes a member's bonus fund within the St. Louis Police Retirement System
02/02/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SB 0351 - Johnson - Modifies provisions regarding basic life insurance and holidays for state employees
02/02/99 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations
Committee

SB 0352 - Staples - Allows license plates relating to the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation
02/02/99 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0353 - Goode - Extends sunset on hazardous waste disposal and generator fees
02/02/99 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

SB 0354 - Childers - Requires state-sponsored professional development events to occur on scheduled days
02/02/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0355 - Maxwell - Revises the Missouri Title Insurance Act
02/02/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0356 - Maxwell - Increases property tax withholdings for collection and assessment costs; reduces state aid deduction for school tax
02/02/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0357 - Klarich - Authorizes an easement in Babler State Park
02/02/99 -- Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Tourism
Committee

SB 0358 - Stoll - Exempts from sales and use tax sales of machines and parts used in coin-operated amusement and vending businesses
02/02/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0359 - Mueller - Modifies existing law with respect to recreational vehicles and manufactured housing
02/02/99 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0360 - Maxwell - Deletes requirement that orders of protection from other states be registered to be enforced
02/02/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

SB 0361 - Westfall - Limits the ability of soil and water districts to sell merchandise
02/02/99 -- Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Tourism
Committee

SB 0362 - Westfall - Amends various provisions regarding licensure of massage therapists
02/02/99 -- Referred S Financial & Governmental Organizations
Committee

SB 0363 - Bentley - Establishes "Clinical Nutritionist Practice Act" re: licensing/certification procedures
02/02/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0364 - Ehlmann - POW/MIA Recognition Day
02/02/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
Committee

SB 0365 - Ehlmann - Revises requirements on student participation in statewide assessment tests
02/02/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

SB 0366 - House - Auth. state income tax credit equal to 10% of all property taxes paid to state or any of its political subdivisions
02/02/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0367 - Kenney - Requires those who engage in profession of housemoving to become licensed and obtain permits for moves
02/02/99 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

SB 0368 - Clay - Concerns the practice of physical therapy
02/02/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0369 - Sims - Establishes registration requirements for property tax consultants
02/02/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0370 - Flotron - Guarantees that test of compelling state interest be applied to all laws which affect the free exercise of religion
02/02/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0371 - Flotron - Requires agencies involved in forfeitures to submit audit report to Department of Public Safety
02/02/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

SB 0372 - Graves - Authorizes state income tax credit for number of acres under sharecropping arrangement and for animal units
02/02/99 -- Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Tourism
Committee

SB 0373 - DePasco - Authorizes pari-mutuel wagering at associated pari-mutuel (off-track) facilities
02/02/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SB 0374 - Mathewson - Modifies provisions regarding the termination of workers' compensation benefits
02/02/99 -- Referred S Judiciary Committee

SB 0375 - Mathewson - Establishes the Southern Dairy Compact including mission, organization and penalty provisions
02/02/99 -- Referred S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks & Tourism
Committee

SB 0376 - Howard - Concerns financial exploitation of the elderly
02/02/99 -- Referred S Aging, Familes & Mental Health Committee

SB 0377 - Howard - Permits Mental Health Commission to employ three persons in addition to the Director
02/02/99 -- Referred S Aging, Families & Mental Health Committee

SB 0378 - Bland - Concerns the practice of dentistry
02/02/99 -- Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0386 - Clay - Allows custodial accounts to be acceptable securities for state treasurer; other banking law changes
02/02/99 -- S First Read

SB 0387 - Clay - Concerns temporary assistance benefits for children
02/02/99 -- S First Read

SB 0388 - Clay - Establishes Missouri Critical Teacher Shortage Forgivable Loan Program
02/02/99 -- S First Read

SB 0389 - Clay - Establishes tax credit for donation of high technology equipment to schools
02/02/99 -- S First Read

SB 0390 - Clay - Revises Minority Teaching Scholarships
02/02/99 -- S First Read

SB 0391 - Schneider - Licensing for wine mfg./expands definition of wine to in- clude "brandy or brandies"/estab. amt. of alcohol by weight
02/02/99 -- S First Read

SB 0392 - Goode - Establishes a graduated driver's licensing system
02/02/99 -- S First Read

SB 0393 - Goode - Modifies provisions pertaining to driver's and nondriver's licenses
02/02/99 -- S First Read

SB 0394 - Quick - Req. all back taxes to be pd. before pymt. of current prop. taxes is accepted; deadline for filing real estate deeds
02/02/99 -- S First Read

SB 0395 - Quick - Revises distribution of grants for storm-water control
02/02/99 -- S First Read

SJR 021 - Mathewson - Restricts Article X distributions to individual taxpayers only
02/02/99 -- Referred S Pensions & General Laws Committee

SJR 022 - Howard - Authorizes counties to create mental health service districts and to impose prop. tax levy to fund the services
02/02/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

SJR 023 - Mathewson - Revises term limits to exclude partial terms of service in the General Assembly
02/02/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
Committee

SJR 024 - Jacob - Relating to bingo
02/02/99 -- S First Read