Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 2/03/99

SB 0009 - Banks - Prohibits insurance company from using credit history to determine whether to provide, renew or cancel policy
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0011 - Russell - Adds associate circuit judges to Camden, Laclede and Taney counties
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0015 - Mathewson - Clarifies an existing statutory conflict on appointment of the State Fire Marshal
02/03/99 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0041 - Clay - Revises Lincoln University Board of Curators
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 0061 - Bentley - Requires Highway and Transportation Commission to adopt rules for tourist information signs
02/03/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee-Consent

SB 0070 - Schneider - "Purposeful contact" in motor vehicle franchise practices includes contact using the Internet
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Comm.-Opponents Only

SB 0073 - Wiggins - Lowers the age for jury service from 21 to 18
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0079 - Russell - Allows suspension of public assistance if a child does not attend school
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0090 - Johnson - Changes residency requirements for aldermen in fourth class cities
02/03/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Elections, Veterans' Affairs &
Corrections Committee-Consent

SB 0112 - Schneider - Removes the exception for boats and vessels from partition suits
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee-Consent

SB 0129 - Schneider - Reclassifies five associate circuit judges as circuit judges in St. Louis County
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0139 - Childers - Allows certain county treasurers to keep office during change in classification
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Elections, Veterans' Affairs &
Corrections Committee-Consent

SB 0144 - Russell - Children under age 18 must attend school to have a driver's license
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0148 - Childers - Makes West Plains campus of South West MO State eligible for student aid
02/03/99 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Education Committee

SB 0153 - Childers - Permits cemeteries to contract with road districts
02/03/99 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0163 - House - Public school sexual education shall emphasize abstinence
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 0169 - Maxwell - Changes reference from "National Guard" to "Missouri National Guard"
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Elections, Veterans' Affairs
& Corrections Committee-Consent

SB 0180 - Johnson - Revises Non-Teachers Retirement System
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 0183 - Staples - Adds one associate circuit judge in St. Francois County
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0186 - Kenney - Requires DESE to provide statewide assessment tests to districts without charge
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 0187 - Kenney - Allows children of employees of certain school districts to attend on a tuition basis
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee-Consent

SB 0188 - House - Removes old citation to federal Servicemen's Readjustment Act
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Veterans' Affairs &
Corrections Committee-Consent
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Elections, Veterans' Affairs &
Corrections Committee-Consent

SB 0191 - House - The state shall not set certification by a school-to-work program as a condition of employment
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SB 0193 - Wiggins - Authorizes Kansas City to put to vote up to 1/2 cent sales tax to fund flood relief projects
02/03/99 -- Signed by Governor (w/EC)

SB 0203 - Wiggins - Modifies procedures for initiating a civil action on certain discriminatory practices
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Comm.

SB 0208 - House - Higher education: of programs
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0212 - Jacob - Requires elected sheriffs to be certified peace officers before elected to office
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Veterans' Affairs &
Corrections Committee

SB 0214 - Mathewson - Changes the method of filling vacancies of elective offices in fourth class cities
02/03/99 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0218 - Caskey - Revises qualifications of governing board members of certain state colleges and universities
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Education Committee

SB 0220 - Caskey - Raises the advertising limit to equal the minimum bidding limit for county purchases
02/03/99 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor-Consent

SB 0224 - Caskey - Prohibits certain indemnification contracts on public and private construction works
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Comm.

SB 0236 - Stoll - Allows kindergarten pupils to attend prior summer school
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0238 - Jacob - Student representative may attend all curators/regents board meetings
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SB 0259 - Jacob - Lowers the age for jury service from 21 to 18
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

SB 0262 - Caskey - Revises laws regarding underinsured motor vehicle owners and operators
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0263 - Caskey - Revises the mandatory limits for motor vehicle insurance
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0264 - Caskey - Amends provisions regarding dual jurisidction sentencing of juvenile criminal cases
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee-Consent
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee-Consent

SB 0266 - Klarich - Public policy of state is to recognize marriage only between a man and a woman
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0271 - Ehlmann - Allows emancipated minors to make a will
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee-Consent

SB 0275 - Caskey - Revises provisions regarding Missouri Office of Prosecution Services and prosecuting attorneys
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee-Consent
02/03/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee-Consent

SB 0277 - Russell - Revenues paid to the "State Park Earnings Fund"
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee-Consent
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Tourism Committee-Consent

SB 0289 - Goode - Revises vocational and technical education in St. Louis City and County
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCAs 1 & 2 S Education Committee

SB 0291 - Caskey - Amends child support enforcement provisions to comply with federal mandates
02/03/99 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
02/03/99 -- Referred S Budget Control Committee

SB 0295 - Schneider - Sovereign immunity liability limits of the state and political subdivisions are increased
02/03/99 -- SSA 1 for SA 1 to SSA 1 for SA 2 to SCS S offered &
Ruled out of order (Maxwell)
02/03/99 -- SA 1 to SSA 1 for SA 2 to SCS S withdrawn
02/03/99 -- SSA 1 for SA 2 to SCS S adopted

SB 0298 - Kinder - Allows court to order payment of designated amount into crime reduction fund as condition of probation
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0310 - Maxwell - Extends the Ethanol Producer Incentive Fund's expiration date from 12/31/2000 to 12/31/2007
02/03/99 -- Hearing Cancelled S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee

SB 0311 - Wiggins - Creates new sections relating to the protection of health care consumers
02/03/99 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Insurance & Housing
Committee

SB 0312 - Sims - This bill replaces all references to bowling alley with bowling center
02/03/99 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor w/SCA 1-Consent

SB 0313 - Stoll - Requires detailed disclosure form to be used in sales of residential real estate
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SB 0321 - Caskey - Prohibits distributions which satisfy legal support obliga- tions or which exceed normal supports needs of a trustee
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee-Consent
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee-Consent

SB 0346 - Stoll - Modifies provisions of election law
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Elections, Veterans' Affairs
& Corrections Committee

SB 0396 - Mathewson - Expands the investigative powers of the State Fire Marshal
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0397 - Maxwell - Increases maximum liability of the state and political subdivisions
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0398 - Maxwell - Concerns financial exploitation of the elderly
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0399 - Maxwell - Makes "recalculated levy" for school districts
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0400 - Maxwell - Makes various changes to law relating to water and sewer services
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0401 - Maxwell - Relating to county surveyors and land surveys
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0402 - Rohrbach - Revises contracting for telephone service for inmates
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0403 - Rohrbach - Abolishes the Budget Stabilization and Cash Operating Reserve Funds
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0404 - Goode - Salaries of certain personnel to be set by the Governor within approved ranges
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0405 - Scott - Relating to recreational systems of political subdivisions
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0406 - Bentley - Proposes expansion of the kinds of taxes available to retire debt in a Community Improvement District
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0407 - Mueller - Eliminates the requirement of a summary for life insurance policies marketed with an illustration
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0408 - Wiggins - Expands the availability of services to the blind and visually impaired
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SB 0409 - Wiggins - Allows health practitioners to hold liens on a patient's negligence claims
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SCR 012 - Steelman - Relating to establishing the "Adoption Trends and Policies Panel"
02/03/99 -- S First Read

SJR 002 - Schneider - Commission on Judicial Resources may evaluate need for judicial positions
02/03/99 -- Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary Committee

SJR 005 - Goode - Eliminates the Citizens' Commission on the Compensation for Elected Officials
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Elections, Veterans' Affairs &
Corrections Committee

SJR 012 - Kinder - The right of parents to educate their children shall not be abridged
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

SJR 020 - Stoll - Allows approval of school bond issues by simple majority
02/03/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee
02/03/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee

SJR 025 - Rohrbach - Creates Budget Reserve Fund to provide moneys for financial emergencies and natural disasters
02/03/99 -- S First Read