Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 3/29/99

SB 0022 - Flotron - Provides a tax credit for expenses incurred in the adoption of a special needs child
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Children, Youth & Families Committee

SB 0030 - Howard - Revises composition and duties of the Soil and Water Districts Commission
03/29/99 -- Reported From S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee to Floor w/SCS

SB 0033 - Johnson - Eliminates current requirement that textbooks be purchased at on-campus bookstore for sales tax exemption
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0037 - Rohrbach - Changes in the way neighborhood improvement districts are established
03/29/99 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Bentley)
03/29/99 -- SCS, as amended, S adopted
03/29/99 -- Perfected

SB 0095 - Maxwell - Eliminates fees for inspection of weighing and measuring devices
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Agri-Business Committee

SB 0176 - Rohrbach - Procedures for agency rulemaking
03/29/99 -- Referred H Civil & Administrative Law Committee

SB 0179 - Goode - Allows use of a single contract to design and build state facilities
03/29/99 -- SCA 1 S Ruled out of order
03/29/99 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (Childers)
03/29/99 -- SA 2 S offered & Rules out of order (Singleton)
03/29/99 -- SA 3 S offered (Childers)
03/29/99 -- SSA 1 for SA 3 S offered (Childers)

SB 0192 - Wiggins - Excludes from sales tax food sold constituting over 80% of gross receipts
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0215 - Mathewson - Modifies provisions of the health plan for state employees
03/29/99 -- SA 1 S offered (Mathewson)

SB 0249 - Maxwell - Regulates the profession of those who install manufactured homes
03/29/99 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee

SB 0261 - Howard - Describes procedures for treatment of tuberculosis
03/29/99 -- Referred H Public Health Committee

SB 0274 - House - Creates the crime of infanticide with an exception for preserving the life of the child or mother
03/29/99 -- Voted Do Not Pass S Public Health & Welfare Committee

SB 0276 - Caskey - Modifies duties of the Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Critical Issues Committee

SB 0282 - Clay - Authorizes Neighborhood Preservation Pilot Project for St. Louis and St. Louis County
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0287 - Maxwell - Clarifies property tax exemption for property of not-for- profit agribusiness associations
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0288 - Quick - Creates Missouri Settlement Trust Fund for deposit of tobacco settlement proceeds
03/29/99 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/29/99 -- H First Read

SB 0289 - Goode - Revises vocational and technical education in St. Louis City and County
03/29/99 -- Referred H Education - Elementary & Secondary Comm.

SB 0295 - Schneider - Increases sovereign immunity liability limits of the state and political subdivisions
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Judiciary Committee

SB 0326 - Goode - Extends the expiration date of the Nursing Facility Reimbursement Allowance to 9/30/2000
03/29/99 -- Referred H Critical Issues Committee

SB 0334 - Mathewson - Expands "brown fields" cleanup program to include residential property
03/29/99 -- Referred H Environment & Energy Committee

SB 0335 - Caskey - Revises numerous sentencing provisions
03/29/99 -- Referred H Criminal Law Committee

SB 0346 - Stoll - Modifies provisions of election law, including the Presidential Primary
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 0352 - Staples - Allows license plates relating to the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation
03/29/99 -- Referred H State Parks, Natural Resources & Mining
Committee

SB 0364 - Ehlmann - Recognizes POW/MIA Recognition Day
03/29/99 -- Referred H Governmental Organization & Review Comm.

SB 0394 - Quick - Clarifies duties of the county collector
03/29/99 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/29/99 -- H First Read

SB 0403 - Rohrbach - Abolishes the Budget Stabilization and Cash Operating Reserve Funds
03/29/99 -- Referred H Fiscal Review Committee

SB 0405 - Scott - Allows for creation of "metropolitan park and recreation district" within St. Louis Co. and surrounding counties
03/29/99 -- Referred H Municipal Corporations Committee

SB 0412 - Goode - Requires statewide candidates to file campaign reports electronically
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 0423 - Westfall - Modifies definition of grain dealers
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Agri-Business Committee

SB 0424 - Westfall - Revises licensing of veterinarians and related workers
03/29/99 -- Referred H Professional Registration & Licensing
Committee

SB 0425 - Stoll - Establishes program for remediation of student academic deficiencies
03/29/99 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & defeated (Ehlmann)
03/29/99 -- SCS S adopted
03/29/99 -- Perfected

SB 0434 - Klarich - Grants an easement to Laclede Gas in Route 66 State Park
03/29/99 -- Referred H State Parks, Natural Resources & Mining
Committee

SB 0435 - Staples - Grants an easement in Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
03/29/99 -- Referred H State Parks, Natural Resources & Mining
Committee

SB 0438 - Russell - Removes an individual's photograph from the type of information the Department of Revenue can disclose
03/29/99 -- Referred H Civil & Administrative Law Committee

SB 0443 - Jacob - Starts Missouri College Guarantee Program in fall 1999 term
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Education - Higher Committee

SB 0461 - House - Revises school district debt limit and allowed investments
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Education - Elementary & Secondary
Committee

SB 0466 - Caskey - Elections of hospital trustees
03/29/99 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SB 0477 - Ehlmann - Allows disclosure of a person's HIV status to peace officers and prosecuting attorneys in certain situations
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Public Health Committee

SB 0479 - Singleton - Allows delivery of LP gas by an out-of-state company if it maintains a storage tank of 18,000 gallon capacity in MO
03/29/99 -- Referred H Environment & Energy Committee

SB 0498 - Wiggins - Modifies procedures for issuing license plates with the Childrens Trust Fund logo
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Motor Vehicle & Traffic Regulations Comm.

SB 0504 - Mueller - Amends MO Not-for-Profit Act by allowing a church to amend bylaws/articles by approval of 2/3 of votes cast by members
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

SB 0518 - Staples - Allows St. Francois County to vote to have a sales tax for economic development
03/29/99 -- H Second Read
03/29/99 -- Referred H Commerce Committee

SCR 002 - Goode - Relating to telecommunications
03/29/99 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Utilities Regulation Committee
03/29/99 -- HCS Reported Do Pass H Utilities Regulation Committee

SCR 008 - Clay - Relating to George Washington Carver Recognition Day
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Critical Issues Committee

SCR 013 - Stoll - Opposes mandatory inclusion of state and local government employees in Social Security
03/29/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions
Committee

SCR 016 - Johnson - Relating to the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
03/29/99 -- Referred H Agriculture Committee

SCR 017 - Banks - Relating to Ward Committee representation
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions
Committee

SCR 018 - Ehlmann - Relating to 2000 decennial census
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions
Committee
03/29/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions
Committee

SJR 023 - Mathewson - Revises term limits to exclude partial terms of service in the General Assembly
03/29/99 -- Referred H Elections Committee

SJR 025 - Rohrbach - Creates Budget Reserve Fund to provide moneys for financial emergencies and natural disasters
03/29/99 -- Referred H Fiscal Review Committee

SR 0242 - Yeckel - Disapproval of Governor's reorganization plan #1
03/29/99 -- Voted Do Not Pass S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions
Committee

HB 0001 - Franklin - Public Debt Appropriations
03/29/99 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0002 - Franklin - Appropriations for the State Board of Education and the Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education
03/29/99 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0003 - Franklin - Appropriations for Higher Education
03/29/99 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0004 - Green - Appropriations for Departments of Revenue and Transportation
03/29/99 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0005 - Green - Office of Administration, Department of Transportation and Governor's appropriations
03/29/99 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0006 - Scheve - Appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation
03/29/99 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0007 - Scheve - Appropriations for the Departments of Economic Development, Insurance and Labor and Industrial Relations
03/29/99 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0008 - Lakin - Appropriations for the Dept. of Public Safety
03/29/99 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0009 - Franklin - Appropriations for the Dept. of Corrections
03/29/99 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0010 - Franklin - Appropriations for Departments of Mental Health, Health, Board of Public Buildings
03/29/99 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0011 - Franklin - Appropriations for the Department of Social Services
03/29/99 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0012 - Franklin - Supplemental appropriations for FY 1999
03/29/99 -- Referred S Appropriations Committee

HB 0026 - Luetkenhaus - Death penalty may apply to murder of child 16 or less, developmentally disabled person or dependent adult
03/29/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0052 - Scheve - Prohibits encumbering of a home to pay for home improvements and other transactions which violate consumer protec. laws
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee
03/29/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

HB 0064 - Long - Allows guide dogs in training to accompany trainers/damages caused by dog are responsibility of the trainer
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Public Health & Welfare Committee
03/29/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Public Health & Welfare Committee

HB 0094 - Clayton - Extends licensure for distribution of controlled substance from one to three years
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Public Health & Welfare Committee
Consent Requested
03/29/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Public Health & Welfare Committee
- with Consent

HB 0191 - Dougherty - Modifies the cancer information reporting system and requires insurance coverage for certain cancer services
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Public Health & Welfare Committee
03/29/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Public Health & Welfare Committee

HB 0246 - Bray - Authorizes various tax credits for construction and rehabilitation of eligible residential property
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

HB 0282 - Clayton - Clarifies shareholder vote not required for certain holding company reorganization where articles refer to section
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee
03/29/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee-Consent

HB 0327 - Parker - REQUIRES A PERSON WHO IS CRIMINALLY COMMITTED FOR A MENTAL DISEASE OF DEFECT TO WAIT ONE YEAR AFTER DENIAL OF RELEASE
03/29/99 -- S First Read

HB 0328 - Parker - Requires that judgments of acquittal due to mental disease list the criminal offense
03/29/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0349 - Gunn - Establishes the Family Development Account Program to enable individuals to establish special savings accounts
03/29/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

HB 0427 - Luetkenhaus - Creates Class A felony of infanticide
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Public Health & Welfare Committee
03/29/99 -- Voted Do Not Pass S Public Health & Welfare Committee

HB 0500 - Koller - ALLOWS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO REGULATE USE OF BRIDGES BY CERTAINVEHICLES FOR PURPOSES OF SAFETY
03/29/99 -- S First Read

HB 0676 - Days - Modifies provisions of election law, including the Presidential Primary
03/29/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
Committee

HB 0686 - Murray - Creates a St. Louis Metropolitan Park and Recreation Dist. and expands powers of Regional Recreation Districts
03/29/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

HB 0792 - Kissell - Powers of the State Fire Marshall
03/29/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0889 - Gaw - Establishes remedial reading programs
03/29/99 -- Referred S Education Committee

HB 0895 - Crump - Policies of certain sheriffs' departments
03/29/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0915 - Mays (050) - CHANGES LAWS FOR QUORUM AT MEETINGS OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE MEMBERS
03/29/99 -- S First Read

HB 0930 - Ward - Corrects reference to POW/MIA
03/29/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
Committee

HCR 004 - Seigfreid - Commissioner of Administration and the State Treasurer to establish an Electronic Funds Transfer System
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions
Committee

HCR 009 - Bonner - Protests "dumping" of steel products in the United States
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions
Comittee

HCR 010 - Williams (121) - Creates Joint Legislative Committee on Immigration
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions
Committee
03/29/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions
Committee

HCR 011 - Mays (050) - Continues the Joint Interim Committee on Telecommunications and Energy
03/29/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions
Committee