Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 3/31/99

SB 0007 - Banks - Creates a Commission on Special Health, Psychological and Social Needs of Minority Older Individuals
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Social Services, Medicaid & the
Elderly Committee

SB 0010 - Scott - Establishes the Mark McGwire Highway
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Com.
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/HCA 1 H Transportation Com. - Consent

SB 0014 - Mathewson - Authorizes income tax credit for one-half of prescription drugs purchased by income-qualified senior citizens
03/31/99 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/31/99 -- H First Read

SB 0017 - Staples - Allows recreational motor vehicles, up to 45 feet, to be operated upon the highways
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/HCA 1 H Transportation Com.-Consent

SB 0031 - Howard - Modifies campaign finance reports and establishes a deadline on Ethics Commission investigations.
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Elections Committee

SB 0037 - Rohrbach - Changes in the way neighborhood improvement districts are established
03/31/99 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/31/99 -- H First Read

SB 0070 - Schneider - "Purposeful contact" in motor vehicle franchise practices includes contact using the Internet
03/31/99 -- SS for SCS S offered (Schneider)
03/31/99 -- SS for SCS Ruled out of order
03/31/99 -- SCS Ruled out of order
03/31/99 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0076 - Banks - Limits penalty/interest rate on property tax delinquencies in city of St. Louis to prime rate
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Municipal Corporations Committee

SB 0083 - Goode - Removes termination date on reports of funding received by local agencies for homeless programs
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Social Services, Medicaid & the
Elderly Committee - Consent

SB 0112 - Schneider - Removes the exception for boats and vessels from partition suits
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee - Consent

SB 0124 - Sims - Revises sales commission laws
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Civil & Administrative Law Committee

SB 0158 - Singleton - Requires Corrections Dept. to notify parents of minor victims of sexual offenses if offender is HIV positive
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Public Health Committee

SB 0180 - Johnson - Revises Non-Teachers Retirement System
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Retirement Committee

SB 0183 - Staples - Adds one associate circuit judge in St. Francois County
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary Committee

SB 0189 - House - Repeals outdated or superceded sections relating to children and minors
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee - Consent

SB 0209 - Goode - Requires seller certification for sales of electricity and gas; distributors required to file tariffs
03/31/99 -- SS S withdrawn
03/31/99 -- SS#2 S offered (Goode)
03/31/99 -- SA 1 to SS#2 S offered & adopted (Goode)
03/31/99 -- SA 2 to SS#2 S offered (Goode)
03/31/99 -- SA 1 to SA 2 to SS#2 S offered & adopted (Childers)
03/31/99 -- SA 2 to SS#2, as amended, S defeated
03/31/99 -- SS#2, as amended, S adopted
03/31/99 -- Perfected

SB 0215 - Mathewson - Modifies provisions of the health plan for state employees
03/31/99 -- SA 1 S adopted
03/31/99 -- SA 2 S offered & adopted (Klarich)
03/31/99 -- Perfected

SB 0233 - Sims - Deals with the placement of children in appropriate educational services
03/31/99 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee
03/31/99 -- Referred S Budget Control Committee

SB 0239 - Jacob - Describes the powers of the board of hospital trustees
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee

SB 0244 - Schneider - Corrects a section enacted in two separate bills affecting the licensing of psychologists
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Professional Registration &
Licensing Committee

SB 0249 - Maxwell - Regulates the profession of those who install manufactured homes
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Professional Registration &
Licensing Committee

SB 0268 - Staples - Makes various clerical changes to law regarding the Department of Transportation
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 0276 - Caskey - Modifies duties of the Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority
03/31/99 -- HCS Voted Do Pass H Critical Issues Committee

SB 0294 - Staples - Requires that only persons under 21 wear motorcycle helmets
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Transportation Committee
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Transportation Committee - Consent

SB 0308 - Scott - Creates a single state retirement system for new employees and enhances retirement benefits
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Retirement Committee

SB 0309 - Maxwell - Revises the personnel cap for the State Highway Patrol
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee

SB 0310 - Maxwell - Extends the Ethanol Producer Incentive Fund's expiration date to 12/31/2007
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Agriculture Committee
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Agriculture Committee - Consent

SB 0320 - Caskey - Establishes program on blind student literacy
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Public Health Committee

SB 0325 - Stoll - Licensing procedures for architects, engineers and surveyors
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Professional Registration &
Licensing Committee

SB 0329 - Jacob - Allows a judge to order counseling for children involved in divorce proceedings
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Civil & Administrative Law
Committee

SB 0334 - Mathewson - Expands "brown fields" cleanup program to include residential property
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Environment & Energy Committee

SB 0336 - Caskey - Insurers may intervene in civil action to determine limits of coverage
03/31/99 -- SS S withdrawn
03/31/99 -- SA 1 S offered & adopted (House)
03/31/99 -- SA 2 S offered & defeated (Singleton)
03/31/99 -- SA 3 S offered (House)
03/31/99 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0338 - Howard - Requires insurers to provide coverage for mental health and chemical dependency treatment
03/31/99 -- S Third Read and Passed
03/31/99 -- H First Read

SB 0342 - Schneider - Authorizes the Commission on Judicial Resources to reallocate judgeships
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Jucidiary Committee

SB 0345 - Johnson - Prohibits partial birth abortions
03/31/99 -- SCA 1 S defeated
03/31/99 -- SS S offered (Johnson)

SB 0348 - Wiggins - Increases allowable levy for debt service in Kansas City from fifty cents per $100 assessed valuation to $1
03/31/99 -- Referred H Urban Affairs Committee

SB 0349 - Graves - Allows a recalculation of survivor benefits for the Public School Retirement System in certain circumstances
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Retirement Committee

SB 0352 - Staples - Allows license plates relating to the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H State Parks, Natural Resources &
Mining Committee

SB 0353 - Goode - Extends sunset on hazardous waste disposal and generator fees
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Environment & Energy Committee

SB 0362 - Westfall - Amends various provisions regarding licensure of massage therapists
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Professional Registration &
Licensing Committee

SB 0373 - DePasco - Authorizes pari-mutuel wagering at associated off-track facilities
03/31/99 -- SA 1 to SS S offered & defeated (Kenney)
03/31/99 -- SS S adopted
03/31/99 -- Perfected

SB 0379 - Banks - Modifies the cancer information reporting system to ensure complete reporting
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Public Health Committee

SB 0386 - Clay - Allows custodial accounts to be acceptable securities for state treasurer; other banking law changes
03/31/99 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SB 0401 - Maxwell - Specifies method for the reestablishment of lost township corners
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H State Parks, Natural Resources &
Mining Committee

SB 0407 - Mueller - Eliminates the requirement of a summary for life insurance policies marketed with an illustration
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee
03/31/99 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 429, 430 & 407

SB 0410 - Howard - Allows a retired LAGERS member to be considered re-employed upon subsequent employment in LAGERS
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Retirement Committee

SB 0424 - Westfall - Revises licensing of veterinarians and related workers
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Professional Registration &
Licensing Committee

SB 0425 - Stoll - Establishes program for remediation of student academic deficiencies
03/31/99 -- Referred S Budget Control Committee

SB 0429 - Jacob - Certain underinsured motorist policies
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee
03/31/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS SBs 429, 430 & 407
S Insurance & Housing Committee

SB 0430 - House - Establishes that director must set an equal amount for pay claims and redefines term insurance policy administrator
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Committee
03/31/99 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 429, 430 & 407

SB 0433 - Russell - Authorizes the Director of the Dept. of Natural Resources to convey certain property in the Lake of the Ozarks State Park
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H State Parks, Natural Resources &
Mining Committee

SB 0434 - Klarich - Grants an easement to Laclede Gas in Route 66 State Park
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H State Parks, Natural Resources &
Committee

SB 0435 - Staples - Grants an easement in Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H State Parks, Natural Resources &
Mining Committee

SB 0440 - Schneider - Certain commissioner positions are eliminated and adds certain judgeships in their place
03/31/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary Committee

SB 0464 - Ehlmann - Establishes the procedures for distribution of the Tort Victims' Compensation Fund
03/31/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary Committee

SB 0467 - Caskey - Revisions to the County Employee Retirement System
03/31/99 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules 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
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Environment & Energy Committee

SB 0523 - Kinder - Provides state aid to school districts educating certain disabled students
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

SCR 011 - Howard - Requests federal assistance for agriculture-related businesses
03/31/99 -- Hearing Condcuted H Miscellaneous Bills & Resolutions
Committee
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Miscellaneous Bills & Resolutions
Committee
03/31/99 -- Reported Do Pass H Miscellaneous Bills & Resolutions
Committee

SCR 016 - Johnson - Relating to the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Agriculture Committee

SJR 001 - Schneider - Revises term limits for members of the General Assembly
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Not Pass S Judiciary Committee

SJR 002 - Schneider - Commission on Judicial Resources may evaluate need for judicial positions
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary Committee

SR 0242 - Yeckel - Disapproval of Governor's reorganization plan #1
03/31/99 -- SA 1 S offered & defeated (Flotron)
03/31/99 -- S defeated

HB 0026 - Luetkenhaus - Death penalty may apply to murder of child 16 or less, developmentally disabled person or dependent adult
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

HB 0139 - Long - Allows imposition of tourism tax on hotel and motel rooms for tourism
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee

HB 0153 - Leake - Extends the Ethanol Producer Incentive Fund to December 31, 2007
03/31/99 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee-Consent
03/31/99 -- Reported From S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0257 - Seigfreid - Expands waiver of personal appearance by those in custody if appearance is made by two-way audio-visual communications
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

HB 0266 - Britt - PERMITS DONATION OF FUNDS TO COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION
03/31/99 -- S First Read

HB 0268 - Crawford - INCLUDES EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDERS FUNDED BY COUNTY SALES TAX IN EXISTING CIVIL LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR EMERGENCY
03/31/99 -- S First Read

HB 0274 - May (108) - Amends medical malpractice statute of limitations
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Judiciary Committee - Consent

HB 0321 - Farnen - Changes representation on governing bodies of public colleges and universities
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCAs 1 & 2 S Education Committee

HB 0327 - Parker - REQUIRES A PERSON WHO IS CRIMINALLY COMMITTED FOR A MENTAL DISEASE OF DEFECT TO WAIT ONE YEAR AFTER DENIAL OF RELEASE
03/31/99 -- Referred S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0328 - Parker - Requires that judgments of acquittal due to mental disease list the criminal offense
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

HB 0426 - Ridgeway - REPEALS VARIOUS OBSOLETE STATUTES RELATING TO CHILDREN
03/31/99 -- S First Read

HB 0487 - Hollingsworth - Extends statute of limitation for fraudulent child support claims
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

HB 0499 - Hartzler - ALLOWS ELECTION AUTHORITIES TO CONFISCATE CERTAIN UNLAWFUL ELECTION MATERIAL
03/31/99 -- S First Read

HB 0500 - Koller - Applies the primary and interstate axle weight restrictions for commercial vehicles to statewide roads and bridges
03/31/99 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 0518 - Ross - Enables a city of fourth class within a county of first classification to impose tax on transient guest rooms
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee-Consent
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Agriculture, Conservation,
Parks & Tourism Committee-Consent

HB 0548 - Kennedy - ELIMINATES DISPARITY IN SALES TAX RATE FOR RETAIL SALES OF FOOD BY EATING ESTABLISHMENTS
03/31/99 -- S First Read

HB 0550 - Howerton - REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO RECORD CERTAIN ACTIONS TAKEN BY LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
03/31/99 -- S First Read

HB 0570 - Rizzo - Adds chiropractors to those restricted from testifying on matters of patient client confidentiality
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Judiciary Committee

HB 0621 - Relford - Allows kindergarten pupils to attend prior summer school
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee

HB 0708 - Merideth III - Allows alien individual ownership of agricultural land in limited circumstances
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee-Consent
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee-Consent

HB 0724 - Crump - Requires clerks to submit case dispositions to Highway Patrol when person committed
03/31/99 -- Hearing Scheduled But Not Heard S Civil & Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee

HB 0741 - Monaco - Human rights chapter does not apply to certain eviction actions
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

HB 0745 - Kreider - AUTHORIZES CERTAIN CITIES AND COUNTIES TO ADOPT SALES TAXES FOR FIRE PROTECTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
03/31/99 -- S First Read

HB 0778 - Luetkenhaus - Establishes Missouri Educational Employees' Memorial Scholarship Program
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee-Consent
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Education Committee-Consent

HB 0788 - Smith (011) - Revises registration of offenders laws
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

HB 0789 - Berkstresser - PROVIDES REQUIREMENTS FOR PETITIONS FOR AUDITOR TO AUDIT CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
03/31/99 -- S First Read

HB 0791 - Wagner - Abolishes the "State Parks Revolving Fund" and redirects all affected funds to the "State Parks Earnings Fund"
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee-Consent
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee-Consent

HB 0792 - Kissell - Powers of the State Fire Marshall
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

HB 0800 - Linton - Conveyance of easements in Babler Memorial State Park and Route 66 State Park
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee-Consent
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee-Consent

HB 0834 - Crump - Authorizing conveyance of an easement in Taum Sauk State Park
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks
& Tourism Committee-Consent
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee-Consent

HB 0846 - Carter - PERMITS THE COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATION TO WAIVE THE REQUIRED BIDDING PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN PURCHASES MADE BY
03/31/99 -- S First Read

HB 0847 - Relford - ALLOWS VOTERS IN MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES TO CHOOSE ONE ENTITY TO SERVE AND TAX THEN AS AN AMBULANCE DISTRICT
03/31/99 -- S First Read

HB 0866 - Treadway - Modifies certain provisions relating to real estate licensees and transaction brokers
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Insurance & Housing Comm.-Consent

HB 0888 - Leake - Allows for creation of a grant fund, tax credits and marketing assistance for MO agricultural businesses
03/31/99 -- Hearing
& Tourism Committee

HB 0895 - Crump - Policies of certain sheriffs' departments
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee

HB 0915 - Mays (050) - CHANGES LAWS FOR QUORUM AT MEETINGS OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE MEMBERS
03/31/99 -- Referred S Commerce and Environment Committee

HB 0920 - Farnen - Revises composition of advisory committee to Coordinating Board for Higher Education
03/31/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Education Committee-Consent
03/31/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Education Committee-Consent