Missouri Senate
Senate Action for 4/06/99

SB 0014 - Mathewson - Authorizes income tax credit for one-half of prescription drugs purchased by income-qualified senior citizens
04/06/99 -- Referred H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0020 - Goode - Authorizes municipalities to levy property tax to protect homeowners against declining property values
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Consumer Protection & Housing
Committee

SB 0034 - Johnson - Retention of public records and penalties for tampering
04/06/99 -- Referred H Civil & Administrative Law Committee

SB 0037 - Rohrbach - Changes in the way neighborhood improvement districts are established
04/06/99 -- Referred H Commerce Committee

SB 0075 - Wiggins - Exempts from sales and use tax purchase of broadcast equipment made by reason of federal mandate
04/06/99 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar

SB 0089 - Mueller - Requires affidavits in civil suits against certain professionals
04/06/99 -- SA 1 S offered (Mueller)

SB 0097 - Maxwell - Creates the Individual Development Account Program
04/06/99 -- Bill Placed on Informal Calendar
04/06/99 -- SCA 1 S adopted
04/06/99 -- SCA 2 S adopted

SB 0110 - Schneider - Modifies certain provisions of the Second Injury Fund
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee

SB 0142 - Schneider - Allows retired court commissioners to serve as senior commissioners
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee

SB 0192 - Wiggins - Excludes from sales tax food sold constituting over 80% of gross receipts
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0196 - DePasco - Modifies Kansas City Police Retirement System
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Urban Affairs Committee

SB 0197 - DePasco - Modifies Kansas City Police and Civilian Retirement Systems
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Urban Affairs Committee

SB 0209 - Goode - Requires seller certification for sales of electricity and gas; distributors required to file tariffs
04/06/99 -- S Third Read and Passed - EC adopted
04/06/99 -- H First Read (w/EC)

SB 0215 - Mathewson - Modifies provisions of the health plan for state employees
04/06/99 -- Referred S Budget Control Committee

SB 0282 - Clay - Authorizes Neighborhood Preservation Pilot Project for St. Louis and St. Louis County
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0287 - Maxwell - Clarifies property tax exemption for property of not-for- profit agribusiness associations
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Ways & Means Committee

SB 0288 - Quick - Creates Missouri Settlement Trust Fund for deposit of tobacco settlement proceeds
04/06/99 -- Referred H Missouri Tobacco Settlement Committee

SB 0295 - Schneider - Increases sovereign immunity liability limits of the state and political subdivisions
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Judiciary Committee

SB 0328 - Clay - Prohibits criminal intimidation based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or disability
04/06/99 -- SA 1 to SCS S offered & adopted (Rohrbach)
04/06/99 -- SA 2 to SCS S offered (Ehlmann)

SB 0348 - Wiggins - Increases allowable levy for debt service in Kansas City from fifty cents per $100 assessed valuation to $1
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Urban Affairs Committee

SB 0373 - DePasco - Authorizes pari-mutuel wagering at associated off-track facilities
04/06/99 -- Referred S Budget Control Committee

SB 0386 - Clay - Allows custodial accounts to be acceptable securities for state treasurer; other banking law changes
04/06/99 -- S Third Read and Passed
04/06/99 -- H First Read

SB 0394 - Quick - Clarifies duties of the county collector
04/06/99 -- Referred H Local Government Committee

SB 0396 - Mathewson - Expands the investigative powers of the State Fire Marshal
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Public Health & Safety
Committee
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Public Health & Safety Com. w/HCA 1

SB 0403 - Rohrbach - Abolishes the Budget Stabilization and Cash Operating Reserve Funds
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Fiscal Review Committee
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee

SB 0460 - House - Revises MOSTARS Higher Education Savings Program
04/06/99 -- Referred H Education-Higher Committee

SB 0467 - Caskey - Revisions to the County Employee Retirement System
04/06/99 -- S Third Read and Passed
04/06/99 -- H First Read

SB 0498 - Wiggins - Modifies procedures for issuing license plates with the Childrens Trust Fund logo
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Motor Vehicle & Traffic
Regulations Committee

SB 0506 - Wiggins - Substantially revises Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code concerning secured transactions
04/06/99 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SCR 012 - Steelman - Establishes the "Adoption Trends and Policies Panel" to identify ways to encourage adoption
04/06/99 -- Referred H Critical Issues Committee

SCR 013 - Stoll - Opposes mandatory inclusion of state and local government employees in Social Security
04/06/99 -- S adopted
04/06/99 -- H First Read

SCR 015 - Maxwell - Protests a plan to introduce wild elk herds in Missouri
04/06/99 -- SCS S adopted
04/06/99 -- S adopted
04/06/99 -- H First Read

SCR 018 - Ehlmann - Relating to 2000 decennial census
04/06/99 -- S adopted
04/06/99 -- H First Read

SJR 017 - Mueller - Authorizes general assembly to provide for site valuation of land for property tax purposes
04/06/99 -- Reported Truly Perfected S Rules Committee

SJR 022 - Howard - Authorizes counties to create mental health service districts and to impose property tax levy
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

SJR 025 - Rohrbach - Creates Budget Reserve Fund to provide moneys for financial emergencies and natural disasters
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted H Fiscal Review Committee
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass H Fiscal Review Committee

SR 0514 - Steelman - Relating to Internal Revenue Code (401K Plans)
04/06/99 -- S First Read
04/06/99 -- Referred S Rules, Joint Rules & Resolutions Committee

HB 0011 - Franklin - Appropriations for the Department of Social Services
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Appropriations Committee

HB 0034 - Auer - Allows political subdivisions to purchase insurance for elderly or low-income housing
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Insurance & Housing
Committee-Consent

HB 0035 - Campbell - Increases the maximum tourism sales tax that may be imposed in Kansas City
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 0058 - Treadway - Revises eligibility for contamination cleanup reimbursement from Petroleum Storage Tanks Insurance Fund
04/06/99 -- Referred S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 0069 - Elliott - Attempt to steal any amount of anhydrous ammonia is a Class D felony
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 0076 - Smith (011) - Trustee cannot use trust to meet trustee's personal obligation to beneficiary
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0103 - Treadway - Amends the civil procedure applicable to property nuisance actions
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0122 - Gaskill - Makes permisive filing state income tax return if not required to file a federal income tax return
04/06/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 0136 - Smith (011) - Emancipated minors may make wills
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0165 - May (108) - Changes criminal code definition of public servant to include unpaid officials
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0183 - Pouche - Firearms used as collateral not to be considered as transfer of a concealable firearm without a permit
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0185 - Lakin - Allows optometrist to report to Department of Revenue a licensee's incompetence to drive
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Transportation Comm.-Consent

HB 0201 - Boucher - Requires the availability of information technology for individuals with disabilities
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

HB 0216 - Parker - Exempts some residential lots over ten acres from state septic tank regulations
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment
Committee-Consent

HB 0242 - May (108) - Revises setting of court date in landlord-tenant actions
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0246 - Bray - Authorizes various tax credits for construction and rehabilitation of eligible residential property
04/06/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee

HB 0248 - Kissell - Creates the crime of assault and/or killing of a police animal
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 0257 - Seigfreid - Expands waiver of personal appearance by those in custody if appearance is made by two-way audio-visual communications
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0261 - Auer - Removes expiration date of December 31, 1999 from St. Louis transportation sales tax
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 0274 - May (108) - Amends medical malpractice statute of limitations
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Judiciary Committee to Floor-Consent

HB 0275 - May (108) - Authorizes St. Louis City public administrator
04/06/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 0282 - Clayton - Shareholder vote not required for certain holding company reorganization under some circumstances
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Financial & Governmental
Organizations Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0290 - Champion - Combat infantry license plates may be issued for certain commercial motor vehicles
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 0300 - Green - Requires a county or municipality that loses a driver's license to pay for the cost of replacement
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 0308 - Dougherty - Operation of child care facilities with and without licenses
04/06/99 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
04/06/99 -- Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 490 & 308

HB 0315 - Hosmer - Allows optometrists to certify that a person is disabled for purposes of obtaining a disabled license plate
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

HB 0316 - Stokan - Programs for and protection of the elderly and public safety in the sale of bedding
04/06/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee

HB 0343 - Treadway - Makes numerous changes in licensing for various professions under the Division of Professional Registration
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

HB 0346 - Thompson - Extends Kansas City transportation sales tax until December 31, 2001
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 0348 - Smith (011) - Requires registration of juvenile sex offenders
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 0352 - Foley - Allows fire depts. with voter approval, to contract out for fire protection services
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

HB 0359 - Hosmer - Allows juvenile court to refer person to prosecutor for endangering welfare of a child
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0366 - Hartzler - Allows county collectors in certain counties to have branch offices
04/06/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 0402 - Relford - Transfers certain inventory duties of county clerk
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

HB 0409 - McBride - Allows for the continuation of a deceased or incapacitated dentist's practice
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0415 - Vogel - Employment and educational opportunities for selective service registrants
04/06/99 -- Referred S Elections, Veterans' Affairs & Corrections
Committee

HB 0426 - Ridgeway - Repeals outdated or superceded sections relating to children and minors
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0445 - Auer - Defines "insurer" to clarify what organizations are responsible for submitting malpractice claim reports
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Insurance & Housing
Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Insurance & Housing Committee to
Floor w/SCA 1 - Consent

HB 0452 - Boatright - Eliminates population requirement from law re: suspension of driver's license for failure to resolve traffic tickets
04/06/99 -- Referred S Transportation Committee

HB 0464 - Richardson - Allows a retired LAGERS member to be considered "re-employed" upon subsequent employment in LAGERS
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Pensions & General Laws Committee to
Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 0468 - Koller - Establishes a pilot program for project labor agreements with the Department of Transportation
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee

HB 0473 - Legan - Requires all public entity votes to be by roll call
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

HB 0478 - Ward - Applies the threshhold amount for the payment of claims equally to both foreign and domestic insurers
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Insurance & Housing Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Insurance & Housing Committee to
Floor - Consent

HB 0487 - Hollingsworth - Extends statute of limitation for fraudulent child support claims
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0490 - Hollingsworth - Requires Health Dept. to maintain a registry and hotline for information on child care and elder care workers
04/06/99 -- Committee Vote Reconsidered
04/06/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass w/SCS SBs 490 & 308 S Aging,
Families & Mental Health Committee

HB 0514 - Franklin - Revises reemployment provisions of Public School Retirement System and Non Teacher Retirement System
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Pensions & General Laws to
Floor - Consent

HB 0517 - Backer - Requires members of Motorcycle Safety Program Advisory Committee to be appointed by governor and changes sunset
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 0518 - Ross - Enables a city of fourth class within a county of first classification to impose tax on transient guest rooms
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee to Floor w/SCA 1 - Consent

HB 0524 - Ransdall - Extends sunset on hazardous waste disposal and generator fees
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment Committee

HB 0542 - Barry - Authorizes contributions of cash and marketable securities for maternity home/domestic violence tax credits
04/06/99 -- Referred S Ways & Means Committee

HB 0550 - Howerton - Requires the Dept. of Social Services to maintain compliance records if other records are maintained
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Aging, Families & Mental Health
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0646 - Hampton - Exempts commercial motor vehicle less than 18,000 pounds from weight station stops
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 0661 - Crump - Allows disciplinary transfers of Highway Patrol members at the member's expense
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0662 - Crump - Changes portions of the sheriffs' retirement plan
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Pentions & General Laws to
Floor - Consent

HB 0678 - Leake - Auth. Div. of Motor Carrier and Railroad Safety to spend up to $100,000 to carry out railroad crossing closure program
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 0680 - Leake - Makes changes in refund claims of motor fuel taxes
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Transportation Committee-Consent

HB 0686 - Murray - Creates a St. Louis Metropolitan Park and Recreation Dist. and expands powers of Regional Recreation Districts
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee

HB 0708 - Merideth III - Allows alien individual ownership of agricultural land in limited circumstances
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0741 - Monaco - Human rights chapter does not apply to certain eviction actions
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0748 - O'Toole - Salaries of St. Louis officials
04/06/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

HB 0775 - Hosmer - Exempts constitutional charter cities from statutory procedures regarding special tax assessments
04/06/99 -- Referred S Local Government & Economic Development
Committee

HB 0776 - McBride - Prescribes procedures for reestablishment of lost township corners
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0778 - Luetkenhaus - Establishes Missouri Educational Employees' Memorial Scholarship Program
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Education Committee to Floor-Consent

HB 0791 - Wagner - Abolishes the "State Parks Revolving Fund" and redirects all affected funds to the "State Parks Earnings Fund"
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0792 - Kissell - State Fire Marshall employees shall be trained as peace officers
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0795 - Kennedy - Permits recorder of deeds to establish an electronic format for recording and take credit card payments
04/06/99 -- SCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor w/SCS - Consent

HB 0796 - Smith (011) - Requires that county hospital assets be allocated in certain ways
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent

HB 0800 - Linton - Conveyance of easements in Babler Memorial State Park and Route 66 State Park
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0808 - Naeger - NAMES THE APPLE OFFICIAL STATE FRUIT
04/06/99 -- S First Read

HB 0812 - Berkowitz - REQUIRES THE BOARD FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC HOSPITALS TO PUBLISH THEIR PLANS FOR USING FUNDS FROM AN INCREASED LEVY
04/06/99 -- S First Read

HB 0834 - Crump - Authorizing conveyance of an easement in Taum Sauk State Park
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Agriculture, Conservation, Parks &
Tourism Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0853 - Seigfreid - Changes the numbers and makeup of the planning commission of municipalities
04/06/99 -- Voted Do Pass w/SCA 1 S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee-Consent
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Local Government & Economic
Development Committee to Floor w/SCA 1 - Consent

HB 0895 - Crump - Revises requirements applicable to sheriffs' departments in 1st class noncharter counties
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee to Floor - Consent

HB 0903 - Auer - Includes health service corporations and HMOs in the requirements for union or association health policies
04/06/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

HB 0915 - Mays (050) - Modifies transaction of business at meetings of electric cooperatives
04/06/99 -- Hearing Conducted S Commerce & Environment
Committee-Consent

HB 0920 - Farnen - Revises composition of advisory committee to Coordinating Board for Higher Education
04/06/99 -- Reported From S Education Committee to
Floor w/SCA 1 - Consent

HB 0926 - Liese - Eliminates the requirement of a policy summary for life insurance policies marketed with an illustration
04/06/99 -- Referred S Insurance & Housing Committee

HB 0965 - Wilson - REVISES MISSOURI INVESTMENT TRUST LAW
04/06/99 -- S First Read

HB 0987 - Backer - REPEALS SECTION ALLOWING CERTAIN SECOND CLASSIFICATION COUNTIES TO AVOID HAVING A COUNTY AUDITOR
04/06/99 -- S First Read

HCR 010 - Williams (121) - Creates Joint Legislative Committee on Immigration
04/06/99 -- S adopted