Journal of the House

Second Regular Session, 90th General Assembly

FIFTY-FOURTH DAY, Thursday, April 13, 2000

Speaker Pro Tem Kreider in the Chair.

Prayer by Reverend Rudy Beard.

O Lord, keep us from being content to wait and see what will happen, give us the determination to make the right things happen. Give to the men and women of the House, and those who work here, a sense of urgency and renewed commitment to serve and expend themselves for the people of Missouri.

And to You be glory and honor forever. Amen.

The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was recited.

The Speaker appointed the following to act as Honorary Pages for the Day, to serve without compensation: Yana V. Byalkovskaya, Aron Melvin, Brenda Kirby, Ben Harmon, Beth Horvath, Josh Byrum, Becky Stuckmeyer, Emily Rabbitt, Jeremy Robinson, Wanni Zhou, Jodi Henderson, Phuong Nguyen, Alan Schwartz, Vova Tamarkin, Lindsay Pape, Danny Pape, Iryna V. Lanko, Amanda Stricker, David Allen, Kari Driemeyer, Riley Holtz, Paige Merriweather, Mackenzie Gnaedinger, Monique Miller, Justin Dalton, Ekateria N. Trimbalyuk, Chika Matsubara, Giuseppe J. Cardini, Sofia I.B. Klassen, Arpine R. Avetissyan, Stephen Passek, Maria Rahel Knerr, Susie Compton, Eric Harris, Cory Moore, Janelle Ray, Medar Kydyraliev, Taylor McKinney, Jenny Gallagher, Chris Morrow, Brandon Mitchener, Jody Dewes, Marc Morin, Nicole Morin, Chelsea Denlow, Anthony Grosso, Milla Sanes, Meg Strange, Kate Seabaugh, Zachary Porter, Ariel Tellatin, Alex Luebbert, Matt Starr, Ally Hawksley, Kateri Cotter, Evan Ross and Jessica Casey.

The Journal of the fifty-third day was approved as corrected by the following vote:

AYES: 084

Abel Auer Backer Barry 100 Berkowitz

Bonner Boucher 48 Boykins Bray 84 Britt

Brooks Campbell Clayton Crump Curls

Davis 122 Davis 63 Days Dougherty Farnen

Fitzwater Foley Ford Franklin Fraser

Gambaro George Graham 24 Gratz Green

Griesheimer Gunn Hagan-Harrell Hampton Harlan

Hickey Hilgemann Hollingsworth Hoppe Hosmer

Kelly 27 Kennedy Kissell Koller Kreider

Lakin Leake Liese Luetkenhaus May 108

Mays 50 McBride McKenna McLuckie Merideth

Monaco Murray O'Connor O'Toole Overschmidt

Ransdall Relford Reynolds Riley Rizzo

Scheve Schilling Seigfreid Selby Shelton

Skaggs Smith Thompson Treadway Troupe

Van Zandt Wagner Ward Wiggins Williams 121

Williams 159 Wilson 25 Wilson 42 Mr. Speaker

NOES: 072

Akin Alter Ballard Barnett Bartelsmeyer

Bartle Bennett Black Blunt Boatright

Burton Champion Chrismer Cierpiot Crawford

Dolan Elliott Enz Evans Foster

Froelker Gaskill Gibbons Graham 106 Gross

Hanaway Hartzler 123 Hartzler 124 Hegeman Hendrickson

Hohulin Holand Howerton Kasten Kelley 47

King Klindt Legan Levin Linton

Lograsso Long Loudon Luetkemeyer Marble

McClelland Miller Murphy Myers Naeger

Nordwald Ostmann Patek Phillips Pouche 30

Pryor Purgason Reinhart Richardson Ridgeway

Robirds Ross Schwab Scott Secrest

Shields Summers Surface Townley Tudor

Vogel Wright

PRESENT: 001

Reid

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 005

Berkstresser Lawson Parker Sallee Stokan

VACANCIES: 001

HOUSE COURTESY RESOLUTIONS OFFERED AND ISSUED

House Resolution No. 1124 - Representative Backer

House Resolution No. 1125 - Representative Patek

House Resolution No. 1126 - Representative Lawson

House Resolution No. 1127 - Representative Gaw

House Resolution No. 1128 - Representative Hoppe

House Resolution No. 1129 - Representative Klindt

House Resolution No. 1130 - Representative Summers

SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS

HB 2157 through HB 2161 were read the second time.

SECOND READING OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

SS#2 SJR 53 was read the second time.

SECOND READING OF SENATE BILL

SS SCS SBs 678 & 742 was read the second time.

COMMITTEE REPORT

Committee on Rules, Joint Rules and Bills Perfected and Printed, Chairman Crump reporting:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, Joint Rules and Bills Perfected and Printed, to which was referred HB 1472 and HCS HB 1569, begs leave to report it has examined the same and finds them to be truly perfected and that the printed copies thereof furnished the members are correct.

THIRD READING OF HOUSE BILLS

HS HCS HB 1305, relating to community cleanup activities, was taken up by Representative Rizzo.

On motion of Representative Rizzo, HS HCS HB 1305 was read the third time and passed by the following vote:

AYES: 151

Abel Akin Alter Auer Backer

Ballard Barnett Bartelsmeyer Bartle Bennett

Berkowitz Black Blunt Boatright Bonner

Boucher 48 Bray 84 Britt Brooks Burton

Campbell Champion Chrismer Cierpiot Clayton

Crawford Crump Curls Davis 122 Davis 63

Days Dolan Dougherty Elliott Enz

Evans Farnen Fitzwater Foley Ford

Foster Franklin Fraser Gambaro Gaskill

George Gibbons Graham 106 Graham 24 Gratz

Green Griesheimer Gross Hagan-Harrell Hampton

Hanaway Harlan Hartzler 123 Hartzler 124 Hegeman

Hendrickson Hickey Hilgemann Hohulin Holand

Hollingsworth Hoppe Hosmer Howerton Kasten

Kelley 47 Kelly 27 Kennedy King Kissell

Klindt Koller Kreider Lakin Lawson

Leake Legan Levin Liese Linton

Long Loudon Luetkemeyer Luetkenhaus Marble

May 108 Mays 50 McBride McClelland McKenna

McLuckie Merideth Miller Monaco Murray

Myers Naeger Nordwald O'Connor O'Toole

Ostmann Overschmidt Patek Phillips Pouche 30

Purgason Ransdall Reid Reinhart Relford

Reynolds Richardson Ridgeway Riley Rizzo

Robirds Ross Scheve Schilling Schwab

Scott Secrest Seigfreid Selby Shelton

Shields Skaggs Smith Summers Surface

Thompson Townley Treadway Troupe Tudor

Van Zandt Vogel Wagner Ward Wiggins

Williams 121 Williams 159 Wilson 25 Wilson 42 Wright

Mr. Speaker

NOES: 004

Froelker Lograsso Murphy Pryor

PRESENT: 001

Boykins

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 006

Barry 100 Berkstresser Gunn Parker Sallee

Stokan

VACANCIES: 001

Speaker Pro Tem Kreider declared the bill passed.

The emergency clause was adopted by the following vote:

AYES: 115

Abel Auer Backer Barnett Barry 100

Bennett Berkowitz Black Blunt Boatright

Bonner Boucher 48 Bray 84 Britt Brooks

Burton Campbell Clayton Crawford Crump

Curls Davis 122 Davis 63 Days Dolan

Dougherty Evans Farnen Fitzwater Foley

Ford Foster Franklin Fraser Gambaro

George Gibbons Graham 24 Gratz Green

Griesheimer Gross Hagan-Harrell Hampton Harlan

Hartzler 123 Hegeman Hickey Hilgemann Hollingsworth

Hoppe Hosmer Kelley 47 Kelly 27 Kennedy

Kissell Klindt Koller Kreider Lakin

Lawson Leake Liese Long Loudon

Luetkenhaus May 108 Mays 50 McBride McClelland

McKenna McLuckie Merideth Monaco Murray

Nordwald O'Connor O'Toole Ostmann Overschmidt

Phillips Pouche 30 Purgason Ransdall Reinhart

Relford Reynolds Riley Rizzo Robirds

Scheve Schilling Secrest Seigfreid Selby

Shelton Shields Skaggs Smith Summers

Surface Thompson Treadway Troupe Tudor

Van Zandt Vogel Wagner Ward Wiggins

Williams 121 Williams 159 Wilson 25 Wilson 42 Mr. Speaker

NOES: 039

Akin Alter Ballard Bartelsmeyer Bartle

Champion Chrismer Cierpiot Elliott Enz

Froelker Gaskill Graham 106 Hanaway Hartzler 124

Hendrickson Hohulin Holand Howerton Kasten

King Legan Linton Lograsso Luetkemeyer

Marble Miller Murphy Myers Naeger

Patek Reid Richardson Ridgeway Ross

Schwab Scott Townley Wright

PRESENT: 002

Boykins Levin

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 006

Berkstresser Gunn Parker Pryor Sallee

Stokan

VACANCIES: 001

On motion of Representative Bonner, title to the bill was agreed to.

Representative Backer moved that the vote by which the bill passed be reconsidered.

Representative Ford moved that motion lay on the table.

The latter motion prevailed.

HS HCS HBs 1677, 1675 & 1676, relating to domestic violence, was taken up by Representative Riback Wilson (25).

On motion of Representative Riback Wilson (25), HS HCS HBs 1677, 1675 & 1676 was read the third time and passed by the following vote:

AYES: 145

Abel Auer Backer Barnett Barry 100

Bartelsmeyer Bartle Bennett Berkowitz Black

Blunt Bonner Boucher 48 Boykins Bray 84

Britt Brooks Burton Campbell Champion

Chrismer Clayton Crawford Crump Curls

Davis 122 Davis 63 Days Dolan Dougherty

Elliott Enz Evans Farnen Fitzwater

Foley Ford Foster Franklin Fraser

Gambaro Gaskill George Gibbons Graham 106

Graham 24 Gratz Green Griesheimer Gross

Gunn Hagan-Harrell Hampton Hanaway Harlan

Hartzler 123 Hartzler 124 Hegeman Hendrickson Hickey

Hilgemann Holand Hollingsworth Hoppe Hosmer

Howerton Kasten Kelley 47 Kelly 27 Kennedy

King Kissell Klindt Koller Kreider

Lakin Lawson Leake Legan Levin

Liese Linton Long Loudon Luetkemeyer

Luetkenhaus Marble May 108 Mays 50 McBride

McClelland McKenna McLuckie Merideth Monaco

Murphy Murray Myers Naeger Nordwald

O'Connor O'Toole Ostmann Overschmidt Patek

Phillips Pouche 30 Pryor Purgason Ransdall

Reid Relford Reynolds Richardson Riley

Rizzo Robirds Ross Scheve Schilling

Schwab Scott Secrest Seigfreid Selby

Shelton Shields Skaggs Smith Summers

Surface Thompson Treadway Tudor Van Zandt

Vogel Wagner Ward Wiggins Williams 121

Williams 159 Wilson 25 Wilson 42 Wright Mr. Speaker

NOES: 013

Akin Alter Ballard Boatright Cierpiot

Froelker Hohulin Lograsso Miller Reinhart

Ridgeway Townley Troupe

PRESENT: 000

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 004

Berkstresser Parker Sallee Stokan

VACANCIES: 001

Speaker Pro Tem Kreider declared the bill passed.

On motion of Representative Hoppe, title to the bill was agreed to.

Representative Kelly (27) moved that the vote by which the bill passed be reconsidered.

Representative Hagan-Harrell moved that motion lay on the table.

The latter motion prevailed.

Representative Scheve assumed the Chair.

HS HCS HBs 1652 & 1433, relating to sale of tobacco products, was taken up by Representative Hoppe.

On motion of Representative Hoppe, HS HCS HBs 1652 & 1433 was read the third time and passed by the following vote:

AYES: 116

Backer Barnett Barry 100 Bartelsmeyer Bartle

Bennett Berkowitz Black Blunt Bonner

Boucher 48 Bray 84 Britt Brooks Campbell

Champion Chrismer Cierpiot Clayton Crawford

Crump Curls Davis 122 Days Dolan

Enz Evans Farnen Fitzwater Ford

Fraser Froelker Gambaro Gaskill Gibbons

Graham 106 Graham 24 Gratz Griesheimer Gross

Hagan-Harrell Hampton Hanaway Harlan Hartzler 123

Hartzler 124 Hegeman Hendrickson Hilgemann Hohulin

Holand Hollingsworth Hoppe Hosmer Howerton

Kennedy Kissell Klindt Kreider Lakin

Leake Legan Levin Liese Lograsso

Loudon Luetkenhaus May 108 Mays 50 McBride

McClelland McKenna McLuckie Merideth Miller

Monaco Naeger Nordwald O'Connor O'Toole

Ostmann Overschmidt Patek Phillips Ransdall

Reid Reinhart Relford Ridgeway Rizzo

Robirds Ross Scheve Schilling Scott

Secrest Seigfreid Selby Shelton Shields

Skaggs Smith Summers Thompson Treadway

Troupe Tudor Van Zandt Vogel Ward

Wiggins Williams 121 Williams 159 Wilson 25 Wilson 42

Mr. Speaker

NOES: 036

Abel Akin Alter Auer Boatright

Boykins Burton Davis 63 Elliott Foley

Foster George Green Gunn Hickey

Kasten Kelley 47 Kelly 27 King Lawson

Linton Long Luetkemeyer Marble Murphy

Murray Myers Pouche 30 Pryor Purgason

Reynolds Schwab Surface Townley Wagner

Wright

PRESENT: 001

Riley

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 009

Ballard Berkstresser Dougherty Franklin Koller

Parker Richardson Sallee Stokan

VACANCIES: 001

Representative Scheve declared the bill passed.

On motion of Representative Hollingsworth, title to the bill was agreed to.

Representative May (108) moved that the vote by which the bill passed be reconsidered.

Representative Shelton moved that motion lay on the table.

The latter motion prevailed.

HS HB 1603, relating to motor vehicle franchise practices, was taken up by Representative May (108).

On motion of Representative May (108), HS HB 1603 was read the third time and passed by the following vote:

AYES: 135

Abel Akin Alter Auer Backer

Ballard Barry 100 Bartelsmeyer Bennett Berkowitz

Black Blunt Boatright Bonner Boucher 48

Britt Burton Champion Chrismer Cierpiot

Clayton Crawford Crump Curls Davis 122

Davis 63 Dolan Enz Evans Farnen

Fitzwater Foley Ford Foster Franklin

Fraser Gambaro George Gibbons Graham 106

Graham 24 Gratz Green Gross Gunn

Hagan-Harrell Hampton Hanaway Harlan Hartzler 123

Hartzler 124 Hegeman Hendrickson Hickey Hilgemann

Hohulin Holand Hollingsworth Hoppe Hosmer

Howerton Kasten Kelley 47 Kelly 27 Kennedy

King Kissell Klindt Kreider Lakin

Lawson Leake Levin Liese Linton

Long Loudon Luetkemeyer Luetkenhaus Marble

May 108 Mays 50 McBride McClelland McKenna

Merideth Miller Monaco Murphy Murray

Myers Naeger Nordwald O'Connor O'Toole

Ostmann Overschmidt Patek Phillips Pouche 30

Purgason Ransdall Reinhart Relford Reynolds

Richardson Rizzo Robirds Scheve Schilling

Schwab Scott Secrest Seigfreid Selby

Shelton Shields Smith Summers Surface

Thompson Townley Treadway Troupe Tudor

Vogel Wagner Ward Wiggins Williams 121

Williams 159 Wilson 25 Wilson 42 Wright Mr. Speaker

NOES: 014

Barnett Bray 84 Campbell Elliott Froelker

Gaskill Legan Lograsso Pryor Reid

Ridgeway Ross Skaggs Van Zandt

PRESENT: 005

Bartle Boykins Brooks Griesheimer Riley

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 008

Berkstresser Days Dougherty Koller McLuckie

Parker Sallee Stokan

VACANCIES: 001

Representative Scheve declared the bill passed.

On motion of Representative O'Toole, title to the bill was agreed to.

Representative Luetkenhaus moved that the vote by which the bill passed be reconsidered.

Representative Liese moved that motion lay on the table.

The latter motion prevailed.

Speaker Pro Tem Kreider resumed the Chair.

HS HCS HB 1797, relating to insurance identification database, was taken up by Representative Gratz.

On motion of Representative Gratz, HS HCS HB 1797 was read the third time and passed by the following vote:

AYES: 150

Abel Akin Alter Backer Ballard

Barnett Barry 100 Bartelsmeyer Bartle Berkowitz

Black Blunt Boatright Bonner Boucher 48

Boykins Bray 84 Britt Brooks Burton

Campbell Champion Chrismer Cierpiot Clayton

Crawford Crump Curls Davis 122 Davis 63

Days Dolan Elliott Enz Evans

Farnen Fitzwater Foley Ford Foster

Franklin Fraser Froelker Gambaro Gaskill

George Gibbons Graham 106 Graham 24 Gratz

Green Griesheimer Gross Gunn Hagan-Harrell

Hampton Hanaway Harlan Hartzler 123 Hartzler 124

Hegeman Hendrickson Hickey Hilgemann Hohulin

Holand Hollingsworth Hoppe Hosmer Howerton

Kelley 47 Kelly 27 Kennedy King Kissell

Klindt Kreider Lakin Lawson Leake

Legan Levin Liese Linton Lograsso

Long Loudon Luetkemeyer Luetkenhaus Marble

May 108 Mays 50 McBride McClelland McKenna

Merideth Miller Monaco Murphy Murray

Myers Naeger Nordwald O'Connor O'Toole

Ostmann Overschmidt Patek Phillips Pouche 30

Pryor Purgason Ransdall Reid Reinhart

Relford Reynolds Ridgeway Riley Rizzo

Robirds Ross Scheve Schwab Scott

Secrest Seigfreid Selby Shelton Shields

Skaggs Smith Summers Surface Thompson

Townley Treadway Troupe Tudor Van Zandt

Vogel Wagner Ward Wiggins Williams 121

Williams 159 Wilson 25 Wilson 42 Wright Mr. Speaker

NOES: 002

Auer Schilling

PRESENT: 001

McLuckie

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 009

Bennett Berkstresser Dougherty Kasten Koller

Parker Richardson Sallee Stokan

VACANCIES: 001

Speaker Pro Tem Kreider declared the bill passed.

On motion of Representative Fitzwater, title to the bill was agreed to.

Representative Britt moved that the vote by which the bill passed be reconsidered.

Representative Abel moved that motion lay on the table.

The latter motion prevailed.

PERFECTION OF HOUSE BILLS

HCS HB 1967, relating to St. Louis Boundary Commission, was taken up by Representative Hoppe.

Representative Green assumed the Chair.

On motion of Representative Hoppe, HCS HB 1967 was adopted.

On motion of Representative Hoppe, HCS HB 1967 was ordered perfected and printed.

HCS HB 1698, relating to compensation for St. Louis Police, was taken up by Representative Shelton.

On motion of Representative Shelton, HCS HB 1698 was adopted.

On motion of Representative Shelton, HCS HB 1698 was ordered perfected and printed.

REFERRAL OF HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

The following House Concurrent Resolution was referred to the Committee indicated:

HCR 34 - Miscellaneous Bills and Resolutions

REFERRAL OF HOUSE BILLS

The following House Bills were referred to the Committee indicated:

HB 2146 - Ways and Means

HB 2147 - Education - Elementary and Secondary

HB 2148 - Education - Elementary and Secondary

HB 2149 - Ways and Means

HB 2151 - Education - Elementary and Secondary

HB 2152 - Criminal Law

HB 2153 - Civil and Administrative Law

HB 2154 - Social Services, Medicaid and the Elderly

REFERRAL OF SENATE BILLS

The following Senate Bills were referred to the Committee indicated:

SCS SB 597 - Critical Issues

SS SCS SBs 678 & 742 - Judiciary

SCS SB 683 - Transportation

SCS SB 802 - Commerce

SB 804 - Banks and Financial Institutions

SB 816 - Retirement

SS SB 850 - Professional Registration and Licensing

SB 864 - Workers Compensation and Employment Security

SS SCS SBs 867 & 552 - Commerce

SS#2 SCS SBs 934, 546, 578, 579 & 782 - Criminal Law

SB 944 - Civil and Administrative Law

SB 946 - Local Government and Related Matters

SB 1051 - Civil and Administrative Law

SCS SB 1059 - Correctional and State Institutions

SCS SB 1066 - Education - Higher

SCS SB 1075 - Workers Compensation and Employment Security

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Committee on Civil and Adminstrative Law, Chairman Smith reporting:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Civil and Administrative Law, to which was referred SB 858, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass.

Committee on Environment and Energy, Chairman Wiggins reporting:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Environment and Energy, to which was referred HCR 29, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

House Concurrent Resolution No. 29

WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Energy is in the second year of a ten-year plan to truck spent nuclear fuel containing weapon-grade plutonium and uranium from South Carolina to a waste storage site in Idaho; and

WHEREAS, last year, the U.S. Department of Energy routed the nuclear waste through the state of Iowa on Interstate 80, which is less traveled and has fewer accidents than other possible interstate routes; and

WHEREAS, for the summer of 2000, the U.S. Department of Energy has decided to reroute the nuclear waste through the state of Missouri on Interstate 70, which has far more traffic, far more accidents and far more maintenance problems than Interstate 80; and

WHEREAS, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, in 1997, 6,242 accidents occurred on I-70 in Missouri compared to 1,574 accidents on I-80 in Iowa, and in 1998, 6,476 accidents occurred on I-70 in Missouri compared to 1,270 accidents on I-80 in Iowa; and

WHEREAS, in February of this year, the Governor of Missouri sent a letter to the U.S. energy secretary opposing the use of Interstate 70 for transportation of nuclear waste, citing the extremely high traffic volume and the large number of planned construction projects on Interstate 70 that will reduce traffic flow to a single lane throughout the summer of 2000; and

WHEREAS, in light of the U.S. Department of Energy's goal to protect the public and to protect the nuclear waste material during transportation, the decision of the Department to reroute nuclear waste on Interstate 70 instead of the safer Interstate 80 seems inconsistent with the stated goal of the Department:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninetieth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby denounce the decision by the United States Department of Energy to reroute nuclear waste through the state of Missouri on Interstate 70 for the summer of 2000 and urge the energy secretary to utilize Interstate 80 for the transportation of nuclear waste; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for Bill Richardson, the United States energy secretary.

Committee on Federal-State Relations and Veterans Affairs, Chairman Boucher reporting:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Federal-State Relations and Veterans Affairs, to which was referred HCR 27, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

House Concurrent Resolution No. 27

WHEREAS, military retirees who have served honorably for twenty or more years constitute a significant part of the aging population in the United States; and

WHEREAS, these retirees were encouraged to make the United States Armed Forces a career, in part by the promise of lifetime health care for themselves and their families; and

WHEREAS, prior to age sixty-five, these retirees are provided health services by the United States Department of Defense's TRICARE prime program, but those retirees who reach the age of sixty-five lose a significant portion of the promised health care due to Medicaid eligibility; and

WHEREAS, many of these retirees are also unable to access military treatment facilities for health care and life maintenance medications because they live in areas where there are no military treatment facilities or where these facilities have downsized so significantly that available space for care has become nonexistent; and

WHEREAS, the loss of access to health care services provided by the military has resulted in the government breaking its promise of lifetime health care; and

WHEREAS, without continued affordable health care, including pharmaceuticals, these retirees have limited access to quality health care and significantly less care than other retired federal civilians have under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to enact legislation that would restore health care benefits equitable with those of other retired federal workers; and

WHEREAS, several proposals to meet this requirement are currently under consideration before the United States Congress and the federal Department of Defense and Department of Health and Human Services; of these proposals, the federal government has already begun to establish demonstration projects around the country to be conducted over the next three years, which would allow Medicare to reimburse the Department of Defense for the costs of providing military retirees and their dependents health care; this project would allow a limited number of Medicare-eligible beneficiaries to enroll in the Department of Defense's TRICARE prime program and receive all of their health care under that program:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the Missouri House of Representatives of the Ninetieth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby memorialize the Congress of the United States to maintain its commitment to America's military retirees by providing lifetime health care for military retirees over the age of sixty-five; to enact comprehensive legislation that affords military retirees the ability to access health care either through military treatment facilities or through the military's network of health care providers, as well as legislation to require opening the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to those uniformed services beneficiaries who are eligible for Medicare, on the same basis and conditions that apply to retired federal civilian employees; and to enact any other appropriate legislation that would address the above concerns; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for the President of the United States, the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, and all members of the Missouri Congressional delegation with the request that this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States.

Committee on Governmental Organization and Review, Chairman Barry reporting:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Governmental Organization and Review, to which was referred SCR 21, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Governmental Organization and Review, to which was referred SB 788, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass.

Committee on Labor, Chairman Hickey reporting:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred SB 709, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

Committee on Miscellaneous Bills and Resolutions, Chairman O'Toole reporting:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Miscellaneous Bills and Resolutions, to which was referred SCS SB 801, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass.

Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement, Chairman Kissell reporting:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement, to which was referred SS SB 813, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that the House Committee Substitute Do Pass.

Committee on Social Services, Medicaid and the Elderly, Chairman Gunn reporting:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Social Services, Medicaid and the Elderly, to which was referred SB 810, begs leave to report it has examined the same and recommends that it Do Pass.

INTRODUCTION OF HOUSE BILLS

The following House Bills were read the first time and copies ordered printed:

HB 2162, introduced by Representatives Gaskill, Kissell, Barnett and Alter, relating to unlawful use of weapons.

HB 2163, introduced by Representative Levin, relating to the outstanding public schools accountability act.

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

Mr. Speaker: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has taken up and adopted SCR 39.

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 39

BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Senate of the Ninetieth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the House of Representatives concurring therein, that the Missouri Committee on Legislative Research shall prepare and cause to be collated, indexed, printed and bound all acts and resolutions of the Ninetieth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, and shall examine the printed copies and compare them with and correct the same by the original rolls, together with an attestation under the hand of the Revisor of Statutes that he has compared the same with the original rolls in his office and has corrected the same thereby; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the size and quality of the paper and binding shall be substantially the same as used in prior session laws and the size and style of type shall be determined by the Revisor of Statutes; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Joint Committee on Legislative Research is authorized to print and bind copies of the acts and resolutions of the Ninetieth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, with appropriate indexing; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Revisor of Statutes is authorized to determine the number of copies to be printed.