JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 90th GENERAL ASSEMBLY FORTY-FIRST DAY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2000 Speaker Gaw in the Chair. Prayer by Ralph Robinette, Sergeant at Arms. Dear Lord, please be with us and guide us as we serve our constituents and the people of the State of Missouri, that we may do it in a Christian manner. That our service may be a witness to our love for You in that we serve in a loving and caring manner. 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: Zachary Pitts, Meaghan Lewis, Mary Boehne, Jared Morrison, Joseph Kennedy, Kevin Dermody, Brian Dermody, Conor Dermody, Nicholas Reed, Andy Yuill, Jennifer Kratzer, Crystal Ochemba, Sarah Rogers, Ryan Schwartzmeyer, Elizabeth Jett, Matthew Reed, Kyle Smith, Craig Plassmeyer, Toni Sespak, Dale Struemph, Andy Poettgen, Amanda Printy, Travis Weber, Zack Smith, Victoria Harrison, Gina Stroer, Nathaniel Heyward, Rasheed Sulaiman, Melynda Smith, Eric Doss, Danny Lowes, Sara Pfannebecker, Jenny Roe, Meghan Birdsong, Rachel Kloppe, Frank Hurt, Andrew Parmenter, Jami Burns, Stacy Schneitter, Brandee Wentler, Kiera Howell, Eric Middleby, MacKenzie Davis and Holly Maples. The Journal of the fortieth day was approved as corrected by the following vote: AYES: 084 Abel Auer Backer Barry 100 Berkowitz Bonner Boucher 48 Boykins Bray 84 Britt Campbell Clayton Crump Curls Davis 122 Davis 63 Days Dougherty Farnen Fitzwater Foley Ford Franklin Fraser Gambaro George Graham 24 Gratz Green Gunn Hagan-Harrell Hampton Harlan Hickey Hilgemann Hollingsworth Hoppe Hosmer Kelly 27 Kennedy Kissell Koller Kreider Lakin Lawson Leake Liese Luetkenhaus May 108 Mays 50 McBride McKenna McLuckie Merideth Monaco Murray O'Connor O'Toole Overschmidt Parker 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 585 586 Journal of the House NOES: 073 Akin Ballard Barnett Bartelsmeyer Bartle Bennett Berkstresser Black Blunt Boatright Burton Champion Chrismer Cierpiot Crawford Dolan Elliott Enz Evans Foster Froelker Gaskill Gibbons Graham 106 Griesheimer Gross Hanaway Hartzler 123 Hartzler 124 Hegeman Hendrickson Hohulin Holand Howerton 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 Sallee Schwab Scott Secrest Shields Summers Surface Townley Tudor Vogel Wright PRESENT: 001 Reid ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 003 Alter Kasten Stokan VACANCIES: 002 HOUSE COURTESY RESOLUTIONS OFFERED AND ISSUED House Resolution No. 578 - Representatives George and Green House Resolution No. 579 - Representatives Smith and Graham (24) House Resolution No. 580 - Representative Barry House Resolution No. 581 - Representatives Gambaro, Green and Kennedy House Resolution No. 582 - Representative Seigfreid House Resolution No. 583 and House Resolution No. 584 - Representative Reynolds House Resolution No. 585 - Representative Patek House Resolution No. 586 - Representative Crump House Resolution No. 587 - Representative Bennett House Resolution No. 588 - Representative Kelley (47) House Resolution No. 589 - Representative Luetkemeyer House Resolution No. 590 - Representative Bray House Resolution No. 591 - Representative Smith House Resolution No. 592 - Representative Chrismer House Resolution No. 593 - Representative Days House Resolution No. 594 - Representative Ross House Resolution No. 595 - Representative Clayton House Resolution No. 596 - Representative Schilling House Resolution No. 597 - Representative Hartzler (124) House Resolution No. 598 and House Resolution No. 599 - Representative Gratz Forty-first Day–Wednesday, March 15, 2000 587 HOUSE RESOLUTIONS HR 505 and HR 506 were taken up by Representative Barnett. House Resolution No. 505 WHEREAS, the members of the Missouri House of Representatives always welcome the opportunity to recognize those Show-Me State athletic coaches who have devoted a considerable amount of time and effort to ensuring the success of their teams in area and national competition; and WHEREAS, Head Coach Mel Tjeerdsman of the Northwest Missouri State University (NWMSU) football Bearcats has been named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) 1999 National Coach of the Year for NCAA Division II; and WHEREAS, one of only eleven coaches in history to have won the award in consecutive years, Coach Tjeerdsman previously won the 1998 Coach of the Year designation which also carries with it the honor of serving as an assistant coach at the prestigious Hula Bowl All-Star Football Classic held annually in Hawaii; and WHEREAS, with a career record of 128-58-4 and an NWMSU coaching record of 58-20, Coach Tjeerdsman has successfully rebuilt the school's football program which went 0-11 in 1994, posted a respectable 6-5 record with a tie for second place in the MIAA Conference in 1995, and earned an impressive 15-0 National Championship season in 1998 with a reprise as National Champions in 1999; and WHEREAS, concerned for academics as well as athletics, Coach Tjeerdsman heads a football team that placed twenty-one players on the MIAA Commissioner's Honor Roll for Academics in 1999 with five Bearcats honored as First Team All-American in 1998; and WHEREAS, with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in physical education, Coach Tjeerdsman has enjoyed selection as AFCA Regional Coach of the Year four times while at NWMSU and as MIAA Conference Coach of the Year for five consecutive seasons: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, Ninetieth General Assembly, join unanimously to applaud the sterling coaching efforts of Mel Tjeerdsman and to convey our heartiest congratulations for an exceptional season which culminated in his selection as American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year for the second consecutive time; 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 in honor of Head Coach Mel Tjeerdsman of the Northwest Missouri State University football Bearcats. House Resolution No. 506 WHEREAS, the Missouri House of Representatives has tremendous esteem for those Show-Me State university athletic teams which have proven themselves to be top contenders in national competition; and WHEREAS, the Northwest Missouri State University football Bearcats have once again earned the title of NCAA Division II National Champions with their 58-52 defeat of Carson-Newman College on December 11, 1999, in Florence, Alabama, in an exceptionally hard-fought game that was watched by five million people on ESPN with six and one-half million viewers tuned in by the end of the four overtimes; and WHEREAS, National Champions in 1998 and 1999, the Bearcats senior teammates amassed a four-year record of 52-4 and earned four conference championships in addition to their national standing; and 588 Journal of the House WHEREAS, 1999 marked the fourth consecutive time that the NWMSU Bearcats enjoyed the prestigious status of Mid America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) Champions; and WHEREAS, one of only five Division II schools to win back-to-back national titles, the Bearcats also have an exceptional academic record with twenty-one team members listed on the MIAA Commissioner's Honor Roll for Academics this past season; and WHEREAS, with two consecutive National Division II Coach of the Year awards, Head Coach Mel Tjeerdsma was admirably assisted by Offensive Coordinator Jim Svoboda; Defensive Coordinator Scott Bostwick; Offensive Line Coach Bart Tatum; Strength/Defensive Line Coach Jon Gustafson; Graduate Assistants Brad Colhour, Adam Dorrel, Kraig Evans, Mark Serve, and Will Wagner; Volunteer Assistant Earnest Collins; Student Assistants Andy Schneider and Kenny Gordon; and Athletic Trainer Dave Colt: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the members of the Missouri House of Representatives, Ninetieth General Assembly, join unanimously to applaud the stellar training and remarkable performance demonstrated by the NWMSU Bearcat football team throughout the 1999 season and to congratulate it as the well-deserved NCAA Division II National Champions for the second consecutive year; 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 in honor of the Northwest Missouri State University football Bearcats. SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS HB 2130 and HB 2131 were read the second time. SECOND READING OF SENATE BILLS SCS SB 542, SCS SBs 617 & 646, SB 753 and SB 924 were 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 (By Consent) HB 1499, HB 1579, HB 1631, HB 1647 and HB 1841 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. PERFECTION OF HOUSE BILLS - APPROPRIATIONS HCS HB 1102, as amended, relating to appropriations, was taken up by Representative Lakin. Representative Shields offered House Amendment No. 6. Forty-first Day–Wednesday,