Under the bill, Missouri insurance companies would be responsible for covering the cost of persons seeing a specialist for confirmation of cancer.

Senator Kinney says he has not heard any opposition to the bill, not even from the insurance companies.

Opponents say the bill would violate the privacy of birth parents which was promised at birth.

The Missouri-St. Louis Metropolitan Airport Authority would include representatives from St. Louis, St. Charles, Jefferson and Franklin counties, as well as St. Louis city.

American Airlines and St. Louis mayor Francis Slay do not support the bill at this time.

Sen. Betty Sims praised county officials for their swift reaction to the contamination.

Under the proposal, only content considered obscene, defamatory or potentially dangerous would need to be reviewed.

Almost three years ago, a similar bill failed in a statewide referendum, but new bills would bypass the voters.

The plan would authorize putting money toward a $646 million plan that supporters say would help revitalize downtown.

According to Rep. Byrd, the Family Leave Act will save companies the training costs of hiring new employees.

The bill proposes that state employees could receive unpaid leave and still keep their jobs.

The change would mean that the state's public schools would get $45 million less funds than under the current formula.

Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, said because funding is based on property values, the state is faced with a big jump every two years following county reassessments. Under his plan, jumps would be averaged over two years.

Witnesses testified that making more adults wear seat belts would result in more children wearing belts.

Rep. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, is sponsering the bill.

If approved by both houses, voters would have the final say on the package this August.

The proposal faces one more vote in the House before going to the Senate. If passed by the Legislature, it would be subject to statewide voter approval.

Currently, a school bond issue requires a four-sevenths majority on major election ballots and two-thirds during other election times.

Democrats in the Senate called for an investigation of David Barklage, Kinder's chief of staff for possibly receiving money from the GOP's Senate Majority Fund, but the Senate passed a substitute motion referring the issue to the Rules Committee.

Kinder defended Barklage, saying he had consulted the Ethics Commission about the issue before taking the job in the Senate.

Maxwell said he became aware of "misinformation and confusion" among lawmakers last week when negotiations between legislators and the commission overseeing the drug program became serious.

The bills bring employees under the umbrella of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act and prevent unauthorized paycheck deductions. In the bills, Republicans also encourage state employees to supply their own cost-saving tips.