The Senate Judiciary Committee held public testimony on the bill Monday evening but did not vote on it because the committee chairman was not present, said Sen. Jack Goodman, R-Mt. Vernon, who instead chaired the committee hearing.
Assistant Majority Floor Leader, Republican Senator Jack Goodman is sponsoring a bill that would take social security numbers off records in divorce and child support cases.
"Anyone can come in off the streets, potentially look in these records and have all the tools they need to get a credit card or steal the identity of the person," said the sponsor of the Senate version, Sen. Jack Goodman, R-Mt. Vernon.
JEFFERSON CITY - Time ran out on it last year, but Sen. Jack Goodman, R-Mt. Vernon, says he is determined to pass legislation in 2009 that would create a number of changes to Missouri's public defender system. A bill sponsored by Goodman had little trouble moving through the Missouri Senate earlier this year, but it now faces procedural hurdles in the House and opposition from prosecutors in two of the state's largest jurisdictions, who questioned Tuesday ..
"I will say philosophically I support what Sen. Schaefer is trying to do," said Sen. Jack Goodman, R-Mt. Vernon. "The problem is that our taxpayers fund that bill. While we do have an obligation to keep our streets safe, this year any bill that costs a lot of money is going to be difficult to pass."
The Senate Judiciary Committee held public testimony on the bill Monday evening but did not vote on it because the committee chairman was not present, said Sen. Jack Goodman, R-Mt. Vernon, who instead chaired the committee hearing.
Time ran out on it last year, but Sen. Jack Goodman, R-Mt. Vernon, says he is determined to pass legislation in 2009 that would create a number of changes to Missouri's public defender system.
Time ran out on it last year, but Sen. Jack Goodman, R-Mt. Vernon, says he is determined to pass legislation in 2009 that would create a number of changes to Missouri's public defender system.