One of the committee's members, Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, included himself in the minority of legislators who support dropping the $500 limit, which he called an "administrative nightmare."
While prosecutors are generally supportive of the new legislation, Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, said he had too many doubts about the legislation to support it when the Senate passed it in May.
"The state cannot and should not support established religion," said Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia. "Once we open the door, it's a floodgate. They will always want money. The separation of church and state has been held as good public policy since the beginning of this country."
Columbia Sen. Ken Jacob said even though Columbia schools may get more money from House's plan, he does not want to see the efforts to help at-risk students in Kansas City and St. Louis collapse.
In what some Senators feared as a possible filibuster, Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, took the lead role in opposition to Senate Bill 275. The legislation states that a doctor is guilty of murder if he or she aborts a live fetus by using a procedure that takes place after the mother has begun the birthing process.
Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, sparked debate when he moved to eliminate the entire sex education section of the bill. For more than an hour, Jacob pulled his side's weight in debate until his effort was rejected by a 11-21 vote.
Beach spoke as the primary supporter of a bill sponsored by Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, which would prohibit government seizure of private property for riverboat gambling.
On the other side of the Capitol, Sen. Ken Jacob, well-acquainted with the House where he served for 14 years, was being presented to Lt. Gov. Roger Wilson, as Boone County's new senator.