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HB1405 - Enacts provisions relating to the use of identifying pronouns by school employees and independent contractors

Sponsor:

Rep. Hardy Billington (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1414 - Requires the national motto to be posted in all public buildings, including public schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Dan Stacy (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1417 - Modifies provisions governing the minimum school term

Sponsor:

Rep. Robert Sauls (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1424 - Creates new provisions relating to COVID-19 vaccination requirements

Sponsor:

Rep. Mike McGirl (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1431 - Establishes minimum teacher's salaries and provides grant moneys to assist school districts with increasing teacher salaries

Sponsor:

Rep. Willard Haley (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/21/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1432 - Adds a condition under which a certificate of license to teach will be granted

Sponsor:

Rep. Willard Haley (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1440 - Modifies provisions relating to school protection officers

Sponsor:

Rep. Chris Dinkins (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/09/2024

H - Reported Do Pass

HB1441 - Expands the definition of special victim to include sports officials at a sporting event and limits civil liability for sports officials

Sponsor:

Rep. Chris Dinkins (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1445 - Creates a new state holiday for election day and requires colleges and universities to close unless used as a polling place

Sponsor:

Rep. Jamie Johnson (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/15/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB1447 - Modifies provisions governing teacher recruitment and retention

Sponsor:

Rep. Ed Lewis (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/04/2024

H - Reported Do Pass

HB1448 - Modifies provisions governing tuition reimbursement calculations for schools that do not maintain a high school through grade twelve

Sponsor:

Rep. Ed Lewis (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/18/2024

H - Referred to House committee on Elementary and Secondary Education

HB1475 - Requires the observation of black history month in school districts

Sponsor:

Rep. Mark Sharp (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/01/2024

H - Referred to House committee on Crime Prevention and Public Safety

HB1485 - Authorizes the establishment of charter school in school districts in St. Louis County

Sponsor:

Rep. Brad Christ (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/29/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1486 - Changes provisions governing early childhood education programs

Sponsor:

Rep. Brenda Shields (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

04/09/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

HB1487 - Requires bleeding control kits in all public school and charter school classrooms

Sponsor:

Rep. Brenda Shields (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/01/2024

H - Referred to House committee on General Laws

HB1497 - Modifies provisions relating to the authority to confer degrees at public institutions of higher education

Sponsor:

Rep. Dave Griffith (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1502 - Requires school districts to provide instruction in cursive writing

Sponsor:

Rep. Gretchen Bangert (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/16/2024

H - Placed on Informal Calendar

HB1505 - Establishes the "Missouri Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program"

Sponsor:

Rep. Gretchen Bangert (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1512 - Modifies provisions relating to the powers of libraries

Sponsor:

Rep. Jim Murphy (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/28/2024

H - Removed from House Hearing Agenda - House-Rules-Regulatory Oversight - 4/2/24 - 9:15 am - HR 1

HB1513 - Establishes the "Media Literacy and Critical Thinking Act"

Sponsor:

Rep. Jim Murphy (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/21/2024

H - Voted Do Pass

HB1518 - Prohibits public institutions of higher learning from discriminating against a religious student association or denying a religious student association any benefit available to any other student association

Sponsor:

Rep. Brad Hudson (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

03/28/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Governmental Accountability

HB1523 - Changes provisions relating to student interactions in schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Brad Hudson (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1526 - Creates provisions related to certain experimental or investigational medical treatments

Sponsor:

Rep. Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1533 - Modifies provisions relating to master's social work degree programs

Sponsor:

Rep. Brenda Shields (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

04/22/2024

Scheduled for Committee Hearing
04/25/2024 8:00 AM - ** REVISED to ADD BILLS ** - Senate-Governmental Accountability, Senate Lounge
Senate-Governmental Accountability

HB1536 - Modifies provisions relating to employment modifying work hours on school nights for certain students less than eighteen years of age

Sponsor:

Rep. Donna Baringer (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/15/2024

H - Referred to House Special Committee on Tourism

HB1543 - Modifies the offense of providing explicit sexual material to a student

Sponsor:

Rep. Jeff Coleman (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1568 - Modifies provisions governing school employee training requirements

Sponsor:

Rep. Ann Kelley (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/06/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1569 - Support for students attending institutions of higher education

Sponsor:

Rep. Ann Kelley (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

04/09/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

HB1574 - Prohibits the state librarian from disbursing funds to libraries that offer obscene materials to children

Sponsor:

Rep. Mazzie Christensen (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1576 - Requires instruction on human sexuality and development in schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Mazzie Christensen (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1578 - Requires in-state public educational institutions to grant undergraduate course credit for students who score 4 or higher on international baccalaureate examinations

Sponsor:

Rep. Maggie Nurrenbern (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/24/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB1580 - Modifies provisions relating to school buses

Sponsor:

Rep. Maggie Nurrenbern (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1581 - Modifies provisions relating to corporal punishment in schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Maggie Nurrenbern (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1589 - Expands the definition of special victim to include sports officials at a sporting event and limits civil liability for sports officials

Sponsor:

Rep. Jerome Barnes (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1590 - Establishes the offenses of harassment of a school or recreation athletic official and entry or remaining on site of a school or recreation athletic contest after being forbidden

Sponsor:

Rep. Jerome Barnes (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1592 - Requires insurance coverage for childbirth education classes

Sponsor:

Rep. LaKeySha Bosley (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1615 - Changes the definition of "qualified student" for purposes of Missouri empowerment scholarship accounts

Sponsor:

Rep. Brad Hudson (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/12/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB1623 - Requires public schools to establish the general municipal election day and the general election day as a school holiday

Sponsor:

Rep. Jamie Gragg (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1626 - Modifies provisions relating to school bus endorsements

Sponsor:

Rep. Danny Busick (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

04/17/2024

S - Voted Do Pass

HB1645 - Requires particular topics to be included in history curriculum in grades seven to twelve

Sponsor:

Rep. Marlene Terry (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1646 - Requires the state board of education to provide for a transition to a special administrative board for certain unaccredited school districts

Sponsor:

Rep. Marlene Terry (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1647 - Changes provisions relating to charter school funding and state pupil transportation aid

Sponsor:

Rep. John Black (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1663 - Establishes written parental consent requirements for individualized education programs (IEPs)

Sponsor:

Rep. Tara Peters (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/03/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1671 - Changes the definition of "qualified student" for the "Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program"

Sponsor:

Rep. Mark Matthiesen (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/23/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1672 - Changes provisions governing optional home school declarations of enrollment

Sponsor:

Rep. Mark Matthiesen (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/23/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1677 - Bans using seclusion to confine a student

Sponsor:

Rep. Ian Mackey (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1688 - Requires public schools to offer a driver education course that students must complete before graduating

Sponsor:

Rep. Rodger Reedy (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/10/2024

H - Voted Do Pass

HB1712 - Allows Missouri National Guard member educational assistance grants to be available for tuition at out-of-state educational institutions

Sponsor:

Rep. Adam Schnelting (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/27/2024

H - Voted Do Pass

HB1714 - Enacts provisions providing protections for parents in school district interactions

Sponsor:

Rep. Tricia Byrnes (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1715 - Establishes antibullying requirements for school districts

Sponsor:

Rep. Tricia Byrnes (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

04/22/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

HB1717 - Provides A+ scholarships for home school students who meet the program's eligibility requirements

Sponsor:

Rep. Mike McGirl (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/18/2024

H - Referred to House-Special Committee on Education Reform

HB1722 - Modifies provisions relating to school employee retirement systems

Sponsor:

Rep. Aaron Crossley (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/26/2024

H - Voted Do Pass

HB1724 - Modifies provisions relating to contracts with public entities

Sponsor:

Rep. Bill Falkner (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/09/2024

H - Reported Do Pass

HB1726 - Changes the laws regarding bonds

Sponsor:

Rep. Michael O'Donnell (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/16/2024

H - Placed on Informal Calendar

HB1727 - Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to develop a curriculum on personal finance to be used by school districts

Sponsor:

Rep. Michael O'Donnell (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/07/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1737 - Provides protections against ideological discrimination in postsecondary education

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Richey (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/30/2024

H - Referred to House Committee on Special Committee on Government Accountability

HB1738 - Changes provisions governing educational scholarships

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Richey (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/12/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB1739 - Enacts provisions governing public elementary and secondary school students

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Richey (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1740 - Establishes requirements for American history courses for high schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Richey (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1742 - Establishes provisions governing statewide athletic association employees and members

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Richey (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1744 - Changes the filing location for school board candidates

Sponsor:

Rep. Renee Reuter (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/09/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB1756 - Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to develop, use, and report student grade-level equivalence data

Sponsor:

Rep. Brad Pollitt (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1757 - Establishes transfer procedures to nonresident districts for students in public schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Brad Pollitt (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

12/19/2023

H - Withdrawn

HB1758 - Establishes the Education Stabilization Fund

Sponsor:

Rep. Brad Pollitt (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/10/2024

H - Voted Do Pass

HB1761 - Requires every school district to comply with enhanced safety and security standards

Sponsor:

Rep. Justin Hicks (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/13/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1764 - Authorizes the establishment of charter school in school districts in St. Charles County

Sponsor:

Rep. Justin Hicks (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/29/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1771 - Establishes provisions governing automated external defibrillators in schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Chad Perkins (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1778 - Modifies provisions governing eligibility for the A+ scholarship program

Sponsor:

Rep. Chad Perkins (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1786 - Enacts additional teacher subject area certification for content knowledge or specialty areas

Sponsor:

Rep. Brad Pollitt (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/18/2024

H - Referred to House committee on Elementary and Secondary Education

HB1806 - Prohibits zero-tolerance policies or practices of discipline in public schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Ian Mackey (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1807 - Prohibits educational institutions from mandating COVID-19 vaccines or gene therapy

Sponsor:

Rep. Kurtis Gregory (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/06/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1810 - Establishes a fund for matching school district expenditures of reserve moneys to increase teacher salaries

Sponsor:

Rep. Louis Riggs (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/04/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1820 - Authorizes and establishes standards for virtual schools or programs administering statewide assessments

Sponsor:

Rep. Ed Lewis (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1823 - Requires public schools to provide annual instruction and training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid for choking to high school pupils

Sponsor:

Rep. Dave Griffith (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1828 - Modifies provisions governing the minimum school term

Sponsor:

Rep. Aaron McMullen (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1832 - Clarifies the military personnel are eligible for in-state tuition for undergraduate and graduate degree programs

Sponsor:

Rep. Aaron McMullen (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/09/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB1843 - Adds tobacco products and vapor products to the "Drug-Free Schools Act"

Sponsor:

Rep. Sarah Unsicker (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1847 - Expands the definition of special victim to include sports officials at a sporting event

Sponsor:

Rep. Brad Pollitt (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1851 - Changes provisions governing the statewide assessment system for public schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Paula Brown (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/11/2024

H - Returned to committee: House-Elementary and Secondary Education

HB1852 - Requires implementation of health and safety measures in public schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Tara Peters (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1863 - Changes a pilot agricultural education program in elementary schools to a statewide program

Sponsor:

Rep. Adrian Plank (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1890 - Establishes minimum teacher's salaries and provides grant moneys to assist school districts with increasing teacher salaries

Sponsor:

Rep. Stephanie Hein (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1895 - Establishes the Task Force on Juvenile Justice and Education

Sponsor:

Rep. Raychel Proudie (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/14/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB1898 - Modifies provisions relating to the health professional student loan repayment program

Sponsor:

Rep. Raychel Proudie (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1899 - Requires certain public schools to offer breakfast after the bell

Sponsor:

Rep. Raychel Proudie (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1905 - Establishes provisions relating to the participation of elementary and secondary school students in nontraditional educational settings

Sponsor:

Rep. Josh Hurlbert (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1911 - Establishes the "Missouri Parental Choice Tax Credit Act" relating to a tax credit for certain educational expenses

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Richey (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/26/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB1917 - Requires hearing screenings for students

Sponsor:

Rep. Jo Doll (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1922 - Requires any legislation originating in the House that adds a new requirement for public schools to include provisions that reduce an existing requirement for public schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Herman Morse (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1923 - Allows private schools that meet state requirements for public school districts to receive public funding

Sponsor:

Rep. Herman Morse (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1940 - Modifies provisions relating to school bus endorsements

Sponsor:

Rep. Jim Kalberloh (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/12/2024

H - Reported Do Pass as substituted

HB1941 - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/29/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1945 - Modifies provisions governing teacher externships

Sponsor:

Rep. Brenda Shields (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

04/22/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

HB1946 - Modifies provisions governing school safety

Sponsor:

Rep. Brenda Shields (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/26/2024

H - Placed on Informal Calendar

HB1972 - Establishes the" STEM Career Awareness Activity Program"

Sponsor:

Rep. Alex Riley (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/04/2024

H - Voted Do Pass

HB1981 - Modifies guidelines for student participation in athletic contests organized by sex

Sponsor:

Rep. Jamie Burger (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB1989 - Establishes transfer procedures to nonresident districts for students in public schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Brad Pollitt (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

04/09/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

HB1991 - Requires schools to establish cardiac emergency response plans

Sponsor:

Rep. Sherri Gallick (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/15/2024

H - Reported Do Pass

HB1997 - Requires public institutions of higher education to have opioid overdose rescue kits available for public use on campus

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Mann (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/27/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB1999 - Allows school districts to include instruction on LGBTQ contributions to society

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Mann (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2002 - APPROPRIATION BILL

Sponsor:

Rep. Cody Smith (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

04/19/2024

Scheduled for Committee Hearing
04/26/2024 8:30 AM - Senate-Appropriations, SCR 2
Senate-Appropriations

HB2003 - APPROPRIATION BILL

Sponsor:

Rep. Cody Smith (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

04/19/2024

Scheduled for Committee Hearing
04/26/2024 8:30 AM - Senate-Appropriations, SCR 2
Senate-Appropriations

HB2051 - Requires in-state public educational institutions to grant undergraduate course credit for students who score 4 or higher on international baccalaureate examinations

Sponsor:

Rep. Kemp Strickler (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/24/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB2081 - Establishes tax credits for certain engineering degrees

Sponsor:

Rep. Donnie Brown (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

H - Superseded by HB 2034

HB2088 - Changes provisions governing charter schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Michael O'Donnell (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2092 - Modifies provisions governing scholarships available for teacher recruitment and retention purposes

Sponsor:

Rep. Ed Lewis (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2093 - Provides matching grant moneys to assist school districts with school renovation projects

Sponsor:

Rep. Phil Amato (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2094 - Requires school districts to provide instruction in cursive writing

Sponsor:

Rep. Renee Reuter (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2104 - Changes provisions governing educational scholarships

Sponsor:

Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/12/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB2105 - Requires school districts to report information about the school board to the election authority

Sponsor:

Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2113 - Establishes written parental consent requirements for individualized education programs (IEPs)

Sponsor:

Rep. Philip Oehlerking (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/06/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB2114 - Authorizes a tax on the endowments of qualifying institutions of higher education and a corresponding endowment tax revenue trigger to income tax rates

Sponsor:

Rep. Justin Sparks (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2123 - Establishes reporting requirements for school districts and the department of elementary and secondary education when a pupil commits suicide

Sponsor:

Rep. Ian Mackey (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2125 - Modifies provisions relating to age for school entry

Sponsor:

Rep. Ian Mackey (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/24/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB2145 - Removes an expiration date of provisions governing participation in athletics competitions

Sponsor:

Rep. Brian Seitz (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2147 - Changes provisions governing the statewide assessment system

Sponsor:

Rep. Mike Henderson (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/15/2024

H - Referred to House committee on Elementary and Secondary Education

HB2156 - Modifies provisions relating to certain public school retirement systems boards of trustees

Sponsor:

Rep. Philip Oehlerking (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/04/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB2160 - Establishes provisions governing duties and responsibilities of public education entities

Sponsor:

Rep. Ben Baker (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/06/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB2161 - Specifies that the St. Louis City school board shall fill any vacancy that occurs in such school board outside of the normal election cycle

Sponsor:

Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2177 - Modifies provisions relating to age for school entry

Sponsor:

Rep. Bruce Sassmann (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/24/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB2178 - Changes provisions governing charter schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Richey (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2184 - Modifies provisions governing school performance measures

Sponsor:

Rep. Mike Haffner (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/17/2024

H - Reported Do Pass

HB2195 - Modifies the required school year start date for school districts in which a charter school operates

Sponsor:

Rep. Jeff Coleman (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/03/2024

H - Read First Time

HB2198 - Provides protections against ideological discrimination in postsecondary education

Sponsor:

Rep. Brad Hudson (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2249 - Requires all school districts and charter schools to provide early childhood education programs

Sponsor:

Rep. Crystal Quade (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2250 - Requires career and technical education programs to offer courses leading to insurance licensing and certification

Sponsor:

Rep. Michael Johnson (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/10/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB2252 - Requires school districts to excuse students with mental or behavioral health concerns from attendance at school

Sponsor:

Rep. Michael Johnson (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2287 - Modifies provisions related to the virtual school program

Sponsor:

Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: 3rd Reading

Last Action:

04/18/2024

H - Truly Agreed and Finally Passed - Y-105 N-32

HB2293 - Requires the state board of education to provide for a transition to a special administrative board for certain unaccredited school districts

Sponsor:

Rep. Marlene Terry (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/05/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2310 - Modifies the "Higher Education Core Curriculum Transfer Act"

Sponsor:

Rep. Cameron Parker (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

04/22/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

HB2313 - Establishes the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Grant program for Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program award recipients

Sponsor:

Rep. Donnie Brown (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/07/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB2323 - Modifies provisions relating to age for school entry

Sponsor:

Rep. Jeff Farnan (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/24/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB2326 - Modifies provisions governing certain postsecondary education financial assistance awards

Sponsor:

Rep. Brenda Shields (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/31/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB2327 - Prohibits public school districts and charter schools from membership in or payment of dues to certain statewide activities associations

Sponsor:

Rep. Jeff Knight (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/17/2024

H - Referred to House Special Committee on Public Policy

HB2334 - Prohibits schools from using collection agencies to collect unpaid school meal fees

Sponsor:

Rep. Maggie Nurrenbern (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/10/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2335 - Establishes the Teacher Recruitment and Retention State Scholarship Program

Sponsor:

Rep. Maggie Nurrenbern (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/10/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2343 - Requires school districts to excuse students with mental or behavioral health concerns from attendance at school

Sponsor:

Rep. Betsy Fogle (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/10/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2344 - Changes provisions governing school superintendent salaries

Sponsor:

Rep. Ben Keathley (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/04/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB2355 - Requires all public school shower rooms, locker rooms, and restrooms to be designated for and used by male or female students only

Sponsor:

Rep. Ben Baker (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/31/2024

H - Superseded by HB 1520

HB2357 - Requires all public school shower rooms, locker rooms, and restrooms to be designated for and used by male or female students only

Sponsor:

Rep. Chris Lonsdale (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/31/2024

H - Superseded by HB 1520

HB2363 - Requires schools to allow students to leave school to vote

Sponsor:

Rep. Anthony Ealy (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/10/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2366 - Establishes the "Missouri Parent Empowerment Act" relating to a tax credit for certain educational expenses

Sponsor:

Rep. Aaron McMullen (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/11/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2370 - Requires school districts to provide "period products" at no cost in charter schools and public middle and high schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Patty Lewis (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/11/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2374 - Requires schools to adopt school policies governing materials that are obscene or harmful to minors

Sponsor:

Rep. Mazzie Christensen (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/11/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2378 - Provides that the State Board of Education shall be responsible for handling appeals of decisions made by statewide activities associations

Sponsor:

Rep. Bennie Cook (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/27/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB2392 - Creates the "Missouri Universal School Meals Act"

Sponsor:

Rep. Jay Mosley (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/16/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2398 - Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to conduct safety assessments of all public schools in the state

Sponsor:

Rep. Jay Mosley (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/16/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2415 - Requires in-state public educational institutions to grant undergraduate course credit for students who score 4 or higher on international baccalaureate examinations

Sponsor:

Rep. Chris Brown (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/07/2024

H - Voted Do Pass

HB2420 - Modifies the required school year start date for school districts in which a charter school operates

Sponsor:

Rep. Ingrid Burnett (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/16/2024

H - Introduced and Read First Time

HB2421 - Modifies provisions relating to higher education tuition

Sponsor:

Rep. Ingrid Burnett (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/16/2024

H - Introduced and Read First Time

HB2422 - Requires school districts to provide "period products" at no cost in middle schools and high schools and charter schools and repeals provisions prohibiting abortion services providers from providing instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases

Sponsor:

Rep. Ingrid Burnett (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/16/2024

H - Introduced and Read First Time

HB2423 - Modifies provisions governing school transportation

Sponsor:

Rep. Kurtis Gregory (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/28/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB2429 - Changes provisions governing compulsory school attendance

Sponsor:

Rep. Maggie Nurrenbern (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/18/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2442 - Authorizes a property tax for special educational services

Sponsor:

Rep. Peter Merideth (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/18/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2443 - Authorizes a sales tax for special educational services

Sponsor:

Rep. Peter Merideth (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/18/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2444 - Establishes new procedures for annexation of school districts to special school districts

Sponsor:

Rep. Peter Merideth (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/18/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2447 - Establishes the "Classical Education Grant Program" for the purpose of assisting school districts with providing programs in classical education

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Richey (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/18/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2456 - Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to develop a curriculum on Black history and Black literature to be used by school districts

Sponsor:

Rep. LaKeySha Bosley (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/18/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2463 - Increases the cigarette tax from $0.17 per pack of 20 cigarettes to $0.27 per pack to be used for public education and health care purposes, upon voter approval

Sponsor:

Rep. Steve Butz (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/22/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2471 - Modifies provisions governing mental health efforts in public schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/22/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB2472 - Modifies provisions governing calculations for state aid to public schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Anthony Ealy (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/22/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2494 - Modifies the calculations of state aid for school districts

Sponsor:

Rep. Crystal Quade (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/24/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2499 - Modifies provisions governing eligibility for the A+ scholarship program

Sponsor:

Rep. Jeff Farnan (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/27/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB2511 - Creates the "Student-Teacher Collaboration Advisory Board"

Sponsor:

Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/24/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2512 - Requires posters with information on driver education courses to be posted in each high school

Sponsor:

Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/24/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2513 - Changes requirements for civics education in schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/24/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2517 - Modifies provisions relating to the health professional student loan repayment program

Sponsor:

Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/20/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2535 - Changes the penalty for violating the school compulsory attendance law

Sponsor:

Rep. Dirk Deaton (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/25/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2536 - Modifies the election date, terms of office, and term limits for members of school boards

Sponsor:

Rep. Richard West (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/25/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2537 - Changes provisions governing the "Missouri Career Development and Teacher Excellence Plan"

Sponsor:

Rep. Kathy Steinhoff (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/25/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2545 - Establishes a provision relating to allegations of sexual misconduct against private school employees

Sponsor:

Rep. Chris Dinkins (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/29/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2562 - Modifies provisions governing the compensation of student athletes

Sponsor:

Rep. Kurtis Gregory (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/10/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB2565 - Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to develop a curriculum on the danger of marijuana usage to be used by school districts

Sponsor:

Rep. Brian Seitz (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/30/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2584 - Specifies that tax revenues dedicated to school districts cannot be reduced or redirected to accommodate special taxing districts

Sponsor:

Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/31/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2598 - Expands the definition of special victim to include school employees and volunteers

Sponsor:

Rep. Chris Dinkins (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/01/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2610 - Modifies provisions relating to certain school retirement systems

Sponsor:

Rep. Alan Gray (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/05/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2612 - Establishes an educational technology impact advisory council to review the use of technology in schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Tricia Byrnes (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/04/2024

H - Reported Do Pass

HB2620 - Changes the definition of "qualified student" for purposes of Missouri empowerment scholarship accounts

Sponsor:

Rep. Cody Smith (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/05/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2621 - Prohibits medical schools from providing abortion-specific training and partnering with out-of-state entities to provide such training

Sponsor:

Rep. Justin Sparks (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/05/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2622 - Adds public schools and charter schools to the list of entities required to submit information to the Missouri accountability

Sponsor:

Rep. Josh Hurlbert (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/05/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2630 - Modifies provisions governing school antibullying policies

Sponsor:

Rep. John Black (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/13/2024

H - Superseded by HB 1715

HB2637 - Establishes the "College Admission and Financial Aid Letter Consistency Task Force"

Sponsor:

Rep. Kevin Windham (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/06/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2638 - Prohibits institutions of higher education from withholding student transcripts because of unpaid tuition and fees

Sponsor:

Rep. Kevin Windham (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/06/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2644 - Modifies the calculations of state aid for school districts

Sponsor:

Rep. Kathy Steinhoff (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/07/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2650 - Modifies provisions relating to the department of higher education and workforce development

Sponsor:

Rep. Willard Haley (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/16/2024

H - Placed on Informal Calendar

HB2652 - Prohibits public schools from imposing certain requirements on students

Sponsor:

Rep. Bill Hardwick (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/08/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2667 - Modifies provisions governing transportation for public school pupils

Sponsor:

Rep. Ben Keathley (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/12/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2673 - Modifies provisions relating to the authority to confer degrees at public institutions of higher education

Sponsor:

Rep. Melanie Stinnett (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/23/2024

** REVISED for TIME CHANGE ** - House-Higher Education - 4/24/24 - 12:00 pm or Upon Adjournment - HR 5

HB2674 - Requires the Joint Committee on Education to establish a working group to report on solutions for protecting the learning environment in classrooms

Sponsor:

Rep. Jamie Burger (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/22/2024

H - Referred to House committee on Elementary and Secondary Education

HB2678 - Prohibits students from engaging in "furry" behavior while at school

Sponsor:

Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/14/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2692 - Modifies provisions governing career and technical education programs

Sponsor:

Rep. Travis Wilson (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/14/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2696 - Changes provisions governing special educational services

Sponsor:

Rep. Kathy Steinhoff (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/10/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB2703 - Requires the department of higher education and workforce development to develop and implement a training program on relevant rules for all governing members of colleges and universities

Sponsor:

Rep. Kevin Windham (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/15/2024

H - Introduced and Read First Time

HB2717 - Requires certain incidents in public schools to be reported to the department of elementary and secondary education and made available on the department's comprehensive data system

Sponsor:

Rep. Yolanda Young (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/19/2024

H - Introduced and Read First Time

HB2724 - Prohibits certain organizations that contract with the departments of social services and elementary and secondary education from taking more than a certain percentage in fees when distributing department funds

Sponsor:

Rep. Ed Lewis (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/21/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2742 - Requires newly purchased or contracted school buses of a school district to be zero-emission vehicles, beginning January 1, 2035

Sponsor:

Rep. Anthony Ealy (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/21/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2760 - Modifies provisions relating to state retirement for certain state colleges and universities

Sponsor:

Rep. Michael O'Donnell (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/22/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2774 - Allows schools to incorporate criminal justice instruction into curricula

Sponsor:

Rep. Alan Gray (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/22/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2775 - Establishes a "Council for Community Education" within the department of elementary and secondary education

Sponsor:

Rep. Alan Gray (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/22/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2792 - Modifies provisions governing proprietary schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Travis Wilson (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/26/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2793 - Modifies the formula to apportion mining royalties

Sponsor:

Rep. Chris Dinkins (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/29/2024

H - Referred to House committee on Conservation and Natural Resources

HB2794 - Modifies provisions governing postsecondary plans of elementary and secondary school students

Sponsor:

Rep. Gretchen Bangert (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/13/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

HB2812 - Establishes provisions relating to the minimum school term

Sponsor:

Rep. Paula Brown (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/27/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2833 - Designates the week of September twenty-fourth to thirtieth each year as "HBCU DEI Week"

Sponsor:

Rep. Michael Johnson (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/28/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2846 - Modifies provisions relating to retirement benefits for certain teacher retirement systems

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Clemens (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/04/2024

Scheduled for Committee Hearing
04/09/2024 10:00 AM - House-Pensions, HR 5
House-Pensions

HB2847 - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Clemens (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/29/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2848 - Requires public institutions of higher education to provide lactation rooms and menstrual products free of charge

Sponsor:

Rep. Doug Mann (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/29/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2852 - Requires school districts to provide instruction in cursive writing

Sponsor:

Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/16/2024

H - Placed on Informal Calendar

HB2858 - Provides a state supplement for public schools to hire a school nurse and a mental health professional

Sponsor:

Rep. Yolanda Young (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/19/2024

Scheduled for Committee Hearing
04/23/2024 9:00 AM - House-Special Committee on Public Policy, HR 3
House-Special Committee on Public Policy

HB2860 - Changes provisions governing local school district procedures for setting school starting dates

Sponsor:

Rep. Jamie Johnson (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

02/29/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2889 - Requires public school districts and charter schools to prevent student use of electronic personal communications devices during regularly scheduled instructional activities

Sponsor:

Rep. Kathy Steinhoff (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

03/01/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2893 - Modifies provisions governing Missouri empowerment scholarship accounts

Sponsor:

Rep. Betsy Fogle (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

03/01/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2905 - Modifies provisions governing funding for higher education

Sponsor:

Rep. Brenda Shields (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/09/2024

H - Reported Do Pass

HB2906 - Modifies provisions relating to time and salary limitations on working after retirement for members of the Public School Retirement System and the Public Education Employee Retirement System

Sponsor:

Rep. Kathy Steinhoff (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/26/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB2916 - Requires postsecondary educational institutions to implement a policy prohibiting unauthorized access to sports fields or arenas

Sponsor:

Rep. Mark Sharp (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

03/01/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2918 - Creates a provision relating to the calculation of school districts' local effort figures

Sponsor:

Rep. Melanie Stinnett (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

03/01/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2922 - Requires instruction on human sexuality and development in schools

Sponsor:

Rep. Hardy Billington (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

03/01/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2926 - Authorizes a tax credit for compensation of local businesses who provide qualified employees to serve as instructors at Missouri community colleges

Sponsor:

Rep. Travis Wilson (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

03/01/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2930 - Authorizes the establishment of charter schools in public community college districts with the public community college as the sponsor

Sponsor:

Rep. Cody Smith (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

03/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HB2937 - Modifies provisions governing elementary and secondary education

Sponsor:

Rep. Bishop Davidson (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/25/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HB2938 - Creates "Earned Autonomy Schools Waivers" for school districts and enacts other education reform measures

Sponsor:

Rep. Bishop Davidson (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/23/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HCR50 - Approves the statewide mission designation expansion for Missouri Southern State University

Sponsor:

Rep. Cody Smith (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/02/2024

H - Reported Do Pass

HJR71 - Adds substitute teachers to the list of allowed employment for members of the general assembly

Sponsor:

Rep. Sherri Gallick (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HJR74 - Proposes a constitutional amendment dividing state revenues from gaming activities between public institutions of elementary, secondary, and higher education and the administration of the Missouri veterans commission

Sponsor:

Rep. Dave Griffith (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/09/2024

H - Public hearing completed

HJR96 - Adds employees of school districts to the list of allowed employment for members of the general assembly

Sponsor:

Rep. Jamie Gragg (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/04/2024

H - Read Second Time

HJR108 - Adds employees of school districts to the list of allowed employment for members of the general assembly

Sponsor:

Rep. Mark Sharp (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

01/05/2024

H - Read Second Time

HJR185 - Proposes a constitutional amendment relating to access by parents to educational materials

Sponsor:

Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Filed

Last Action:

03/01/2024

H - Read Second Time

HR4050 - Grants the use of the chamber for the Missouri Governor's Student Leadership Forum on February 16, 2024, and February 17, 2024, from noon to 4:00 p.m.

Sponsor:

Rep. Bishop Davidson (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/06/2024

H - Voted Do Pass as substituted

SB727 - Creates and modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

Sponsor:

Sen. Andrew Koenig (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: 3rd Reading

Last Action:

04/18/2024

H - Truly Agreed and Finally Passed

SB728 - Creates provisions relating to public elementary and secondary school students

Sponsor:

Sen. Andrew Koenig (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/23/2024

S - Voted Do Pass as substituted

SB729 - Authorizes a tax credit for certain educational expenses

Sponsor:

Sen. Andrew Koenig (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/17/2024

S - Voted Do Pass

SB743 - Modifies provisions relating to state funding for certain early childhood education programs

Sponsor:

Sen. Lauren Arthur (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/08/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Education and Workforce Development

SB749 - Repeals provisions relating to the authority to confer degrees at public institutions of higher education

Sponsor:

Sen. Lincoln Hough (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Voted Do Pass

SB761 - Authorizes excusal from attendance at an elementary or secondary school if the child is unable to attend due to mental or behavioral health concerns

Sponsor:

Sen. Karla May (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/09/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Education and Workforce Development

SB762 - Modifies provisions relating to suicide prevention in educational institutions

Sponsor:

Sen. Karla May (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/09/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Education and Workforce Development

SB766 - Establishes a provision relating to allegations of sexual misconduct against private school employees

Sponsor:

Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/23/2024

S - Voted Do Pass as substituted

SB770 - Establishes provisions regarding elementary and secondary education

Sponsor:

Sen. Rick Brattin (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/11/2024

S - Removed from Senate Hearing Agenda - Senate-Education and Workforce Development - 1/17/24 - 1:00 pm - Senate Lounge

SB773 - Creates provisions relating to automated external defibrillators in schools

Sponsor:

Sen. Elaine Gannon (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/15/2024

S - Removed from Senate Hearing Agenda - Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children - 4/16/24 - 8:00 am - Senate Lounge

SB780 - Modifies provisions relating to student enrollment in the Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program

Sponsor:

Sen. Karla Eslinger (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/23/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB784 - Establishes provisions relating to the minimum school term

Sponsor:

Sen. Doug Beck (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/28/2024

S - Voted Do Pass

SB796 - Modifies provisions relating to school security officers

Sponsor:

Sen. Angela Mosley (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/31/2024

S - Not heard in committee

SB804 - Establishes accountability measures for all public elementary and secondary schools

Sponsor:

Sen. Curtis Trent (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/10/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB812 - Establishes provisions relating to special education programs

Sponsor:

Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/28/2024

S - Reported Do Pass

SB814 - Creates the Education Freedom Act and modifies provisions relating to the assessment of public elementary and secondary schools

Sponsor:

Sen. Jill Carter (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/23/2024

S - Voted Do Pass

SB819 - Creates, modifies, and repeals provisions relating to participation of certain students in nontraditional educational settings

Sponsor:

Sen. Ben Brown (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/28/2024

S - Reported Do Pass as substituted

SB824 - Modifies provisions relating to gaming

Sponsor:

Sen. Denny Hoskins (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/11/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations

SB849 - Establishes tax credits for certain engineering degrees

Sponsor:

Sen. Justin Brown (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/27/2024

S - Voted Do Pass as substituted

SB857 - Creates the Elementary Literacy Fund to provide grants to local educational agencies for home reading programs

Sponsor:

Sen. Karla May (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/11/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Fiscal Oversight

SB867 - Authorizes a tax credit for certain educational expenses

Sponsor:

Sen. Rick Brattin (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/22/2024

S - Removed from Senate Hearing Agenda - Senate-Education and Workforce Development - 1/23/24 - 11:00 am - SCR 2

SB868 - Establishes the Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act prohibiting discussion of certain topics by school personnel

Sponsor:

Sen. Mike Moon (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/11/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Education and Workforce Development

SB871 - Modifies provisions relating to state funding for early childhood education programs

Sponsor:

Sen. Karla Eslinger (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/25/2024

S - Removed from Senate Hearing Agenda - Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children - 3/26/24 - 10:30 am - SCR 1

SB877 - Modifies the retirement allowance multiplier for certain members of the Public School Retirement System of Missouri

Sponsor:

Sen. Doug Beck (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/27/2024

S - Voted Do Pass as substituted

SB881 - Creates a child care cost-sharing pilot program

Sponsor:

Sen. Greg Razer (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/18/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB882 - Modifies the required school year start date for school districts in which a charter school operates

Sponsor:

Sen. Greg Razer (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/12/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB885 - Modifies provisions relating to school board elections in urban and metropolitan school districts

Sponsor:

Sen. Steven Roberts (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/29/2024

S - Re-Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB902 - Creates and modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education

Sponsor:

Sen. Nick Schroer (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/23/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB907 - Changes the mission of Missouri Southern State University

Sponsor:

Sen. Jill Carter (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/25/2024

S - Reported Do Pass

SB918 - Establishes provisions relating to public school curriculum and instruction

Sponsor:

Sen. Denny Hoskins (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/05/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB920 - Provides that charter schools may be operated in Boone County and St. Louis County

Sponsor:

Sen. Andrew Koenig (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB921 - Modifies provisions relating to student enrollment in the Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program

Sponsor:

Sen. Andrew Koenig (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB950 - Modifies provisions relating to the offense of providing explicit sexual material to a student

Sponsor:

Sen. Rick Brattin (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/02/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB952 - Prohibits certain entities from infringing on the right of individuals to refuse medical procedures or treatments

Sponsor:

Sen. Mike Moon (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Emerging Issues

SB955 - Establishes provisions relating to teacher recruitment and retention and creates the "Teacher Baseline Salary Grant Program" and the "Teacher Recruitment and Retention State Scholarship Program"

Sponsor:

Sen. Karla Eslinger (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB957 - Establishes the Education Stabilization Fund

Sponsor:

Sen. Jason Bean (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB959 - Establishes provisions relating to charter school management

Sponsor:

Sen. Doug Beck (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB965 - Authorizes a sales tax for special educational services

Sponsor:

Sen. Steven Roberts (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB966 - Authorizes a property tax for special educational services

Sponsor:

Sen. Steven Roberts (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB967 - Modifies the calculation of weighted average daily attendance used to calculate state aid for school districts

Sponsor:

Sen. Steven Roberts (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB969 - Creates new provisions on discriminatory practices relating to hair

Sponsor:

Sen. Barbara Washington (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/28/2024

S - Reported Do Pass

SB974 - Requires all public school shower rooms, locker rooms, and restrooms to be designated for and used by male or female students only

Sponsor:

Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Emerging Issues

SB976 - Establishes provisions relating to technological education in public schools and creates the STEM Career Awareness Activity Fund

Sponsor:

Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Voted Do Pass as substituted

SB1002 - Prohibits school districts and charter schools from requiring students to wear face masks or be immunized against COVID-19

Sponsor:

Sen. Andrew Koenig (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1005 - Authorizes the Governor to transfer the powers, duties, personnel, and property of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to other state agencies

Sponsor:

Sen. Bill Eigel (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1006 - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools and the assessment of public elementary and secondary schools

Sponsor:

Sen. Bill Eigel (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1013 - Establishes the Teacher Recruitment and Retention State Scholarship Program

Sponsor:

Sen. Lauren Arthur (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1014 - Establishes provisions relating to the compensation of public school teachers

Sponsor:

Sen. Lauren Arthur (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1022 - Modifies the definition of weighted average daily attendance used to calculate state aid for school districts

Sponsor:

Sen. Karla May (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1024 - Establishes provisions relating to classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in certain grade levels

Sponsor:

Sen. Rick Brattin (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1032 - Requires public schools to develop cardiac emergency response plans

Sponsor:

Sen. Karla Eslinger (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/21/2024

S - Voted Do Pass as substituted

SB1036 - Modifies a tax credit relating to certain sporting events

Sponsor:

Sen. Greg Razer (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/23/2024

S - Placed on Informal Calendar

SB1049 - Establishes provisions relating to assessment of virtual school students

Sponsor:

Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Voted Do Pass

SB1051 - Allows the enrollment of nonresident students in public school districts

Sponsor:

Sen. Curtis Trent (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/21/2024

S - Voted Do Pass

SB1059 - Establishes the Missouri Education Intervention Task Force

Sponsor:

Sen. Nick Schroer (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1065 - Establishes the Career-Tech Certificate Program Fund to reimburse certain students' tuition, books, and fees to certain postsecondary training programs and programs of study

Sponsor:

Sen. Jill Carter (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1068 - Establishes provisions relating to school board information submitted to election authorities and the Secretary of State

Sponsor:

Sen. Ben Brown (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1075 - Modifies provisions of the Higher Education Core Curriculum Transfer Act

Sponsor:

Sen. Andrew Koenig (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Voted Do Pass as substituted

SB1079 - Modifies provisions relating to ballot language for certain debt service tax levies

Sponsor:

Sen. Mike Cierpiot (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/05/2024

S - Removed from Senate Hearing Agenda - Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children - 2/6/24 - 8:00 am - Senate Lounge

SB1080 - Modifies terms used in the elementary and secondary school funding formula

Sponsor:

Sen. Lauren Arthur (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1081 - Requires public schools to develop cardiac emergency response plans

Sponsor:

Sen. Lauren Arthur (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/06/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB1082 - Allows students to attend multiple public summer school programs non-concurrently

Sponsor:

Sen. Lauren Arthur (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1099 - Establishes the "Cronkite New Voices Act" to protect the freedom of press in school-sponsored media

Sponsor:

Sen. Barbara Washington (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/28/2024

S - Reported Do Pass

SB1103 - Requires certain topics in Native American and African American history to be included in the seventh through twelfth grade history curriculum in public schools

Sponsor:

Sen. Angela Mosley (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1104 - Modifies provisions relating to special administrative boards for unaccredited school districts

Sponsor:

Sen. Angela Mosley (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1118 - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program

Sponsor:

Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1123 - Modifies provisions relating to charter schools

Sponsor:

Sen. Ben Brown (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1125 - Prohibits public institutions of postsecondary education from requiring the submission of diversity, equity, and inclusion statements

Sponsor:

Sen. Ben Brown (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/23/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB1143 - Modifies provisions relating to taxation

Sponsor:

Sen. Mike Moon (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on General Laws

SB1153 - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to conduct safety assessments of all public schools in the state

Sponsor:

Sen. Angela Mosley (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/26/2024

S - Voted Do Pass as substituted

SB1154 - Creates the "Missouri School Meals Act"

Sponsor:

Sen. Angela Mosley (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1163 - Establishes provisions relating to teacher recruitment and retention and creates the "Teacher Baseline Salary Grant Program" and the "Teacher Recruitment and Retention State Scholarship Program"

Sponsor:

Sen. Rusty Black (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1164 - Establishes the Education Stabilization Fund

Sponsor:

Sen. Rusty Black (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/04/2024

S - Voted Do Pass

SB1170 - Creates provisions relating to free speech policies in higher education and establishes the College Student Free Speech and Association Act

Sponsor:

Sen. Jill Carter (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1181 - Establishes provisions relating to discussion of certain concepts in public schools

Sponsor:

Sen. Andrew Koenig (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1203 - Establishes provisions relating to transparency of school staff training, instructional, and curricular materials

Sponsor:

Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/04/2024

S - Voted Do Pass

SB1207 - Establishes a work opportunity tax credit

Sponsor:

Sen. Denny Hoskins (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/26/2024

S - Placed on Informal Calendar

SB1208 - Provides that the State Board of Education shall cause its annual report to be published on the website of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Sponsor:

Sen. Andrew Koenig (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/04/2024

S - Voted Do Pass

SB1210 - Allows school districts to remove certain property from tax increment financing districts

Sponsor:

Sen. Lauren Arthur (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tax Policy

SB1217 - Modifies provisions relating to the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development

Sponsor:

Sen. Barbara Washington (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1246 - Repeals the 2027 expiration of a provision of law prohibiting students from participating on an athletic team that is designated for the opposite biological sex

Sponsor:

Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Emerging Issues

SB1256 - Creates the Given Name Act establishing provisions relating to forms of address in public schools

Sponsor:

Sen. Jill Carter (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1272 - Modifies provisions relating to providing explicit sexual material to a student

Sponsor:

Sen. Nick Schroer (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1274 - Establishes provisions relating to physical privacy of children

Sponsor:

Sen. Nick Schroer (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Emerging Issues

SB1286 - Modifies provisions relating to limitations on working after retirement for members of the Public School Retirement System and the Public Education Employee Retirement System

Sponsor:

Sen. Mike Bernskoetter (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/28/2024

S - Voted Do Pass

SB1289 - Repeals a provision relating to health and family education

Sponsor:

Sen. Jill Carter (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1290 - Establishes the "Classical Education Grant Program" for the purpose of assisting school districts with providing programs in classical education

Sponsor:

Sen. Jill Carter (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/04/2024

S - Voted Do Pass

SB1297 - Provides that the State Board of Education shall be responsible for handling appeals of decisions made by statewide activities associations

Sponsor:

Sen. Jason Bean (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/16/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB1311 - Establishes the "Media Literacy and Critical Thinking" pilot program requiring DESE to select 5-7 school districts to address the components of media literacy during the 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years

Sponsor:

Sen. Curtis Trent (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/09/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB1319 - Creates provisions relating to animals

Sponsor:

Sen. Mike Moon (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food Production, and Outdoor Resources

SB1322 - Modifies provisions relating to education assistance for members of the Missouri National Guard

Sponsor:

Sen. Sandy Crawford (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/23/2024

Scheduled for Committee Hearing
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SB1332 - Modifies the Board of Trustees of the Public School Retirement System of the City of St. Louis

Sponsor:

Sen. Steven Roberts (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

SB1343 - Establishes provisions relating to the reporting of certain violation of state law involving children in elementary and secondary education

Sponsor:

Sen. Lauren Arthur (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

01/25/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1366 - Establishes accountability measures for all public elementary and secondary schools

Sponsor:

Sen. Curtis Trent (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/21/2024

S - Voted Do Pass as substituted

SB1375 - Modifies provisions relating to student enrollment in the Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program

Sponsor:

Sen. Karla Eslinger (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/05/2024

S - Placed on Informal Calendar

SB1376 - Authorizes school districts and charter schools to employ or accept chaplains as volunteers

Sponsor:

Sen. Mike Moon (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/08/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1378 - Modifies the definition of "weighted average daily attendance" as used in the education funding formula

Sponsor:

Sen. Lauren Arthur (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/08/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1391 - Modifies provisions of the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program

Sponsor:

Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/23/2024

S - Placed on Informal Calendar

SB1392 - Modifies provisions of the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program and authorizes charter schools to operate in Boone County, St. Charles County, and St. Louis County

Sponsor:

Sen. Curtis Trent (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/05/2024

S - Placed on Informal Calendar

SB1393 - Changes the deadline for school districts to submit proposals to operate recovery high schools

Sponsor:

Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/25/2024

S - Reported Do Pass

SB1394 - Establishes provisions relating to teacher certification

Sponsor:

Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/26/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1401 - Provides that the Commissioner of Administration shall request a certain amount of the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System employer contribution rate for certain state colleges and universities

Sponsor:

Sen. Rusty Black (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/27/2024

S - Voted Do Pass as substituted

SB1402 - Provides that students enrolled in the Reserve Officer Training Corps at a state college or university shall be eligible for in-state tuition fees

Sponsor:

Sen. Bill Eigel (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/26/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

SB1421 - Modifies the total cost of living adjustments for members of the Public School Retirement System and the Public Education Employee Retirement System

Sponsor:

Sen. Rusty Black (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/26/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

SB1427 - Modifies provisions relating to the offense of hazing

Sponsor:

Sen. Curtis Trent (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

02/26/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence

SB1432 - Establishes the Black History Education and Awareness Act and designates the first week in February as Black History Week

Sponsor:

Sen. Angela Mosley (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Progress and Development

SB1440 - Prohibits public and private elementary and secondary schools and institutions of postsecondary education from being members of any statewide athletic activities association that allows students to use performance-enhancing drugs

Sponsor:

Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1446 - Requires the State Board of Education to convene a work group to develop a curriculum framework of instruction on the dehumanization of marginalized groups

Sponsor:

Sen. Brian Williams (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/02/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB1447 - Authorizes a sales tax for early childhood educational services

Sponsor:

Sen. Brian Williams (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/02/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB1457 - Prohibits public institutions of higher education chartered outside of Missouri from operating an educational facility in this state

Sponsor:

Sen. Greg Razer (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1458 - Modifies the required school year start date for school districts in which a charter school operates

Sponsor:

Sen. Greg Razer (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1462 - Requires school districts and charter schools to provide instruction in cursive writing

Sponsor:

Sen. Curtis Trent (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/16/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB1479 - Creates a provision relating to the calculation of school districts' local effort figures

Sponsor:

Sen. Lincoln Hough (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Referred to Senate Committee on Education and Workforce Development

SB1481 - Requires school districts and charter schools to promulgate a written policy regarding student possession and use of cellular phones

Sponsor:

Sen. Elaine Gannon (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1497 - Requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to post on its website any memorandum of understanding or other agreement with a third party

Sponsor:

Sen. Jill Carter (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1504 - Modifies the contribution rate for the Public School Retirement System of the City of St. Louis

Sponsor:

Sen. Karla May (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

04/03/2024

S - Hearing Conducted

SB1506 - Modifies provisions relating to the Career Ladder program

Sponsor:

Sen. Rusty Black (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SB1508 - Provides for the establishment of an early education school district in St. Louis County

Sponsor:

Sen. Tracy McCreery (D)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children

SCR22 - Modifies the statewide mission of Missouri Southern State University

Sponsor:

Sen. Jill Carter (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

04/16/2024

H - Reported Do Pass

SCR23 - Disapproves and suspends the final order of rule making for the proposed amendment to 5 CSR 20-100.230 regarding the Virtual Instruction Program

Sponsor:

Sen. Nick Schroer (R)

Progress:

Chamber 2: Filed

Last Action:

02/26/2024

H - Reported Do Pass

SJR95 - Establishes parents' right to know what is being taught in their children's public school

Sponsor:

Sen. Curtis Trent (R)

Progress:

Chamber 1: Referred to Committee

Last Action:

03/07/2024

S - Referred to Senate-Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children