HB 606 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

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

HB 606 reorganizes Missouri's higher education governance by creating a new "Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development" and replacing the previous division and commission with a nine-member "Coordinating Board for Higher Education." It mandates a voluntary "Ready to Work" endorsement program for high school seniors, requiring schools to develop work-readiness standards with academic components, assessments, and employer guarantees by June 2007. The bill also requires state agencies to make reasonable efforts to relocate employees displaced by program changes. These changes directly affect Missouri's public universities, high schools, workforce development offices, and state employees.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Dec 17, 2024 Last action Apr 29, 2025

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What changed between versions

House Committee Substitute → Perfected · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to update the list of repealed statutes and add new section numbers that will be created. The changes reflect legislative corrections to ensure the bill repeals the correct existing laws and establishes the proper new sections for higher education reform.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include additional statutes for repeal and new section numbers for the enacted provisions, while maintaining the same core purpose of higher education reform.

SCOPE

Updated the list of repealed statutes to include new section numbers (166.435, 172.280, 172.610, 172.640, 172.650, 172.651, 172.660, 172.661, 172.680, 172.720, 173.1352, 174.160) that were not in the original version.

Changed the number of new sections from fourteen to twenty-two to reflect the additional statutes being repealed and new provisions being enacted.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill identifier from 'HCS HB 606' to '1735H.02P' and added '[PERFECTED]' status notation.

Adjusted line numbers and formatting throughout the document to reflect the perfected version of the bill.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 29, 2025

Committee

Second read and referred: Education(S)

upper

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 115 NOES: 37 PRESENT: 0

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Committee

Referred: Fiscal Review(H)

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1, HA 2, HA 3, HA 4 adopted

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Adopted (H)

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

Referred: Rules - Administrative(H)

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 13 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Committee

Referred: Higher Education and Workforce Development(H)

lower

Dec 17, 2024

Introduced

Prefiled (H)

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor