SB 476 Missouri Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes provisions relating to the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority

SB 476, titled "Establishes provisions relating to the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority," is a procedural bill currently under review by the Senate Government Efficiency Committee. The official abstract provides no specific details about the provisions it would establish, making it impossible to describe concrete policy changes, key mechanisms, or who would be directly affected. The bill has only advanced to the committee stage (with a "Do Pass" vote on March 10, 2025) and lacks a substantive summary in the provided context. Without additional details on the specific provisions, a meaningful summary of its policy impact cannot be generated.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Dec 5, 2024 Last action Mar 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Senate Committee Substitute - Committee Version · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to expand its scope by adding a new section (173.361) that establishes privacy and confidentiality protections for public higher education instrumentalities, alongside the existing section (173.445) which assigns the Higher Education Loan Authority to the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from repealing and replacing only one section (173.445) to repealing and replacing two sections (173.361 and 173.445), adding new privacy and confidentiality requirements for student loan servicing records.

REQUIREMENT

Added new Section 173.361 requiring public instrumentalities under Chapter 173 to observe federal and state privacy and confidentiality laws, including protection of financial information and trade secrets.

Added provision allowing public records related to student loan servicing by public instrumentalities to be closed from public access, with exceptions for requests by other Missouri governmental entities.

TECHNICAL

Changed the bill title from 'Introduced' to 'Senate Committee Substitute - Committee Version' and updated the session information from 'First Regular Session' to '103rd General Assembly'.

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Committee

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

SCS Voted Do Pass S Government Efficiency Committee (1446S.02C)

upper

Mar 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Hearing Conducted S Government Efficiency Committee

upper

Dec 5, 2024

Introduced

Prefiled

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors