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2017 Bill(s)

HB 69
Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
Status: IN HCS HB 48
Description: Include Ripley County in a law authorizing a sales tax by a rural fire protection district, upon voter approval.
See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 465
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H Elementary & Secondary Education
    Description: Raise the minimum salary for public schol teachers, subject to appropriation.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 466
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Provide a 10 percent funding increase for school districts with assessed property valuation per students that was within the lowest ten percent of districts in the 2004-2005 school year.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 467
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H Elementary & Secondary Education
    Description: Repeal the option that allows a school district to start school earlier than the legal prohibition of opening school ten days before the first Monday in September.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 468
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H Elementary & Secondary Education
    Description: Require a school district audit separately disclose the costs of extracurricular activities including travel expenses, building rent, costs associated with game officials, etc.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 583
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H Elementary & Secondary Education
    Description: Limit the salary for a school's top administrator to three times what is paid for a teacher. Require the district to publish in the local newspaper the salary of every employee -- except school districts in St. Louis city and Kansas City.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 584
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H Elementary & Secondary Education
    Description: Require the state High School Athletic Association to appear before the legislature's joint committee on education and present various data at least once a year.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 650
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: WITHDRAWN
    Description: Claifiy provisions for cost-of-living increases in teacher retirement benefits.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SCS HB 700
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: S 3rd Read
    Description: Designate a portion of Highway 25 in Stoddard and Dunklin counties the Narvel Felts Highway.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 755
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Exclude from a provision making confidential information involving the salaries and benefits to the executive director and trustees of the state teacher retirement system.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    SCS HCS HB 758
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: S 3rd Read
    Description: Let two-year community colleges offer four-year baccalaureate degrees.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 820
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Establish provisions by which a parent can transfer a child in the public school district to a school in another district.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HCS HB 879
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H Rules - Legislative Oversight
    Description: Establish a system in the Transportation Department for naming a portion of a highway for a person. Require a petition signed by at least 100 signatures and include a fee. Currently, naming portions of a highway requires action by the legislature.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 891
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Claifiy provisions for cost-of-living increases in teacher retirement benefits.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HCS HB 959
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H Rules - Administrative Oversight
    Description: Allow agricultural utility vehicles to operate on state highways within a 20-mile radius of the agricultural property. Also allow any utility vehicle on state highways that can travel at least 45 miles per hour.
    See: 
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status
  • HB 1053
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Require school districts to consult with local businesses on certifications that meet local and state workforce needs. Require a school to allocate some of its administrative budget to the school attended by a student who gained an industry-recognized certification.
    See: Official legislative description and status

    HJR 32
    Sponsor: Cookson, Steve
    Status: H 2nd Read
    Description: Eliminate the personal property tax.
    See: Official legislative description and status


    Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.