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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 2003 appropriates state funds for higher education and workforce development programs for fiscal year 2027
Last action · June 30, 2026: Delivered to Secretary of State (G)Sponsors: Karla May and 11 others
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What This Bill Does
House Bill 2003 appropriates money from the General Revenue Fund and various dedicated funds for the operating expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development and public higher education institutions for the period beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027.
The measure determines the state funding levels for public universities, community colleges, student financial aid programs, and workforce training initiatives across Missouri for the upcoming .
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
The department receives state appropriations and fund transfers to operate its divisions, grant programs, and administrative duties.
Public higher education institutions
Universities and community colleges across Missouri receive operating expenditures, scholarship pass-throughs, and maintenance funding.
Missouri students
Students rely on state-funded scholarship and financial assistance programs, such as Access Missouri and A+ Schools, authorized in the bill.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law with line-item vetoes.
Procedural history
59 actions- Jun 30, 2026HouseDelivered to Secretary of State (G)
- Jun 30, 2026Governor of MissouriVetoed in Part by Governor (G)
- May 28, 2026Governor of MissouriDelivered to Governor
- May 28, 2026SenateSigned by President Pro Tem (S)
- May 28, 2026HouseSigned by House Speaker (H)
- May 7, 2026SenateSenate Message (S)
Show 53 earlier actions
- May 6, 2026HouseTruly Agreed To and Finally Passed
- May 6, 2026SenateSenate Adopts Conference Committee Report (S)
- May 6, 2026HouseTaken Up
- May 6, 2026HouseMotion to Adopt Withdrawn
- May 6, 2026SenateSenate Submits Conference Committee Report (S)
- May 6, 2026HouseHouse Message (H)
- May 6, 2026HouseFloorThird Read and Passed (H)
- May 6, 2026HouseHouse Adopts Conference Committee Report (H)
- May 6, 2026HouseHouse Submits Conference Committee Report (H)
- May 5, 2026HouseHouse Distributes Conference Committee Report (H)
- Apr 28, 2026SenateSenate Message (S)
- Apr 28, 2026SenateSenate Conference Committee Appointed (S)
- Apr 27, 2026HouseHouse Message (H)
- Apr 27, 2026HouseHouse Conference Committee Appointed (H)
- Apr 23, 2026SenateSenate Message (S)
- Apr 23, 2026SenateSenate Refuses to Recede, Grants Conference (S)
- Apr 23, 2026HouseHouse Message (H)
- Apr 23, 2026HouseHouse Refuses to Adopt, Requests Senate to Recede or Grant Conference (H)
- Apr 23, 2026HouseTaken Up
- Apr 23, 2026HouseReported to the House with... (H)
- Apr 22, 2026SenateFloorThird Read and Passed (S)
- Apr 22, 2026SenateSS Adopted (S)
- Apr 22, 2026HouseSS Offered
- Apr 22, 2026SenateTaken Up for Third Reading (S)
- Apr 20, 2026SenateCommitteeSCS Reported Do Pass (S)
- Apr 15, 2026SenateCommitteeSCS Voted Do Pass (S)
- Apr 15, 2026SenateExecutive Session Held (S)
- Apr 15, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Held (S)
- Apr 9, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Scheduled (S)
- Apr 9, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Scheduled (S)
- Apr 9, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Scheduled (S)
- Apr 9, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Scheduled (S)
- Mar 31, 2026SenateCommitteeSecond read and referred: Appropriations(S)
- Mar 30, 2026SenateReported to the Senate and First Read (S)
- Mar 26, 2026HouseFloorThird Read and Passed (H)
- Mar 26, 2026HouseTaken Up for Third Reading (H)
- Mar 24, 2026HousePerfected with Amendments (H)
- Mar 24, 2026HouseHCS Adopted (H)
- Mar 24, 2026HouseTaken Up
- Mar 24, 2026HouseLaid Over (H)
- Mar 24, 2026HouseTaken Up
- Mar 24, 2026HouseLaid Over (H)
- Mar 24, 2026HouseTaken Up
- Mar 23, 2026HouseLaid Over (H)
- Mar 23, 2026HouseTitle of Bill - Agreed To
- Mar 23, 2026HouseTaken Up for Perfection (H)
- Mar 12, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Reported Do Pass (H)
- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Voted Do Pass (H)
- Mar 11, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Feb 17, 2026HousePublic Hearing Completed (H)
- Jan 22, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Budget(H)
- Jan 22, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 21, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced and Read First Time (H)
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance90How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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