HB 173 -- Missouri Southern State College Co-Sponsors: Stevenson, Hunter, Ruestman, Jetton, Dixon, Wright, Richard, Crowell, Wilson (130) This bill changes the name of Missouri Southern State College to Missouri Southern State University-Joplin. Costs associated with any name change must not be paid from state general revenue funds. The bill also changes the residency requirements for the Missouri Southern board of regents. Currently, the regents must be residents of the district in which the college is located; the bill extends the residency to a 60-mile radius of the district.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives