Missouri House of Represenatives Seal

101st General Assembly, 1st Regular Session

Representative Louis Riggs

Representative
Louis Riggs

District 005

Republican

Elected:	2018
Years Served:	7
Hometown:	Hannibal
Counties:

Committees

Capitol Address
Address:	MO House of Representatives 201 West Capitol Avenue Room 313-2 Jefferson City MO 65101
Phone:	573-751-3613
E-Mail:	Louis.Riggs@house.mo.gov

Biography

Representative Louis Riggs, a Republican, represents Marion and Ralls counties (District 5) in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was elected to his first two-year term in November 2018.

In addition to his legislative duties, Riggs served as an educator at Hannibal-LaGrange University for more than 14 years and now teaches at Culver Stockton College. He is also an attorney and Eagle Scout.

He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Missouri Rural Development Partners and is a past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Missouri Humanities Council, a past president of Missouri Community Betterment, and a past president of Hannibal Nutrition Center and Hannibal Free Clinic. He is a past president and co-founder of the Northeast Missouri Conservative Club and serves as a member of the City of Hannibal Mark Twain Home Board. Riggs has also been named to the University of Missouri Extension Leaders Honor Roll for his service to the Marion County Extension Council.

A graduate of Hannibal High School, Riggs obtained a bachelor's degree in English from Westminster College and a juris doctorate from the University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law.

Born and raised in Hannibal, Riggs resides there today with his family.

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HB 580 - (0716H.01I)
Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to submit an annual report to the General Assembly listing the number of elementary and secondary students who do not have home internet access or who have limited home internet access

HB 581 - (0717H.03C)
Establishes the "21st-Century Missouri Education Task Force"

HB 582 - (1405H.01I)
Establishes the "21st Century Missouri Patient Education Task Force"

HB 583 - (1396H.02P)
Requires an audit of all state departments every four years

HB 735 - (1478H.01I)
Authorizes the creation of broadband infrastructure improvement districts

HB 827 - (1845H.01I)
Allows the state emergency management agency to enter into contracts to lease dredging equipment from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood prevention

HB 869 - (0657H.01I)
Designates November 13 of each as Buck O'Neil Day

HB 893 - (1937H.01I)
Designates March 5th of each year as "Iron Curtain Speech Day" in Missouri

HB 894 - (1935H.01I)
Designates November 30th of each year as "Mark Twain Day"

HB 921 - (0816H.02C)
Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Housing Development Commission by setting a preference for former school buildings as housing development sites

HB 929 - (2072H.01I)
Modifies provisions relating to distributions of income or principal from one trust to another trust

HB 953 - (2086H.02I)
Repeals and establishes provisions relating to alternative dispute resolution

HB 1020 - (2085H.01I)
Changes the law regarding assignments for benefits of creditors

HB 1160 - (2320H.01I)
Creates the 21st Century Missouri Broadband Deployment Task Force

HB 1165 - (2312H.01I)
Establishes the 21st-Century Missouri Social Services Gap Analysis Task Force

HB 1178 - (2213H.01I)
Establishes a task force to study issues relating to state workers and work-from-home policy

HB 1206 - (2463H.02I)
Establishes the Twenty-First Century Technology Innovation Task Force

HB 1254 - (2365H.02I)
Establishes the Missouri Technology Task Force

HB 1301 - (0879H.01I)
Requires that laws passed by the general assembly govern the elections of this state

HB 1328 - (2572H.02I)
Creates the 21st-Centruy Missouri Power Grid Task Force

HB 1336 - (2702H.02C)
Changes the law regarding political subdivisions

HB 1384 - (2452H.01I)
Establishes the broadband enhancement council

HB 1385 - (0433H.01I)
Changes the law regarding the power of certain cities to annex areas from within two miles of the city's existing boundary to four miles

HB 1444 - (2314H.02C)
Establishes the Show Me the Money Job Protection Act, which requires state departments and agencies to receive approval from the Department of Economic Development prior to enforcing federal laws

HCR 29 - (0732H.01I)
Approves the statewide mission designation in STEM for Harris-Stowe State University

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