MO AFL-CIO Tracking List
Senate
SB971 - Sen. Curtis Trent (R) - Creates, modifies, and repeals provisions relating to student transfers to nonresident districts
SB 971 – Expanded Student Transfers:
- Any student may transfer to another public school starting in 2027‑28; previously limited to students in unaccredited districts.
- School boards report transfer capacity to DESE; DESE assigns students based on available space.
- Receiving districts must accept assigned students and cannot discriminate based on address, academics, athletics, disability, race, sex, or lunch status.
- Sending districts no longer pay tuition; transfer students count as residents of receiving districts for funding.
- DESE-designated transportation provided by sending districts; special rules apply for special education services and reimbursements.
This act broadly expands school choice and clarifies funding, transportation, and special education responsibilities.
Position-Oppose
SB970 - Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R) - Creates provisions relating to cost-sharing under health benefit plans
This bill requires health insurers and pharmacy benefits managers to count the full cost of medications without generic substitutes toward an enrollee’s out-of-pocket maximum. It also prohibits insurers from designing cost-sharing in a way that reduces the enrollee’s contribution when manufacturer assistance programs are available for these drugs. The law applies to most new or renewed plans starting August 28, 2026, but does not apply to union plans covered by federal law. Step therapy is still allowed, and the rules only affect drugs without generic alternatives.
SB984 - Sen. Jill Carter (R) - Modifies provisions relating to pharmacy benefit managers
This bill places new limits and requirements on pharmacy audits and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), including restricting how often pharmacies can be audited, capping audit scope, and requiring more transparency in drug pricing and contracts. It also creates a program to support rural pharmacies and requires PBMs to pass through rebates and discounts, aiming to lower costs for patients, while adding regulatory complexity and new compliance requirements for insurers and pharmacy-related entities.
SB1325 - Sen. Joe Nicola (R) - Creates a sub-minimum wage rate for minors
This act provides that employers may pay sub-minimum wage rates of $12.30 per hour to any employee who is a minor.
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SB1035 - Sen. Jason Bean (R) - Creates a county option to enact "right-to-work" laws
Allows counties to adopt local “right-to-work” laws by voter approval, meaning:
- Employers cannot require union membership or union dues as a condition of employment.
- Violations can result in criminal penalties and civil lawsuits.
Position-Oppose
SB1585 - Sen. Adam Schnelting (R) - Creates new provisions relating to public school employees and labor organizations
SB 1585 - This act provides that a labor organization or public body may not place a restriction on the time that a public employee of a school district may join or terminate membership in a labor organization.
Position-Oppose
SB1529 - Sen. Stephen Webber (D) - Modifies provisions relating to public labor organizations
This bill establishes a structured collective bargaining process for public employees, requiring timelines for negotiations and mandating mediation and binding arbitration to resolve disputes when agreements cannot be reached.
Position-Support
SB989 - Sen. Tracy McCreery (D) - Creates new provisions relating to employee compensation
Reinstates minimum wage cost-of-living increases, restores earned paid sick leave, adds paid bereavement leave for some private employees, and allows enforcement through penalties and employee lawsuits.
Position-Support
SB906 - Sen. David Gregory (R) - Creates, modifies, and repeals provisions relating to student transfers to nonresident districts
Allows any public school student to transfer to another public school district starting in the 2027–28 school year, not just students from unaccredited districts.
- Districts must publicly report available capacity.
- Transfers cannot be denied based on academics, disability, race, income, or address.
- Students count as residents of the receiving district for funding.
- Tuition is prohibited.
- Transportation and special education responsibilities are clearly defined.
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SB998 - Sen. Brad Hudson (R) - Creates, repeals, and modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program
Expands eligibility and limits regulation of schools participating in Missouri’s scholarship account program.
- Broadens who qualifies for scholarships.
- Removes prior public school attendance and sibling requirements.
- Allows parent organizations to intervene in legal challenges.
- Prohibits new rules requiring accreditation or additional conditions for participating schools unless explicitly allowed by law.
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SB1071 - Sen. David Gregory (R) - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program
Expands eligibility and flexibility in the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program by:
- Removing income and special-education requirements.
- Allowing more students to qualify.
- Allowing funds to be used for computers, calculators, and commuter passes.
- Clarifying students don’t have to leave public school before applying.
- Preventing added regulation of participating private schools.
Position-Oppose
SB923 - Sen. Stephen Webber (D) - Repeals provisions authorizing the establishment of charter schools in Boone County
This act repeals provisions authorizing the establishment of charter schools in Boone County. This act is identical to SB 88 (2025) and HB 298 (2025).
Position-Support
SB1384 - Sen. Barbara Washington (D) - Creates and modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education
Requires charter schools and private schools participating in the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program to follow the same procurement rules, wage standards, contracting requirements, accountability systems, and accreditation processes as public school districts. The bill limits uncertified teachers to 10% of instructional staff across school districts, charter schools, and private schools, expands eligibility for innovation waivers, applies Sunshine Law and financial transparency requirements, and standardizes reporting, assessments, and school start dates.
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SB1380 - Sen. Nick Schroer (R) - Creates new provisions relating to prohibiting foreign influence on lobbying activities
Prohibits lobbyists from being paid to lobby on behalf of foreign adversaries or their affiliates.
- Bans lobbyists from receiving any form of compensation (direct, indirect, cash, or in-kind) for lobbying for:
- A foreign adversary
- A foreign political party of a foreign adversary
- A foreign adversary client
SB1385 - Sen. Curtis Trent (R) - Modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation
Makes extensive changes to workers’ compensation, including:
- Narrowing which injuries and diseases qualify for coverage.
- Limiting benefits for certain travel, recreational, and mental stress claims.
- Creating mandatory medical fee schedules.
- Tightening deadlines for claims and notice.
- Expanding employer subrogation rights.
- Revising Second Injury Fund rules.
- Allowing settlements contingent on resignation to be excluded as evidence.
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SB865 - Sen. Doug Beck (D) - Modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation
Changes how work-related injuries and occupational diseases qualify for workers’ compensation by:
- Removing the “prevailing factor” standard and replacing it with a “substantial factor” test.
- Clarifying that work must be a significant cause of the injury, not just a trigger.
- Restoring legal interpretations used before 2005.
- Limiting compensation for injuries tied mainly to recreational activities.
- Creating a right to a final hearing after a worker reaches maximum medical improvement.
This act essentially narrows compensability, clarifies definitions, and restores pre-2005 legal standards.
Position-Support
SB996 - Sen. David Gregory (R) - Modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation
Makes major changes to how workers’ compensation cases are handled and how administrative law judges (ALJs) are governed.
- Simplifies changing attorneys in workers’ comp cases.
- Increases the number of ALJs and sets mandatory retirement at age 70.
- Replaces retention votes with a formal complaint and discipline process.
- Expands grounds for ALJ removal and allows suspension with pay in limited cases.
- Adjusts ALJ compensation, retirement rules, and benefits.
SB1431 - Sen. Mike Henderson (R) - Establishes the "Missouri Building Codes Act"
This bill focuses on standardization and statewide oversight:
- Potential weakening of local safety standards if statewide codes replace stronger local worker-protection requirements.
- Reduced local influence for labor organizations in jurisdictions that previously had more rigorous or worker-friendly codes.
- Agricultural building exemption may leave workers in those projects without consistent safety protections.
- Centralized decision-making could limit labor’s ability to quickly address region-specific safety concerns.
- Inspection standardization risks under-enforcement if resources or staffing are insufficient at the state level.
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SB1146 - Sen. Kurtis Gregory (R) - Modifies provisions relating to port authorities
Makes broad updates to how port authorities operate, including:
- Clarifying when counties or cities can create port authorities.
- Expanding port authority powers (law enforcement, development, housing in some cases).
- Raising the threshold for competitive bidding.
- Increasing oversight through audits and reporting.
- Allowing regional port authorities under certain conditions.
- Adjusting rules for port improvement districts and economic development incentives.
SB1452 - Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R) - Establishes provisions relating to construction contracts
- Limited direct wage protection: The bill focuses on contractor and subcontractor payment timing, not direct wage theft or benefit enforcement for workers.
- Relies on employer compliance: Workers remain dependent on contractors passing payments through properly rather than having direct remedies.
- No explicit labor standards: Does not address prevailing wage, apprenticeships, safety standards, or workforce training requirements.
- Flow-down disputes may delay paychecks: Disputes between owners, contractors, and subs could still indirectly delay worker compensation.
- Excludes small residential projects, where labor abuses are often more common.
SB1349 - Sen. Ben Brown (R) - Creates a prohibition on licensing requirements for certain industrial mechanical maintenance work
This act provides that any contractor performing maintenance of mechanical systems or equipment within an industrial facility, as described in the act, shall not be required to obtain a local or state license to perform such work. This act is identical to HB 1247 (2025).
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SB1036 - Sen. Doug Beck (D) - Modifies the Missouri Works program
Updates the Missouri Works program by revising wage and payroll definitions, allowing employer-paid health insurance to count toward new payroll, and requiring affidavits with job creation estimates. The bill bases tax credits on taxable wages instead of total payroll, permits flexibility when average wage targets are missed, and adds new criteria for awarding credits, including participation in approved pre-apprenticeship programs and preference for Missouri-based contractors using local workers
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SB1375 - Sen. Barbara Washington (D) - Creates new provisions relating to state contracts for minority and women's business enterprises
Requires completion of a state disparity study on minority- and women-owned businesses by December 31, 2028, and creates a Minority Business Enterprise and Women’s Business Enterprise Oversight Review Committee to study participation, maintain a statewide vendor database, notify businesses of contracting opportunities, set subcontractor notification requirements, and recommend sanctions for noncompliance. Provisions sunset in 2032 unless reauthorized.
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SB1494 - Sen. Nick Schroer (R) - Establishes procedures for the automatic expungement of certain criminal offenses
SB1050 - Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R) - Creates new provisions governing autonomous vehicles
Authorizes fully autonomous vehicles to operate on Missouri public roads without a human driver if safety, insurance, registration, and federal compliance requirements are met. The bill sets standards for system failure responses, commercial and on-demand autonomous vehicle operations, exempts driver-dependent equipment requirements, and preempts local governments from restricting or separately regulating autonomous vehicles.
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SB1006 - Sen. Kurtis Gregory (R) - Requires motor vehicles to have a driver with active control present
This act provides that each motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, recreational motor vehicle, bus, and school bus operated on the roads and highways of this state shall have an appropriately endorsed driver who holds a valid license present with active control of the vehicle at all times.
Position-Support
SB1742 - Sen. Patty Lewis (D) - Modifies provisions relating to crew member requirements for certain rail operations
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SB1743 - Sen. Patty Lewis (D) - Modifies provisions relating to reports of certain railroad incidents
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SB1744 - Sen. Patty Lewis (D) - Modifies provisions relating to train length restrictions
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House
HB3146 - Rep. John Simmons (R) - Modifies provisions for ballot summary statements
Like SB 22 (2025) in that in that it overhauls Missouri’s laws governing ballot summary statements, fiscal note summaries, and initiative petition procedures. Seeks to give the legislature and Secretary of State more control over the content and timing of ballot language. Reflects a legislative effort to influence how statewide ballot measures are presented to voters and to limit judicial intervention, with HB 3146 replacing the same sections of law that SB 22 previously amended.
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HB2710 - Rep. Dane Diehl (R) - Modifies provisions governing accountability measures for elementary and secondary schools
Summary
This bill creates a statewide A–F school grading system and accountability report cards for Missouri public schools by tying ratings to student performance, growth, and outcomes while adding a performance-based funding program for higher-performing schools. Thus emphasizing simplified public-facing metrics that may shape, and potentially oversimplify public perception of school quality.
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HB2375 - Rep. Brad Christ (R) - Modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation
This bill creates several disadvantages for labor and injured workers by raising the burden of proof required to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits. Workers must now show that a workplace accident was the prevailing factor not only in causing the injury, but also the resulting medical condition, disability, and the need for treatment, making claims harder to prove and easier for employers to dispute. By requiring the prevailing factor standard to be met before medical treatment is authorized, injured employees may face delays or denials of care while causation is contested. The bill also allows consideration of other insurance or benefit sources when determining compensation, which could reduce workers’ compensation awards even when injuries are job-related. Additionally, employers are given expanded authority to seek early dismissal of claims on procedural or employment-related grounds, potentially preventing workers from reaching a full hearing on the merits of their case. The repeal of penalties for unpaid temporary or partial awards removes an important enforcement mechanism, weakening incentives for timely payment and increasing financial strain on injured workers during recovery.
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HB1664 - Rep. Brian Seitz (R) - Modifies provisions relating to statutes of limitation
Summary
The bill moves many general personal injury claims into a strict three-year statute of limitations, whereas previously some of these claims could fall under a broader five-year window. This shortens the time workers must recognize an injury, navigate treatment, deal with insurers, and ultimately file a claim.
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HB2069 - Rep. Brandon Phelps (R) - Establishes provisions relating to autonomous vehicles
HB2208 - Rep. Don Mayhew (R) - Establishes provisions relating to autonomous vehicles
- Allows fully autonomous vehicles on public roads if safety, insurance, registration, and reporting requirements are met.
- Treats the automated driving system as the legal driver under traffic laws.
- Requires a law enforcement plan and proof of financial responsibility before driverless operation.
- Permits autonomous vehicle networks under existing for-hire vehicle rules.
- Exempts driverless-only vehicles from human-driver equipment requirements.
- Preempts local regulation and grants rulemaking authority to the Department of Public Safety.
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HB3069 - Rep. John Simmons (R) - Establishes and modifies provisions relating to school districts
Currently, membership dues may be deducted from the compensation of employees that request such deduction. This bill prohibits school districts from deducting or collecting dues, fees, or contributions on behalf of a professional association or political fund. The bill defines "professional association" as a lawful association that is composed of school district employees and exists for the purpose of dealing with school district employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or other terms and conditions of employment. This bill allows school district employees to join or terminate membership in professional associations at any time and prohibits such associations from limiting when an employee may join or terminate their memberships. This bill is similar to HB 3001 (2026).
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HB3283 - Rep. Chris Brown (R) - Modifies provisions relating to public labor organizations
HB3306 - Rep. Nick Kimble (D) - Modifies provisions relating to public labor organizations
These bills establish a structured collective bargaining process for public employees, requiring timelines for negotiations and mandating mediation and binding arbitration to resolve disputes when agreements cannot be reached.
Position-Support
HB3231 - Rep. Brad Christ (R) - Establishes the "Missouri Innovation, Public Safety, and Accountability Act"
This bill lets cities create “innovation districts” where they can use tax breaks, public funding, and fewer regulations to attract development, businesses, and new residents. It directs public dollars and incentives into specific areas, which could boost growth there. However, it could potentially shift resources away from other communities and the long-term impact on state and local budgets.
Position-Neutral
HB2507 - Rep. Mark Matthiesen (R) - Prohibits labor organizations from collecting payment for union dues from a new employee until such employee has worked at least two hundred fifty hours
This bill weakens unions’ financial stability by delaying mandatory dues collection, even though new hires immediately benefit from union representation, contract enforcement, and workplace protections. Over time, applying the provisions in this bill would undermine collective bargaining strength, reduce union resources for grievance handling and safety enforcement, and make it harder for unions to effectively represent workers—especially in high-turnover industries.
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HB1849 - Rep. John Hewkin (R) - Modifies the duration of unemployment benefits based on the unemployment rate
- Adjusts how long people can receive unemployment benefits based on the state’s
- unemployment rate.
- Currently, unemployment benefits last up to 20 weeks.
- Starting January 1, 2027, the maximum benefit period will vary based on Missouri’s
- average unemployment rate.
- When unemployment is high, benefits last longer (up to 20 weeks).
- When unemployment is low, benefits are shorter (as few as 8 weeks).
- The benefit duration decreases gradually as the unemployment rate drops.
- Ties unemployment benefit availability directly to economic conditions.
- Identical to SB 8 (2025) and similar to HB 771 (2025).
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HB3032 - Rep. Bennie Cook (R) - Modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation
Under current law, construction industry employers must provide workers' compensation if they have one or more employees. This bill increases that threshold to five or more employees.
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HB2366 - Rep. Jeff Vernetti (R) - Modifies provisions relating to employment of unauthorized aliens
HB2511 - Rep. Brad Christ (R) - Modifies provisions relating to employment of unauthorized aliens
These bills strengthen enforcement against employers who knowingly exploit unauthorized labor, which can improve wage fairness and job standards. Employee misclassification and wage theft in Missouri’s construction industry allow unscrupulous law-breaking contractors to have an unfair advantage over law-abiding contractors who see their market share materially diminished or reduced from such illegal actions.
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HB2384 - Rep. Mike Jones (R) - Prohibits political subdivisions from imposing certain requirements that threaten affordability of developments or improvements of property
This bill can be harmful to construction workers because it limits local governments’ ability to require higher building standards, including energy efficiency and safety-related practices that often create more skilled, higher-quality work and better long-term job stability. By discouraging or prohibiting “green” or high-performance construction, the bill may reduce demand for specialized union trades and apprenticeship-trained workers who perform this work. The strict 30-day approval deadline and automatic permit approvals can also pressure inspectors and contractors to rush projects, increasing the risk of unsafe job sites and construction errors that directly affect worker safety. In addition, weakening local control over building standards can drive a race to the bottom on quality, wages, and working conditions, benefiting low-road contractors at the expense of skilled construction workers and responsible employers
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HB2124 - Rep. Brad Banderman (R) - Modifies provisions for initiative petitions and referendums
Petition circulators cannot be paid based on the number of signatures collected. Affidavits are updated to reflect these rules. Only Missouri registered voters can challenge ballot titles, fiscal notes, or petition certifications. Final adjudication of ballot title/fiscal note challenges must happen at least eight weeks before an election. The Secretary of State and Attorney General must review petitions for compliance with state law and the Missouri Constitution.
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HB1850 - Rep. John Hewkin (R) - Modifies provisions relating to pharmacies
Position-Oppose
HB1941 - Rep. George Hruza (R) - Creates provisions relating to cost-sharing under health benefit plans
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HB1999 - Rep. Jamie Gragg (R) - Prohibits paying circulators for initiative petitions
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HB2525 - Rep. Ray Reed (D) - Prioritizes the use of organized labor for state contracts in certain industries
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HB1921 - Rep. Marty Joe Murray (D) - Creates the "Missouri Worker Dues Tax Fairness Act", authorizing an income tax subtraction for certain union dues paid to a labor organization by a taxpayer
Allows taxpayers to deduct union dues from state income taxes, up to $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for joint filers, excluding political and lobbying expenses.
Position-Support
HB1824 - Rep. Tiffany Price (D) - Modifies provisions relating to unemployment compensation and eliminates the waiting week period requirement
Position-Support
HB2494 - Rep. Emily Weber (D) - Extends the duration of unemployment benefits
Position-Support
HB2554 - Rep. Scott Miller (R) - Modifies provisions relating to exemptions from minimum wage
HB2420 - Rep. Cathy Jo Loy (R) - Authorizes the establishment of a charter school in any school district
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HB3462 - Rep. Steve Jordan (R) - Requires a two-person crew minimum for railroad trains or light engines used in connection with the removal of freight
Position-Support
HB3463 - Rep. Steve Jordan (R) - Prohibits railroads from operating trains exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in total length on any main track or branch line
Position-Support
HB3464 - Rep. Steve Jordan (R) - Requires certain personally identifying information to be redacted from reports or communications related to railroad incidents involving motor vehicles
Position-Support
HB2179 - Rep. David Casteel (R) - Modifies the process by which public notice is required to be published in charter counties
Summary
This bill requires any county with a charter form of government to publish statutorily-required notices on the internet as well as in a newspaper. The bill also requires the Secretary of State to develop a page on the office's website on which these notices can be accessed by the public.
Position-Support
HB2500 - Rep. Kathy Steinhoff (D) - Repeals provisions authorizing the establishment of charter schools in Boone County
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HB2573 - Rep. David Tyson Smith (D) - Repeals provisions authorizing the establishment of charter schools in Boone County
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HB2604 - Rep. Brad Pollitt (R) - Establishes transfer procedures to nonresident districts for students in public schools
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HB1722 - Rep. Richard West (R) - Modifies the election date, terms of office, and term limits for members of school boards
HB2539 - Rep. Jonathan Patterson (R) - Modifies provisions governing accountability measures for elementary and secondary schools
HJR135 - Rep. Marty Joe Murray (D) - Proposes a new constitutional amendment that modifies provisions relating to initiative petitions
HB1788 - Rep. Jim Murphy (R) - Modifies requirements for campaign contributions
HB1915 - Rep. David Casteel (R) - Establishes rules to govern contracts between contractors, subcontractors, and other parties to construction contracts
Position-Support
HB3003 - Rep. Mike Steinmeyer (R) - Requires inspections of fire-life-safety damper devices
This proposal strengthens life-safety protections for building occupants and first responders.
Position-Support
HB2693 - Rep. Mike Steinmeyer (R) - Modifies provisions relating to port authorities
HB2543 - Rep. John Simmons (R) - Prohibits state or local licensing requirements for certain industrial mechanical maintenance work
Position-Oppose
HB2659 - Rep. Mike Costlow (R) - Establishes the "Missouri Statewide Mechanical Contractors Licensing Act"
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HB2394 - Rep. Bill Falkner (R) - Creates provisions relating to licensure reciprocity for plumbers
HB1733 - Rep. Colin Wellenkamp (R) - Establishes the "Firefighters' Procedural Bill of Rights Act"
HB2332 - Rep. Anthony Ealy (D) - Establishes the "Firefighters' Procedural Bill of Rights Act"
HB1946 - Rep. Jeff Myers (R) - Modifies and establishes provisions relating to anti-trafficking efforts
HB2273 - Rep. Ed Lewis (R) - Modifies and establishes provisions relating to anti-trafficking efforts
HB2747 - Rep. Bishop Davidson (R) - Modifies provisions relating to proceedings resulting from criminal conduct
