Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB1629: Creates provisions relating to tracking of firearms purchases by financial institutions
Status: In committee, January 8, 2026
What the bill says
To amend chapter 407, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to tracking of firearms purchases by financial institutions, with penalty provisions. Section A. Chapter 407, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 407.439, to read as follows: 407.439. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Customer", a person who uses, purchases, or obtains an account, extension of credit, or product of a financial institution or for whom a financial institution acts as a fiduciary, agent, or custodian or in another representative capacity; (2) "Dis.
From the introduced text:
To amend chapter 407, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to tracking of firearms purchases by financial institutions, with penalty provisions. Section A. Chapter 407, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 407.439, to read as follows: 407.439. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Customer", a person who uses, purchases, or obtains an account, extension of credit, or product of a financial institution or for whom a financial institution acts as a fiduciary, agent, or custodian or in another representative capacity; (2) "Disclosure", the transfer, publication, or distribution of protected financial information to another person or entity for any purpose other than to process or facilitate a payment card transaction; (3) "Financial institution", any state bank, state trust company, savings and loan association, federally chartered credit union doing business in this state, credit union chartered by the state of Missouri, national bank, broker-dealer, mutual fund, insurance company, or other similar financial entity qualified to do business in this state; (4) "Financial record", a record held by a financial institution related to a payment card transaction that the financial institution has processed or facilitated; (5) "Firearms code", the Merchant Category Code 5723 approved in September of 2022 by the International Organization for Standardization for firearms retailers; (6) …