Missouri HB2737: Modifies standards relating to mining practices

What the bill says

From the introduced text:

SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 2737 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE WOODS. 5205H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal sections 444.070, 444.090, 444.100, 444.110, 444.352, 444.765, 444.770, 444.771, 444.772, 444.773, and 444.786, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof seventeen new sections relating to mining, with penalty provisions. Section A. Sections 444.070, 444.090, 444.100, 444.110, 444.352, 444.765, 444.770, 444.771, 444.772, 444.773, and 444.786, RSMo, are repealed and seventeen new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 444.070, 444.090, 444.100, 444.110, 444.352, 444.765, 444.770, 444.771, 444.772, 444.773, 444.786, 444.791, 444.991, 444.992, 444.993, 444.994, and 444.995, to read as follows: 444.070. When any owner, tenant or subtenant of a lot or lots or tracts of land, shall file with any associate circuit judge within the county in which said lot or lots or tract of land may be situated, his or her affidavit, or the affidavit of any other credible person for them, stating that from knowledge, information or belief, the party or parties owning, controlling or working the adjoining lot or lots or tract of land, and upon which said party or parties are sinking shafts, mining, excavating and running drifts, and that said drifts in which said parties are digging, mining and excavating mineral ore or veins of coal or any other mineral as defined …

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Sponsors

• Woods, Eric (D, 018) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
2. January 8, 2026: Read Second Time (H)
3. January 7, 2026: Read First Time (H)
4. January 6, 2026: Prefiled (H)

Common questions

What is HB2737?

HB2737 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Modifies standards relating to mining practices.

What is the status of HB2737?

In committee as of May 15, 2026. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2026).

Who sponsored HB2737?

Woods, Eric (D, 018).

Where is the official record for HB2737?

On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB2737&year=2026&code=R