Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB3258: Creates new provisions relating to employment practices involving warehouse distribution centers
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
To amend chapter 285, RSMo, by adding thereto six new sections relating to employment practices involving warehouse distribution centers, with penalty provisions. Section A. Chapter 285, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto six new sections, to be known as sections 285.2000, 285.2003, 285.2006, 285.2009, 285.2012, and 285.2015, to read as follows: 285.2000. For the purposes of sections 285.2000 to 285.2015, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Affiliate", a person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another.
From the introduced text:
To amend chapter 285, RSMo, by adding thereto six new sections relating to employment practices involving warehouse distribution centers, with penalty provisions. Section A. Chapter 285, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto six new sections, to be known as sections 285.2000, 285.2003, 285.2006, 285.2009, 285.2012, and 285.2015, to read as follows: 285.2000. For the purposes of sections 285.2000 to 285.2015, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Affiliate", a person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person. For the purposes of this subdivision, "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting shares, by contract, or otherwise; (2) "Aggregated data", information that an employer has combined or collected in summary or other form such that the data cannot be identified with any individual; (3) "Defined time period", any unit of time measurement less than or equal to the duration of an employee's shift, and includes hours, minutes, and seconds and any fraction thereof; (4) "Department", the department of labor and industrial relations; EXPLANATION -- Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to …