Missouri HB3394: Modifies the damages owed for throwing down or opening doors, bars, gates or fences and leaving them open or down

What the bill says

From the introduced text:

SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 3394 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SASSMANN. 6902H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal section 537.350, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to damages for throwing down fences. Section A. Section 537.350, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 537.350, to read as follows: 537.350. If any person shall voluntarily throw down or open any doors, bars, gates or fences, and leave the same open or down, other than those that lead into his own enclosure, or shall voluntarily throw down, open or remove any partition fence, without giving six months' written notice to the person owning the adjoining fields, if they are cultivated lands, he or she shall pay to the party injured the sum of [five] one hundreddollars, and double the amount of damages he or she shall sustain by reason of such doors, bars, gates and fences having been thrown down or opened, with costs[; provided, that this section shall not be construed to apply to fences erected across any watercourse in this state which carries sufficient water to move logs for lumbering purposes, of ten inches or more in diameter, and railroad crossties and piling; provided further, that any corporation, company or individual driving such …

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Sponsors

• Bruce Sassmann (R, 061) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
2. February 25, 2026: Read Second Time (H)
3. February 24, 2026: Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Common questions

What is HB3394?

HB3394 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Modifies the damages owed for throwing down or opening doors, bars, gates or fences and leaving them open or down.

What is the status of HB3394?

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

Who sponsored HB3394?

Bruce Sassmann (R, 061).

Where is the official record for HB3394?

On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB3394&year=2026&code=R