Missouri HB3419: Creates new provisions relating to employee compensation, reinstating certain minimum wage adjustments, implementing earned paid sick leave, and bereavement leave

What the bill says

From the introduced text:

SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 3419 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE FOGLE. 6186H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal section 290.502, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof seventeen new sections relating to employee compensation, with penalty provisions. Section A. Section 290.502, RSMo, is repealed and seventeen new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 290.502, 290.601, 290.604, 290.605, 290.607, 290.610, 290.613, 290.616, 290.619, 290.622, 290.625, 290.628, 290.631, 290.634, 290.637, 290.640, and 290.643, to read as follows: 290.502. 1. Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to sections 290.500 to 290.530, effective January 1, 2007, every employer shall pay to each employee wages at the rate of $6.50 per hour, or wages at the same rate or rates set under the provisions of federal law as the prevailing federal minimum wage applicable to those covered jobs in interstate commerce, whichever rate per hour is higher. 2. The minimum wage shall be increased or decreased on January 1, 2008, and on January 1 of successive years [but ending December 31, 2024], by the increase or decrease in the cost of living. On September 30, 2007, and on each September 30 of each successive year [but ending December 31, 2024], the director shall measure the increase or decrease in the cost of living by the percentage increase …

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Sponsors

• Fogle, Betsy (D, 135) · primary sponsor
• Jeremy Dean (D, 132)
• Woods, Eric (D, 018)
• Ingle, Keri (D, 035)
• Weber, Emily (D, 024)

Latest actions

1. May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
2. February 26, 2026: Read Second Time (H)
3. February 25, 2026: Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Common questions

What is HB3419?

HB3419 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Creates new provisions relating to employee compensation, reinstating certain minimum wage adjustments, implementing earned paid sick leave, and bereavement leave.

What is the status of HB3419?

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

Who sponsored HB3419?

Fogle, Betsy (D, 135), with 4 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HB3419?

On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB3419&year=2026&code=R