Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB3437: Prohibits certain transactions involving public utilities unless the Public Service Commission finds them to be in the public interest
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 3437 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BOYKO. 7389H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal section 393.190, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to certain transactions involving public utilities. Section A. Section 393.190, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 393.190, to read as follows: 393.190. 1. No gas corporation, electrical corporation, water corporation or sewer corporation shall hereafter sell, assign, lease, transfer, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or encumber the whole or any part of its franchise, works or system, necessary or useful in the performance of its duties to the public, nor by any means, direct or indirect, merge or consolidate such works or system, or franchises, or any part thereof, with any other corporation, person or public utility, without having first secured from the commission an order authorizing it so to do. Every such sale, assignment, lease, transfer, mortgage, disposition, encumbrance, merger or consolidation made other than in accordance with the order of the commission authorizing same shall be void. The permission and approval of the commission to the exercise of a franchise or permit under this chapter, or the sale, assignment, lease, transfer, mortgage or other disposition or encumbrance of a franchise or permit under this …
Sponsors
- Mark Boyko (D, 090) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Introduced and Read First Time (H)
Common questions
- What is HB3437?
- HB3437 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Prohibits certain transactions involving public utilities unless the Public Service Commission finds them to be in the public interest.
- What is the status of HB3437?
- In committee as of May 15, 2026. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB3437?
- Mark Boyko (D, 090).
- Where is the official record for HB3437?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB3437&year=2026&code=R
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