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HB1795 • 2026

Creates provisions relating to the practice of certain licensed professions

Creates provisions relating to the practice of certain licensed professions

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Murphy, Jim (094)
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
05/15/2026 - Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms or potential exceptions beyond those explicitly stated in the bill text.

Rules for Licensed Professions

This bill sets rules about how certain licensed professions can be practiced across different areas in Missouri.

What This Bill Does

  • Defines 'political subdivision' as any county, township, city, or village in Missouri.
  • Prevents local governments from making their own laws that limit how licensed professionals can work.
  • Allows local governments to control zoning and land use, enforce building codes, and charge taxes or fees for professional licenses, but only if these actions do not interfere with the ability of licensed professionals to practice within their recognized scope.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Licensed professionals in Missouri
  • Local government entities like counties, cities, and towns

Terms To Know

political subdivision
A local government area such as a county, township, city, or village.
preempt
To prevent something from being done by another authority.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how it will be enforced.
  • It is unclear if there are any exceptions to the rules set by this bill beyond those explicitly mentioned in the text.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

  2. 2026-01-08 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  3. 2026-01-07 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read First Time (H)

  4. 2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled (H)

Official Summary Text

Creates provisions relating to the practice of certain licensed professions

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1795
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE MURPHY .
4507H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 324, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the practice of
certain licensed professions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 324, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 324.1720, to read as follows:
324.1720. 1. As used in this section, the term "political subdivision" means any
2 county , township, city , incorporated town, or village in this state.
3 2. The general assembly her eby occupies and pr eempts the entir e field of
4 legislation concerning the practice of licensed pro fessions reg ulated under chapters 330,
5 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, and 340. A political subdivision is preempt ed fr om
6 enacting, maintaining, or enfor cing any order , ordinance, rule, regul ation, policy , or
7 other similar measur e that pr ohibits, r estricts, limits, regul ates, controls, dir ects, or
8 interfer es with the practice of such licensed pr ofessions.
9 3. Nothing in this section shall precl ude or preempt a political subdivision fr om
10 exer cising its lawful authority to re gulate zoning or land use, to enforce a building or
11 fir e code regu lation, to impose a tax or license fee for the privilege of carrying on a
12 pr ofession described in subsection 2 of this section consistent with the laws regu lating
13 such taxes or license fees, or to otherwise regu late for the general health, safety ,
14 sanitation, and welfare as long as the order , ordinance, rule, re gulation, policy , or other
15 measur e does not interfer e with, re strict, or limit the ability of a lawfully licensed
16 pr ofessional to engage in any act or perform any proced ure that falls within the
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
17 pr ofessionally recog nized scope of practice of the licensed pr ofessional in the practice of
18 a pr ofession described in subsection 2 of this section.
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