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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2507
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE MA TTHIESEN.
5928H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 290, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a limitation on
new employee payments of union dues.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 290, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 290.595, to read as follows:
290.595. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Labor organization", any organization of any kind, or any agency or
3 employee repr esentation committee or plan, employee association, or union in which
4 employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing
5 with employers concerning r epre sentation, collective bargaining, contract
6 administration, grievances or grievance pr ocedur es, labor disputes, wages, rates of
7 pay , hours of employment, terms or conditions of employment, or for other mutual aid
8 or pr otection in rel ation to employment;
9 (2) "Payment grace period", the period of time between the date the new hir e
10 employee is hir ed and begins employment and the date the new employee completes his
11 or her two-hundr edth- fiftieth hour of work for such employment within which no union
12 dues shall be req uired to be paid to a labor organization;
13 (3) "Union dues", regul ar payments req uired to be paid to a labor organization
14 by members or nonmembers of the labor organization, including initiation fees, dues,
15 assessments, agency shop fees, contributions, expenditur es, or other similar charges that
16 ar e dir ectly relat ed to rep res entation, collective bargaining, contract administration,
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 grievances or grievance proce dures, labor disputes, or other lawful activities of the labor
18 organization.
19 2. A labor organization shall not requi re payment or collection of any union dues
20 owed by a new hir e employee upon beginning employment until such new hir e employee
21 has accrued two hundred fifty hours of work, as calculated under subsection 4 of this
22 section, in such employment and the two-hundr ed-fifty-hour payment grace period has
23 lapsed.
24 3. New hir e employees shall be notified in writing with a detailed accounting of
25 all union dues owed to the labor organization, including one-time payments and ongoing
26 payments. Such accounting shall include how any variable amounts shall be calculated.
27 New hir e employees shall be requi red to sign the accounting document, by handwritten
28 signatur e or electr onic signature, acknowledging re ceipt of and agreement to the union
29 dues accounting on or befor e the first day of employment.
30 4. For the calculation of the two-hundred -fifty hour payment grace period under
31 the prov isions of this section, hours of work shall include all compensable hours of work,
32 including all the hours worked when an employee is r equir ed to be on the employer's
33 pr emises, on duty , or at a pr escribed work place; hours worked at the re gular hourly
34 rate or regu lar requ ired salaried hours during a reg ular shift; work that is de minimis
35 in nature; hours of overtime or compensory time worked; paid and unpaid job training
36 if not included or occurring during a regu lar shift; work occurring during meal brea ks;
37 any paid or req uired on-the-job or work-rel ated travel or on-call time; and any hours of
38 paid or unpaid leave taken during such payment grace period.
39 5. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prev ent a voluntary payment or
40 payments of union dues by a new hire employee during the payment grace period.
41 6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede any prov ision of a
42 federal, state, or local law . This section shall not apply wher e this section conflicts with
43 or is preempt ed by federal law or to employment that is cover ed by a valid collective-
44 bargaining agreemen t or other written agreement between an employer or an employee
45 or an employer and a labor organization enter ed into befor e the effective date of this
46 section but shall apply to any new agre ements and any r enewals, extensions,
47 amendments, or modifications to any existing agr eements on or after the effective
48 date of this section.
49 7. The department may pr omulgate all necessary rules and r egulations for the
50 administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in
51 section 536.010, that is crea ted under the authority delegated in this section shall
52 become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provi sions of chapter
53 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable
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54 and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to
55 r eview , to delay the effective date, or to disappr ove and annul a rule are subsequently
56 held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule pr oposed or
57 adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void.
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