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HB2609 • 2026

Requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such stations

Requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such stations

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

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Requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such stations

Requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such stations

What This Bill Does

  • Requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such stations

Limits and Unknowns

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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. 2025-12-30 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled (H)

Official Summary Text

Requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such stations

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2609
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE MURPHY .
6053H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 67.288, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
electric vehicle char ging station requirements.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 67.288, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 67.288, to read as follows:
67.288. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Electric vehicle", any vehicle that operates, either partially or exclusively , on
3 electrical ener gy from the grid or an of f-board source that is stored onboard for a motive
4 purpose;
5 (2) "Electric vehicle char ging station", a public or private parking space that is served
6 by battery char ging station equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric
7 ener gy by conductive or inductive means to a battery or other ener gy storage device in an
8 electric vehicle.
9 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary , any political
10 subdivision that adopts an ordinance, r esolution, reg ulation, code, or policy that
11 r equir es installation of electric vehicle charging stations shall pay all costs associated
12 with the installation, maintenance, and operation of the electric vehicle charging
13 stations. No political subdivision shall adopt any ordinance, re solution, regu lation, code,
14 or policy that requ ires mor e than five electric vehicle charging stations per parking lot
15 or infrastructur e for futur e installation of mor e than five electric vehicle charging
16 stations per parking lot. Such ordinances, r esolutions, regul ations, codes, or policies
17 shall apply only to parking lots with mor e than thirty parking spaces designated for
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.
18 parking. No political subdivision shall adopt any ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, or
19 policy that requires electric vehicle char ging stations or infrastructure for future installation of
20 electric vehicle char ging stations on any parking lot owned or leased to any church or
21 nonprofit org anization exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. Section 501(c)(3) of the
22 Internal Code of 1986, as amended.
23 3. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a business owner or property owner from
24 paying for the installation, maintenance, or operation of an electric vehicle char ging station.
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