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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2920
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE SEITZ.
6632H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 34, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to firearms
discrimination.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 34, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 34.750, to read as follows:
34.750. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Ammunition", a loaded cartridge or shot shell case, primer , project ile,
3 wadding, or pr opellant powder with or without a pro jectile;
4 (2) "Company", a for -pr ofit organization, association, corporation, partnership,
5 joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability
6 company , including a wholly owned subsidiary , majority-owned subsidiary , par ent
7 company , or affiliate of those entities or associations that exists to make a pr ofit, not
8 including a sole pr oprietorship;
9 (3) "Discriminate", ref using to engage in the trade of any goods or services with
10 an entity or association based solely on its status as a fir earm entity or fir earm trade
11 association, r efraining fr om continuing an existing business rel ationship with the entity
12 or association based solely on its status as a fir earm entity or fir earm trade association,
13 or terminating an existing business rela tionship with the entity or association based
14 solely on its status as a fir earm entity or fir earm trade association. This term shall not
15 include when the established policies of a mer chant, r etail seller , or platform r estrict or
16 pr ohibit the listing or selling of ammunition, fir earms, or fir earm accessories or when a
17 company's ref usal to engage in the trade of any goods or services, decision to r efrain
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 fr om continuing an existing business relat ionship, or decision to terminate an existing
19 business r elationship is to comply with federal, state, or local law , policy , or regul ation
20 or a direc tive by a r egulatory agency or for any traditional business r eason that is
21 specific to the customer or potential customer and not based solely on an entity's or
22 association's status as a fir earm entity or fir earm trade association. As used in this
23 subdivision, the term "status as a fir earm entity or fir earm trade association" includes
24 the pr ovision of lawful pr oducts and services by , and the lawful practices of, fir earm
25 entities and fir earm trade associations;
26 (4) "Fir earm", a weapon that expels a pro jectile by the action of explosive or
27 expanding gases;
28 (5) "Firea rm accessory", a device specifically designed or adapted to enable an
29 individual to wear , carry , store, or mount a fir earm on the individual or on a conveyance
30 and an item used in conjunction with or mounted on a fir earm that is not essential to the
31 basic function of the fir earm. This term includes a detachable fir earm magazine;
32 (6) "Fir earm entity", a fir earm, fire arm accessory , or ammunition
3 3 manufactur er , distributor , wholesaler , supplier , reta iler , or a sport shooting range;
34 (7) "Firea rm trade association", any person, corporation, unincorporated
35 association, federation, business league, or business organization that:
36 (a) Is not organized or operated for profit and for which none of its net earnings
37 inur es to the benefit of any private sharehol der or individual;
38 (b) Has two or mor e fir earm entities as members; and
39 (c) Is exempt fr om federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the United
40 States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described by Section 501(c) of
41 that code;
42 (8) "Public entity", as defined in section 34.600.
43 2. This section applies only to a contract that:
44 (1) Is between a public entity and a company with at least ten full-time
45 employees; and
46 (2) Has a value of at least one hundr ed thousand dollars that is paid wholly or
47 partly fr om public funds of the public entity .
48 3. Except as pr ovided in subsection 4 of this section, a public entity shall not
49 enter into a contract with a company for the pur chase of goods or services unless the
50 contract contains a written verification fr om the company that it:
51 (1) Does not have a practice, policy , guidance, or dir ective that discriminates
52 against a fir earm entity or fir earm trade association; and
53 (2) Shall not discriminate during the term of the contract against a fir earm
54 entity or fir earm trade association.
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55 4. This section shall not apply to a public entity that:
56 (1) Contracts with a sole-sour ce pr ovider; or
57 (2) Does not recei ve a bid fr om a company that is able to pro vide the written
58 verification requi red by subsection 3 of this section.
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