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SB1255 • 2026

Modifies provisions relating to licensing for mobile food units

Modifies provisions relating to licensing for mobile food units

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Nicola, Joe; House handler: N/A
Last action
2026-03-30
Official status
Voted Do Pass S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Modifies provisions relating to licensing for mobile food units

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1255 - This act provides that any license or permit issued by Jackson County to a mobile food unit or operator shall be sufficient to allow such mobile food unit to operate in all municipalities within the county.

What This Bill Does

  • The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1255 - This act provides that any license or permit issued by Jackson County to a mobile food unit or operator shall be sufficient to allow such mobile food unit to operate in all municipalities within the county.
  • Any licensing or permitting requirement imposed by a municipality that is more strict than the licensing or permitting requirements imposed by the county shall be null and void.
  • This act is identical to HB 3300 (2026), and to a provision in SCS/HB 3000 (2026).
  • TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-30 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Voted Do Pass S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee

  2. 2026-03-09 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Hearing Conducted S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee

  3. 2026-01-27 S240

    Second Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee

  4. 2026-01-07 S75

    S First Read

  5. 2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled

Official Summary Text

The following summaries of this bill are available:

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Introduced

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SB 1255 - This act provides that any license or permit issued by Jackson County to a mobile food unit or operator shall be sufficient to allow such mobile food unit to operate in all municipalities within the county. Any licensing or permitting requirement imposed by a municipality that is more strict than the licensing or permitting requirements imposed by the county shall be null and void.

This act is identical to HB 3300 (2026), and to a provision in SCS/HB 3000 (2026).
TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1255
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NICOLA.
3833S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 67, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to licensing for mobile
food units.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 67, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 67.311, to read as 2
follows:3
67.311. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms shall mean: 2
(1) "County", any county with more than seven hundred 3
thousand but fewer than eight hundred thousand inhabitants; 4
(2) "Mobile food unit", a vehicle-mounted food service 5
establishment, designed to be readily movable, that returns 6
to a commissary daily for clean-up and service; 7
(3) "Municipality", any city, town, or village located 8
wholly or partially within a county. 9
2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 10
contrary, any license or permit issued by a county to a 11
mobile food unit or operator shall be sufficient to allow 12
such mobile food unit or operator to operate in all 13
municipalities within such county. Any permitting 14
requirement imposed by a municipality that is more strict 15
than the permitting requirements imposed by a county shall 16
be null and void. 17
SB 1255 2
3. The provisions of this section shall not be 18
construed to prohibit or limit any health or food sanitation 19
regulations authorized in chapter 196 or any other provision 20
of law. 21
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