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Missouri House Bill HB296

Missouri 2023 Regular Session

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11 FIRSTREGULARSESSION
22 HOUSECOMMITTEESUBSTITUTEFOR
33 HOUSEBILLNO.296
44 102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
55 0801H.02C DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Toamendchapter67,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtodogs.
88 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
99 SectionA.Chapter67,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
1010 2knownassection67.142,toreadasfollows:
1111 67.142.1.Nothinginthischaptershallbeconstruedtolimitinanymannerthe
1212 2authorityofanyvillage;town;city,includinganyhomerulecity;orcountytoprohibit
1313 3dogsfromrunningatlargeortofurthercontrolorregulatedogswithinitsboundaries,
1414 4providedthatnosuchordinance,order,policy,orregulationisspecifictobreed.
1515 5 2.Nothinginthischaptershallbeconstruedtolimitinanymannertheauthority
1616 6ofanyvillage;town;city,includinganyhomerulecity;orcountytoenactandenforcea
1717 7viciousdogordinance,order,policy,orregulation,providedthatnosuchordinance,
1818 8order,policy,orregulationisspecifictobreed.
1919 9 3.Thegeneralassemblyherebyoccupiesandpreemptstheentirefieldof
2020 10legislationregardinginanywaythecontrolorregulationofspecificbreedsofdogsto
2121 11thecompleteexclusionofanyorder,ordinance,policy,orregulationbyanyvillage;
2222 12town;city,includinganyhomerulecity;orcountyinthisstate,passed,enacted,or
2323 13adoptedafterAugust28,2023.Anyfutureorder,ordinance,policy,orregulationinthis
2424 14fieldshallbenullandvoid.
2525 15 4.Theprovisionsofthissectionshallnotapplytoanyvillage;town;city,
2626 16includinganyhomerulecity;orcountywithanexistingbreed-specificorder,ordinance,
2727 17policy,orregulationineffectonorbeforeAugust28,2023.
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2929 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
3030 intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage.