Missouri 2024 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB2578 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/30/2024

                            SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.2578
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEVANSCHOIACK.
5429H.01I	DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter537,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtocivilactions.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter537,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection537.025,toreadasfollows:
537.025.1.Thissectionshallbeknownandmaybecitedas"Jaxx'sLaw".
2 2.Forthepurposesofanycivilactioninthisstateorforanycivilactionarising
3outofactsoromissionsoccurringwithinthisstate,includingawrongfuldeathaction,
4anunbornchildshallnotbeconsideredanemployeeofabusinesslocatedwithinthis
5state,ofabusinessconductingbusinesswithinthisstate,orofastateagencyofthestate
6ofMissouri.Forpurposesofthissection,"unbornchild"hasthesamemeaningas
7providedundersection188.015.
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EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage.