Missouri 2025 2025 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB954 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 02/10/2025

                    HB954--RIGHTSOFMILITARYSERVICEMEMBERS
SPONSOR: Boykin
ThisbillextendsFederalprotectionsoftheServicemembers Civil
ReliefAct(SCRA)currentlyinFederallawforFederal
servicemembers tomembersoftheMissouriNationalGuardwhoare
calledtoactivestatedutybytheGovernorandanyMissouri
employeeswhoaremembersoftheNationalGuardofanotherstate
andarecalledtoactivestatedutybytheGovernorofthatstate,
uponbeingrelievedofsuchduty.
ThebillrequirestheDepartmentofLaborandIndustrialRelations
tomakeavailableanotice,whicheveryemployerwillpostin
employmentestablishments, thatcoverscertainemploymentrights,
reemploymentrights,andcivilreliefrightsthatapplytomembers
oftheMissouriNationalGuard.
ThisbillallowsmembersoftheMissouriNationalGuardorany
MissouriemployeewhoisamemberoftheNationalGuardofanother
statewhobelieveshisorherrightshavebeenviolatedtobring
suitinanycourtofcompetentjurisdictionandappropriatevenue.
TheofficeoftheAttorneyGeneralmayalsobringsuitagainstan
employerwhoviolatestheprovisionsofthisbill.
ThisbillisthesameasHB2235(2024)andissimilartoHB566
(2023).