HCS HB 1383 -- BUSINESS PREMISES SAFETY ACT

SPONSOR:  Bruns (Cox)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Crime
Prevention and Public Safety by a vote of 8 to 0.

This substitute establishes the Business Premises Safety Act
which prohibits business owners and operators from restricting
any person from lawfully possessing a firearm in a motor vehicle.
Business owners, operators, merchants, and shopkeepers do not
have a duty to guard against the criminal act of a third party
unless they know or have reason to know that the acts are
occurring or are about to occur that could pose imminent injury
to a person or that the same criminal acts have occurred on the
premises within the prior 24 months and is likely to occur again.
In either case, it will be their duty to use reasonable care to
protect against the acts.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2009, FY 2010, and
FY 2011.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill is needed to limit the
liability of a property owner in certain situations when he or
she feels there is a threat on his or her property.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Cox; Missouri Chamber
of Commerce and Industry; Missouri Retailers Association;
Missouri Grocers' Association; and National Rifle Association of
America.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:10 pm