MO HB1966

Repeals and replaces sections 490.660, 490.670, 490.680, and 490.692 of Missouri Revised Statutes relating to business records as evidence.

Renames the statute from "The Uniform Business Records as Evidence Law" to "The Records of Regularly Conducted Activity."

Expands the definition of "business" to explicitly include institutions, associations, professions, occupations, and callings of every kind, whether or not conducted for profit.

Makes memoranda, reports, records, or data compilations admissible as hearsay exceptions if created at or near the time of events by someone with knowledge, kept in the regular course of business activity, and made as a regular business practice.

Requires written certification from a custodian or qualified person before business records can be admitted, with certification defined differently for domestic records (declaration under oath) versus foreign records (declaration signed in the foreign country).

Requires parties to provide written notice and make records available to all other parties at least seven days before trial begins.