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MO HB372

Bill

Status

Engrossed

4/29/2013

Primary Sponsor

Stanley Cox

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits business owners from restricting individuals from lawfully possessing firearms in personal motor vehicles, except for vehicles owned or leased by the business itself.

  • Allows individuals to bring civil action to enforce firearm possession rights in personal vehicles on business premises.

  • Limits business owner liability for criminal acts on their premises to situations where they knew or should have known of imminent danger, or where similar criminal acts occurred within the prior 24 months establishing reasonable foreseeability.

  • Specifies that businesses are not insurers of customer safety and have no absolute duty to implement security measures; any measures must balance burden on the business against reasonable foreseeability of injury.

  • Protects businesses from liability for injuries caused by criminal conduct of third parties unless the business breached a duty of reasonable care, and prohibits evidence of remedial security actions from being used to prove prior negligence.

Legislative Description

Establishes the Business Premises Safety Act

Last Action

Second read and referred: Senate General Laws(S)

4/30/2013

Committee Referrals

Rules4/9/2013
General Laws2/6/2013

Full Bill Text

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