Bill Text: MO HB1575 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the Thanksgiving Family Protection Act that requires retailers, with specified exceptions, to be closed during the hours of 12:00 a.m. to 11:49 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-13 - Public Hearing Completed (H) [HB1575 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2014-HB1575-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1575

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROORDA.

5514H.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 407, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to retailer hours on Thanksgiving Day.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 407, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 407.1600, to read as follows:

            407.1600. This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Thanksgiving Family Protection Act”. Retailers in this state shall be closed during the hours of 12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. This section shall not apply to restaurants or retailers whose primary business is motor fuel sales or pharmaceutical sales.

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