Missouri SB 1255: SB 1255 - This act provides that any license or permit issued by Jackson County to a mobile food unit or operator shall be sufficient to allow such mobile food unit to operate in all municipalities within the county. Any licensing or permitting requirement imposed by a municipality that is more strict than the licensing or permitting requirements imposed by the county shall be null and void. This act is identical to HB 3300 (2026), and to a provision in SCS/HB 3000 (2026). TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1255
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NICOLA.
3833S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 67, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to licensing for mobile
food units.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 67, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 67.311, to read as 2
follows:3
67.311. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms shall mean: 2
(1) "County", any county with more than seven hundred 3
thousand but fewer than eight hundred thousand inhabitants; 4
(2) "Mobile food unit", a vehicle-mounted food service 5
establishment, designed to be readily movable, that returns 6
to a commissary daily for clean-up and service; 7
(3) "Municipality", any city, town, or village located 8
wholly or partially within a county. 9
2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 10
contrary, any license or permit issued by a county to a 11
mobile food unit or operator shall be sufficient to allow 12
such mobile food unit or operator to operate in all 13
municipalities within such county. Any permitting 14
requirement imposed by a municipality that is more strict 15
than the permitting requirements imposed by a county shall 16
be null and void. 17

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3. The provisions of this section shall not be 18
construed to prohibit or limit any health or food sanitation 19
regulations authorized in chapter 196 or any other provision 20
of law. 21
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