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Missouri · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 546: Establishes the "Entrepreneur Rights Act", exempting certain businesses from minimum wage increases and paid sick leave provisions

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 546 is a bill introduced in the Missouri House on December 13, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes the "Entrepreneur Rights Act", exempting certain businesses from minimum wage increases and paid sick leave provisions. Primary sponsor: Jeff Vernetti (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 27, 2025): HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeff VernettiPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse123
John HewkinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Matthew OvercastCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse155

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0
  2. Public Hearing Completed (H)
  3. Referred: Commerce(H)
  4. Read Second Time (H)
  5. Read First Time (H)
  6. Prefiled (H)

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source