Bill > HB415

This bill proposes to completely repeal Section 71.990 of the Missouri Revised Statutes, which currently provides comprehensive regulations for home-based businesses. The existing law defined home-based businesses as operations run from a residential dwelling, and established protections for residents who want to operate such businesses. Under the current statute, political subdivisions (like cities or counties) were limited in their ability to restrict or regulate no-impact home-based businesses. The law previously outlined specific criteria for what constituted a "no-impact" home-based business, such as having a limited number of employees and clients, not causing significant traffic increases, and conducting business activities primarily inside the dwelling. The repeal would remove these specific protections and restrictions, effectively leaving regulations of home-based businesses to be determined by individual local jurisdictions without the current state-level guidelines. By eliminating this section of law, the bill would give local governments more discretion in how they manage and regulate home-based businesses, potentially making it easier or more difficult for residents to operate such businesses depending on local ordinances.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB415&year=2025&code=R