Bill > HB3230

This bill establishes new zoning regulations for manufactured housing, aiming to prevent discriminatory land use policies by local governments that unfairly limit or prohibit the placement of manufactured homes without a substantial public interest. It defines key terms such as "discriminatory land use policy," "local government," "modular home" (built to specific building codes and certified by the Missouri Public Service Commission), "permanent foundation" (a support system capable of handling structural loads and meeting manufacturer or engineer specifications), and "qualified manufactured home" (a newer manufactured home, at least five years old, affixed to a permanent foundation, connected to utilities, meeting specific size and appearance standards, and built to federal safety standards). The bill prohibits local governments from outright banning modular or qualified manufactured homes in residential zones where other single-family housing is allowed, imposing more restrictive requirements on them than on site-built homes, unreasonably limiting replacements, requiring special permits not needed for comparable site-built housing, or mandating incompatible foundation systems. While allowing reasonable health and safety regulations, it prevents those that create undue burdens on manufactured homes. Local governments can adopt compatibility standards for placement, but these must be equivalent to, and no more stringent than, those applied to other single-family homes in the same zone and cannot be used to prohibit placement if they are not also required for all other new site-built homes. The bill also clarifies that it does not limit the authority of homeowner associations or private citizens to impose additional restrictions, and any zoning regulation violating these provisions is void.

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https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB3230&year=2026&code=R