Missouri House narrows bill to bar sales tax on merchants’ credit‑card fees Lawmakers ordered House Bill 1707 perfected and printed after adopting a titling amendment that narrows the measure to prohibit sales tax on credit‑card convenience fees charged to merchants, a change sponsors said protects small businesses from being taxed on pass‑through fees.

Missouri lawmakers are taking a stand for small businesses by moving to eliminate sales tax on credit-card fees that merchants pay, ensuring they aren't unfairly taxed on costs they're not profiting from.

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Floor roundup: multiple bills passed on third reading including small‑business insurance, franchise clarity and finance measures On Feb. 18 the House passed numerous bills on third reading with recorded votes, including a measure expanding multiple‑employer self‑insured health plans (HB 25‑96), a franchise liability bill (HB 16‑44), a finance/administration bill (HB 24‑23), and other committee substitutes and reports; the session ended with announcements and adjournment.

The Missouri House just passed a significant wave of bills aimed at empowering small businesses and enhancing worker protections—what's next for the Show-Me State?

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Missouri House perfects bill expanding access to pooled employer health plans Lawmakers perfected and printed a committee substitute for HB2596 to modernize rules for multiple-employer self-insured health plans (MEWAs), allowing some sole proprietors with a non-related employee to join and adding risk-reporting requirements to state law.

Missouri lawmakers are taking a significant step to enhance small business health plans by expanding access to pooled employer health plans for sole proprietors and their employees.

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Missouri House adopts bills to curb alleged abusive website accessibility lawsuits Lawmakers adopted a package intended to curb 'sue‑and‑settle' website accessibility lawsuits, giving the attorney general authority to intervene and creating a 90‑day presumption favoring businesses that act to remedy accessibility issues.

Missouri lawmakers have taken a bold step to protect small businesses from what they call "ambulance chasing" lawsuits by adopting new bills aimed at curbing abusive website accessibility litigation.

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