HB 1067 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Provides certain immunity for private contractors, subcontractors, and employees of such contractors and subcontractors acting within the scope of a government contract awarded by the Missouri department of transportation

HB 1067 extends legal protection from negligence lawsuits to private contractors, subcontractors, and their employees working under Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) government contracts. Specifically, it grants these contractors the same immunity from liability claims as MoDOT itself, meaning they cannot be sued for negligent acts or omissions while performing work within the scope of their MoDOT contract. This applies to all negligence claims except where contractors are already covered by separate statutes (like Section 210.114). The bill directly affects contractors hired by MoDOT, changing their legal exposure for work-related negligence claims.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Last action May 15, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → House Committee Substitute · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to expand sovereign immunity protections for private contractors working on Missouri Department of Transportation projects and to clarify the timeline for immunity coverage. The changes also renumbered the bill's section identifiers and removed a general provision that previously applied immunity to all private contractors under government contracts.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed from applying to all private contractors under government contracts to specifically applying only to contractors working on Missouri Department of Transportation projects.

ELIGIBILITY

Sovereign immunity for private contractors now applies only to work performed under Missouri Department of Transportation contracts, rather than all government contracts.

Removed the broad language that previously granted immunity to all private contractors acting within the scope of any government contract.

REQUIREMENT

Added new provisions clarifying that immunity begins upon official notice to proceed and continues after the project is formally accepted by the department.

Extended immunity coverage to include subcontractors and their employees, not just the primary contractors.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill identification numbers from 2383H.01I to 2383H.02C and changed the document title from 'Introduced' to 'House Committee Substitute'.

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Committee

Apr 29, 2025

Committee

Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

Referred: Commerce(H)

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Read First Time (H)

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors