HB 752 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Modifies provisions relating to underground facilities

HB 752 updates Missouri's legal definitions for underground facility regulations by repealing old sections and enacting 11 new definitions. It clarifies key terms like "excavation," "underground facility," and "best practices" to standardize safety procedures for locating and marking utilities before digging. This bill directly affects excavators, utility companies, and the statewide notification center by providing clear terminology for coordination during construction projects.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Last action Apr 2, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → House Committee Substitute · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to update terminology and definitions related to underground facility protection. The most significant change restructured the definition of 'excavation' to clarify exemptions and improve clarity on what activities are excluded from the notification requirements. The definition of 'best practices' was also updated to reference current industry standards.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains focused on underground facility protection, but the definition of 'excavation' was modified to clarify exemptions and improve clarity on what activities are excluded from notification requirements.

DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'best practices' to reference current Common Ground Alliance damage prevention standards instead of the previous 'Common Ground Alliance Best Practices' terminology.

Restructured the definition of 'excavation' to move exemptions to a separate paragraph for better readability and added specific clarifications about what does and does not constitute excavation.

TECHNICAL

Added a blank line between the explanatory note and the bill header for formatting purposes.

Updated the bill identifier from 'HB 752' to 'HCS HB 752' to indicate it is now a House Committee Substitute version.

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Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Committee

Referred: Rules - Administrative(H)

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 20 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Committee

Referred: Utilities(H)

lower

Jan 7, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled (H)

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors