Missouri · Senate Bill 1363 · 2026 Regular Session (103rd General Assembly)

Creates new provision relating to joint employers

  1. Introduced Dec 1, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 27, 2026
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

SB 1363 - This act provides that neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employees shall be considered employees of a franchisor for any purpose unless the franchisor exercises direct and immediate control over the hiring, termination, discipline, and direction of the employees of a franchisee. This act is identical to SB 320 (2025), HB 1068 (2025), SB 1268 (2024), HB 1968 (2024), SB 465 (2023), HB 1355 (2023), HB…

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SB 1363 - This act provides that neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employees shall be considered employees of a franchisor for any purpose unless the franchisor exercises direct and immediate control over the hiring, termination, discipline, and direction of the employees of a franchisee. This act is identical to SB 320 (2025), HB 1068 (2025), SB 1268 (2024), HB 1968 (2024), SB 465 (2023), HB 1355 (2023), HB 1913 (2022), SB 94 (2021), SB 738 (2020), a provision in SCS/HB 1559 (2020), and SS/SB 38 (2019) and substantially similar to a a provision in SS/SCS/HB 1644 (2026), a provision in HB 931 (2021), the perfected SS/SB 666 (2018), and SCS/SB 201 (2017).

Every action

3 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenatePrefiled
  2. SenateS First Read
  3. CommitteeSecond Read and Referred S General Laws Committee · Senate General Laws

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Missouri's official records (www.senate.mo.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.