CATALYTIC CONVERTERS (Sections 301.218, 407.300, 570.030, 570.031)

Under the act, no person, subject to certain exceptions, shall engage in the buying or selling of catalytic converters or component parts of catalytic converters unless the person is licensed to do so by the Department of Revenue. (301.218)

Currently, every purchaser, collector, or dealer in junk, scrap metal, or any secondhand property who obtains items for resale or profit shall keep a register containing a record for each purchase of such items. The record shall contain the following:

- If the purchase or trade-in includes a detached catalytic converter;

- Either proof the seller is a bona fide automobile repair shop or an affidavit attesting the catalytic converter was acquired lawfully; and

- Vehicle information from which the catalytic converter originated.

Such records shall be maintained in order of transaction date for a minimum of four years, instead of thirty-six months as currently provided.

The Department of Revenue shall create and make available on its website a standardized form for recording such records. At least monthly, the purchaser, collector, or dealer shall submit to the Department such records on the Department's form with copies of other records, if any, attached. The submission may be in either paper or electronic form. The Department may prescribe the format of forms submitted electronically.

The act repeals certain provisions regarding purchases of stolen detached catalytic converters and provides that anyone who violated the provisions with respect to buying or selling catalytic converters shall be guilty of a class E felony and shall be subject to the revocation of a business license.

These provisions shall not apply to certain transactions where scrap mental is a minor part of a larger item as described in the act. (407.300)

A person commits an offense of stealing if he or she receives, retains, or disposes of a catalytic converter and knows that it has been stolen, believes that it has been stolen, or reasonably should suspect that it has been stolen. (570.030)

A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of a detached catalytic converter if the catalytic converter is detached from a motor vehicle and the person has the intent to sell the catalytic converter, unless certain exceptions apply as described in the act. The offense of unlawful possession of a detached catalytic converter is a class E felony. (570.031)

These provisions are identical to HB 214 (2025), provisions in HB 304 (2025), provisions in HCS/SB 189 (2025), provisions in SB 761 (2025), provisions in SB 785 (2025).

SOLICITATIONS DISCLOSURES (Section 407.313)

Under the act, it is unlawful for a person to solicit payments of moneys by any writing that could reasonably be considered a bill, invoice, or statement of account due but is a solicitation for an order, unless the solicitation includes a disclaimer as described in the act.

Any person damaged by a violation of the act is entitled to damages in an amount equal to three times the sum solicited.

These provisions are identical to HB 450 (2025), a provision in SB 761 (2025).

ENFORCEMENT OF LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY STORED IN SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES (Section 415.415)

Under the act, if an owner of personal property stored in a self-service storage facility defaults on a lien, the operator of the self-service storage facility may enforce the lien by selling the personal property by advertising the sale in the classified section of a newspaper or in any other commercially reasonable manner. The manner of advertisement shall be deemed commercially reasonable if at least three independent bidders attend or view the sale at the time and place advertised.

This act is identical to HB 668 (2025), SB 513 (2025), SB 761 (2025), SB 938 (2024), a provision in HCS/SB 736 (2024), a provision in HCS#2/SS/SCS/SB 835 (2024), SCS/HCS/HBs 1948, 2066, 1721 & 2276 (2024), the perfected HB 2780 (2024), SB 460 (2023), HB 1120 (2023), SB 885 (2022), HCS/SS#2/SCS/SB 968 (2022), HB 1689 (2022), the perfected HCS/HB 2289 (2022), SB 594 (2021) and HB 1135 (2021), and substantially similar to the perfected HB 1120 (2023).

OPERATION OF RETAIL BUSINESSES ON SUNDAYS (Section 578.100)

This act repeals prohibitions against the retail sale of certain categories of items on Sundays. The act also modifies a provision declaring the operation of certain businesses on Sunday a nuisance.

These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 761 (2025).

JULIA SHEVELEVA