Missouri 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 2 R cosponsors

HB 315 — Prohibits temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) benefit cards from being used at ATMs or to access cash, and limits the items that may be purchased with TANF benefits

Last action — Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar (H)

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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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This bill amends 2 section(s) of the Missouri Revised Statutes: Section 208.024, RSMo; Section 208.080, RSMo.

  • Section 208.024, RSMo

    supplementary liquor store, casino, gambling casino, or gaming establishment, any retail establishment which provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment the purchase of alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets, or tobacco products or for any item the department determines by rule is primarily marketed for or used by adults eighteen or older and is not in the best interests of the child or household supplementary nutrition assistance program (SNAP) the purchase of alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets, or tobacco products for use in any electronic benefit transfer transaction liquor store, casino, gambling casino, or gaming establishment, any retail establishment which provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment, or in any place for the purchase of alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets, or tobacco products or for any item the department determines by rule is primarily marketed for or used by adults eighteen or older and is not in the best interests of the child or household liquor store, casino, gambling casino, gaming establishment, or any retail establishment which provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment liquor store, casino, gambling casino, gaming establishment, or retail establishment which provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment purchases alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets, tobacco products, or any item the department determines by rule is primarily marketed for or used by adults eighteen or older and is not in the best interests of the child or household → supplemental prohibited establishment a prohibited purchase For any offense under this subsection, a TANF recipient shall lose his or her TANF benefits as follows: (For the first occurrence of noncompliance, the individual shall be disqualified for three months; (For the second occurrence of noncompliance, the individual shall be disqualified for six months; and (3) For any third or subsequent occurrence of noncompliance, the individual shall be disqualified for a period of five years. bold-face An individual may resume participation in the program at the end of a disqualification period if the individual applies and is determined to be eligible. SNAP a prohibited purchase prohibited establishment prohibited establishment prohibited establishment makes a prohibited purchase

    amended

  • Section 208.080, RSMo

    (1) The department shall apply for a waiver from the federal Department of Health and Human Services authorizing the implementation of subdivision (2) of this subsection if the department determines that a waiver is necessary for such implementation. (2) No recipient of TANF or SNAP benefits shall use his or her electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card at any automated teller machine (ATM), to receive cash back on a purchase, or to otherwise access the benefits as cash. 6. (c) "Pornography", any of the following: Any obscene material or performance depicting sexual conduct, sexual contact as defined in section 566.010, or a sexual performance; or Any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct; ("Prohibited establishment", any liquor store, casino, gambling casino, gaming establishment, or any retail establishment that provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment; (e) "Prohibited purchase", alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets, pornography, or tobacco products, or any item the department determines by rule is primarily marketed for or used by adults eighteen years of age or older and is not in the best interests of a child or household; (f) "Tobacco products", cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, smokeless tobacco, smoking tobacco, vapor products, or any other form of tobacco products or products made with tobacco substitute containing nicotine;

    amended

Action History

  1. Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar (H)

  2. Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)

  3. Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 1

  4. Voted Do Pass (H)

  5. Executive Session Completed (H)

  6. Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)

  7. HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 4 PRESENT: 1

  8. HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

  9. Executive Session Completed (H)

  10. Public Hearing Completed (H)

  11. Referred: Government Efficiency(H)

  12. Read Second Time (H)

  13. Read First Time (H)

  14. Prefiled (H)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 315?
HB 315 is sponsored by John Simmons (Republican) and Bennie Cook (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 315?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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