HOUSE BILL NO. 3004 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HARBISON.
3975H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To amend chapter 407, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the sale of wood products.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 407, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be 2 known as section 407.3300, to read as follows: 407.3300. 1. No person, company, or business shall sell or market products using 2 the term wood without the product's decorative surface being made of solid wood or 3 wood veneer, originating from a tree. No person, company, or business shall advertise 4 or sell any part of a product marketed using wood-related terms or names of wood 5 species including, but not limited to, oak, maple, cherry, pine, and walnut if the 6 product's decorative surface is not that wood species. 7 2. The department of agriculture may promulgate all necessary rules and 8 regulations for the administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that 9 term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this 10 section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 11 provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 12 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 13 pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul 14 a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority 15 and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void. ✔
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
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