A bill proposing a halt to the enforcement of Electronic Logging Devices in the state of Missouri was introduced by lawmakers last week.
The bill was introduced by Missouri Representative Mike Moon on Tuesday, February 13th and was read a second time on the 14th but has yet to be scheduled for further review.
In the Missouri General Assembly filing, the proposed bill states that:
“The state of Missouri and all of its political subdivisions… shall not implement, enact, promulgate, codify, enter into, or enforce any law, rule, regulation, contract, or agreement relating to the federal electronic logging device…. that would require owners or drivers of commercial motor vehicles to install or to utilize an electronic device to manage, record, store, or report information reflecting the driver’s hours of service.”
The bill then goes on to say that, if passed, no state or public officials will keep records of ELD compliance requirements “for any purpose,” and will not provide the federal government with any information related to or collected by the ELDs “except upon presentation of a valid search warrant.”
The bill, called House Bill No. 2437, is the third of its kind to be brought up recently, as both Tennessee and Wyoming have already proposed their own bills forbidding the enforcement of ELD laws.
At present, there is no estimated timeline for when Missouri’s bill may be written into law.
