ALEC Policy Champions: Missouri Sen. Travis Fitzwater and Rep. Alex Riley Increase Entrepreneurial Opportunity in the Show Me State
As Sen. Fitzwater explains, the bill “makes advancing startup businesses and young companies a statewide priority and provides essential tools to maximize that potential for the benefit of all Missourians.”
American Legislative Exchange Council
Several Missouri laws take effect to bar celebratory gunfire and more
The bill also creates the Right to Start Act which requires the Commissioner of Administration to file a report with the General Assembly no later than June 30, 2026, and each year after that.
KCTV (Kansas City, MO)
Parson signs several bills into law Tuesday
SB 894 establishes the Right to Start Act in Missouri.
FOX23 NOW (Cape Girardeau, MO)
Missouri to Reduce Government Hoops for Business Startups, Create Office of Entrepreneurship
Missouri will soon be one of only four states with a program that is designed to reduce the government hoops that startup businesses are required to jump through.
MissouriNet
Missouri to create ‘Office of Entrepreneurship,’ prioritize access for emerging ventures
Newly signed legislation — part of a nationwide Right to Start initiative with roots in Kansas City — is expected to boost starters across Missouri, advocates said this week, and reflects broad public and bipartisan support for eliminating barriers for new entrepreneurs and overlooked business owners.
Startland News
Missouri Gov. Parson signed 9 bills into law on Tuesday
SB 894 establishes the Right to Start Act in Missouri.
KSPR-TV (Springfield, MO)
Kansas City Replaces Interstate Rivalry With Collaboration to Help Entrepreneurs
Once they competed to lure businesses and jobs across state lines. Now Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, offer a new model for regional economic development.
Inc. Magazine
Groups back omnibus business legislation
A wide-ranging business bill would help level the playing field …[and] include the Right-To-Start Act requiring the commissioner of Administration to file reports on contracts and resources for Missouri businesses that have been in operation for less than three years.
News Tribune
Missouri House considers incentives for entrepreneurs, small businesses
Known as the Right to Start Act, the bill would reduce the first $100,000 of any remaining income tax for limited liability companies (LLCs) by 20 percent the first three years the business is in operation. Corporations would receive a 1 percent incentive up to $100,000 for their first three years.
News Tribune
First-ever ”Right to Start Act” Would Ban Non-competes, Establish MO Office of Entrepreneurship
Newly filed legislation in Missouri would give a boost to Show-Me State entrepreneurs — or at least spark a robust conversation about how policy can support new business and hiring growth, said Travis Fitzwater.
Startland News