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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri creates architectural paint recycling program funded by per-container fees
Last action · May 15, 2026: Informal Calendar S Bills for PerfectionSponsor: Jamie Burger
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What This Bill Would Do
manufacturers selling in Missouri must establish or join a to develop and submit a post-consumer paint collection program plan to the Department of Natural Resources by January 1, 2028, or six months after plan approval. The program is funded by a added to each container of paint sold at retail, and requires that at least 90 percent of state residents have a collection site within a 15-mile radius.
Consumers will see a new per-container fee added to the purchase price of interior and exterior architectural coatings, while paint producers assume responsibility for statewide collection, recycling, and safe disposal infrastructure.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Architectural paint producers
Producers must form or join a representative organization, submit a collection program plan, pay administrative fees, and include a paint assessment fee in product prices.
Paint retailers
Retailers cannot sell paint from non-compliant producers, are prohibited from deducting the assessment fee from sales prices, and may voluntarily serve as collection sites.
Missouri residents
Residents gain access to statewide paint collection sites and programs while paying a per-container assessment fee on architectural paint purchases.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who pays for the paint recycling program?
Are retail stores required to take back old paint?
What types of paint are covered under this program?
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Check Your Understanding
1.According to Senate Bill 917, what action must a representative organization or a non-member architectural paint producer take regarding a post-consumer paint collection program?
2.Under bill version 3838S.02I, what restriction is placed on the sale of architectural paint after the program is implemented?
3.According to bill version 3838S.02I, when must producers or representative organizations implementing a plan pay the required administrative fee to reimburse department costs?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently on floor. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Passed.
Procedural history
10 actions- May 15, 2026SenateInformal Calendar S Bills for Perfection
- Feb 10, 2026SenateSS S offered (Burger)--(3838S.03F)
- Feb 10, 2026SenateSA 1 to SS S offered (Brattin)--(3838S03.06S)
- Feb 10, 2026SenateBill Placed on Informal Calendar
- Feb 5, 2026SenateReported from S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & the Environment Committee
- Feb 3, 2026SenateCommitteeVoted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & the Environment Committee
Show 4 earlier actions
- Jan 28, 2026SenateHearing Conducted S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & the Environment Committee
- Jan 8, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & the Environment Committee
- Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
- Dec 1, 2025SenatePrefiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. The text on record is the 3838S.02I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
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Shift to Producer Responsibility for Paint Waste
The bill shifts the burden of managing post-consumer architectural paint from local governments and households to paint manufacturers through mandatory stewardship organizations.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.senate.mo.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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