# Missouri HB555: Modifies provisions relating to employee compensation, delaying certain minimum wage increases, modifying paid sick leave hours, and adjusting the project cost amount required for prevailing wage rate compliance

Missouri HB555, Modifies provisions relating to employee compensation, delaying certain minimum wage increases, modifying paid sick leave hours, and adjusting the project cost amount required for prevailing wage rate compliance, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Ed Lewis (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-02-19 (Public Hearing Completed) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Missouri HB555
- State: Missouri
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Modifies provisions relating to employee compensation, delaying certain minimum wage increases, modifying paid sick leave hours, and adjusting the project cost amount required for prevailing wage rate compliance
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2024-12-16
- Last action: 2025-02-19, Public Hearing Completed
- Sponsor: Ed Lewis (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ed Lewis (Republican), House

## Actions (5)

- 2025-02-19: Public Hearing Completed (House)
- 2025-01-30: Referred: Commerce (House)
- 2025-01-09: Read Second Time (House)
- 2025-01-08: Read First Time (House)
- 2024-12-16: Prefiled (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-08: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1240H.01I.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1240H.01I.pdf)

## Related
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB555-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).