---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows cottage food production operations to sell food over the internet"
description: "Allows cottage food production operations to sell food over the internet"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1697"
citation: "Missouri HB 1697 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker, Ben"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4064f057-4741-4735-a67d-3c54de03603d"
source_url: "http://www.house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB1697&year=2022&code=R"
source_hash: "0f844a8f3ba7718be5190d6a7aec317f0ccf519d88e035e0173f83160e3630ba"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mo"]
---

# Missouri HB 1697 (2022) — Allows cottage food production operations to sell food over the internet

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills221/hlrbillspdf/3826H.01I.pdf)
2. **Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills221/hlrbillspdf/3826H.01P.pdf)
3. **Truly Agreed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills221/hlrbillspdf/3826H.01T.pdf)

## Votes

- Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Third Read and Passed (H) - — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker, Ben — primary (person)
- Bennie Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled (H)
- **2022-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read First Time (H)
- **2022-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time (H) `reading-2`
- **2022-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Downsizing State Government(H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Completed (H)
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass - Consent (H) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Referred: Consent and House Procedure(H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Completed (H)
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass - Consent (H) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass - Consent (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected by Consent - Pursuant to House Rules (H)
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (H) `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 153 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Reported to the Senate and First Read (S) `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Second read and referred: Small Business and Industry(S)
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 8:15 a.m., Senate Lounge
- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public Hearing Held (S)
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive Session Held (S)
- **2022-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Do Pass (S) `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Taken Up for Third Reading (S) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 29 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Message (S)
- **2022-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker (H)
- **2022-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- **2022-05-18T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2022-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor (G) `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State (G)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4064f057-4741-4735-a67d-3c54de03603d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).