Missouri has no statewide preemption of local plastic-straw rules. RSMo 260.283 preempts only local bans, fees, or taxes on paper and plastic bags; it does not mention straws, so cities and counties keep authority to regulate single-use straws.
Missouri's only single-use preemption statute, RSMo 260.283, bars political subdivisions from banning, taxing, or charging fees on paper or plastic bags and from prohibiting reusable bags. It does not define "auxiliary containers" and does not reach plastic straws, utensils, stirrers, or lids. No other Missouri statute preempts local straw regulation, so a city or county may adopt straws-on-request rules or restrictions under its ordinary police power, subject to Dillon's Rule limits for non-charter cities. In practice there is no statewide straw ban and few Missouri municipalities regulate straws, but the authority is not preempted.
No statewide straw restriction exists. A local straws-on-request or straw-ban ordinance would be enforced through the adopting city's own penalty provisions, not state law.
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