HB 119 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Modifies provisions relating to tax levies by political subdivisions

HB 119 modifies how local governments present tax levy proposals to voters. It requires ballot measures about tax changes to use only numerical or alphabetical labels (not descriptive terms like "tax increase") and mandates that real property tax proposals clearly state the dollar amount change per $100,000 of property value. These changes apply to cities, counties, school districts, and special districts when seeking voter approval for tax levies. The bill directly affects local political subdivisions and aims to make tax ballot language more transparent and standardized for voters.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Dec 2, 2024 Last action May 1, 2025

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House Committee Substitute → Perfected · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated from a House Committee Substitute version to a Perfected version, expanding the scope of repealed statutes from one section to fifteen and adding fourteen new sections to replace them. The changes include updating the bill's title, section numbering, and adding new financial reporting requirements for county officials.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from repealing a single tax levy section to repealing fifteen different statutes and enacting fourteen new sections covering broader political subdivision regulations.

SCOPE

The repealed statutes list was expanded from one section (137.073) to fifteen sections covering various tax and financial reporting laws.

REQUIREMENT

New financial reporting requirements were added for county commissions, requiring them to publish detailed financial statements including receipts, disbursements, cash balances, and official salaries.

New record-keeping requirements were added, mandating that financial data be preserved for five years and made available for public inspection.

TECHNICAL

The bill's technical identifiers were updated from 'HCS' (House Committee Substitute) to 'PERFECTED' status, indicating it has passed through committee and is ready for final passage.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Apr 10, 2025

Committee

Referred: Fiscal Review(H)

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1, HA 2, HA 3, HA 1 to HA 4, HA 2 to HA 4, HA 4 as amended adopted

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Adopted (H)

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

Referred: Rules - Administrative(H)

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 14 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 1

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Committee

Referred: Government Efficiency(H)

lower

Dec 2, 2024

Introduced

Prefiled (H)

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors