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SB837 • 2026

Requires all elections for local tax increases to be held at a general or primary election

Requires all elections for local tax increases to be held at a general or primary election

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Cierpiot, Mike; House handler: N/A
Last action
2026-01-08
Official status
Second Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires all elections for local tax increases to be held at a general or primary election

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 837 - This act requires all proposals for new local taxes, licenses, or fees, or for a renewal or increase in an existing tax, license, or fee, to be submitted to the voters on a general election day or primary election day.

What This Bill Does

  • The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 837 - This act requires all proposals for new local taxes, licenses, or fees, or for a renewal or increase in an existing tax, license, or fee, to be submitted to the voters on a general election day or primary election day.
  • This act is identical to SB 929 (2024), SB 479 (2023), and HB 1202 (2023), and to a provision in SB 1185 (2026).
  • JOSH NORBERG

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-08 S124

    Second Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee

  2. 2026-01-07 S34

    S First Read

  3. 2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Prefiled

Official Summary Text

The following summaries of this bill are available:

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Introduced

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SB 837 - This act requires all proposals for new local taxes, licenses, or fees, or for a renewal or increase in an existing tax, license, or fee, to be submitted to the voters on a general election day or primary election day.

This act is identical to SB 929 (2024), SB 479 (2023), and HB 1202 (2023), and to a provision in SB 1185 (2026).
JOSH NORBERG

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 837
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CIERPIOT.
3847S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 67, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to elections for tax
increases.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 67, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 67.105, to read as 2
follows:3
67.105. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 1
contrary, all proposals submitted to the voters for approval 2
after August 28, 2026, for the purpose of levying a new tax, 3
license, or fee, or renewing or increasing the current levy 4
of an existing tax, license, or fee, shall be submitted by 5
the governing body of the political subdivision on a general 6
election day or primary election day. 7
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