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Legislative Update 5/10/2024
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE 5-10-24 (PDF)
May 10, 2024
The Senate has approved the budget with amendments. It will be taken up by the House today. Below are summaries of bills of interest. Only bills which have passed one chamber are in this report.
Priority Bills
HB 2065 (Owen) – authorizes St. Louis County and any municipality with more than 1,500 inhabitants and not located in St. Louis County to establish a land bank. Local Government Committee. Heard 2/13. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/4. Perfected 3/6. Passed House 3/11. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 4/9. Passed Committee 4/23. (Support)
Economic Development Bills
HB 2058 (Keathley) – requires CIDs and TDDs to be approved by 2/3 vote of the governing body. Also prohibits resubmission of failed tax proposals for two years unless the proposal is substantially changed. The bill also excludes streaming services from the definition of video services thus eliminating streaming services from local fees. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 2/14. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/15. Passed House 4/3. Senate General Laws Committee. (Oppose)
Election Bills
HB 1604 (Hinman) – changes the filing period for April elections to the 16th Tuesday prior to the election to the 13th Tuesday prior to the election, unless the 13th Tuesday prior to an election falls on a holiday, then the closing of filing shall be the next day that is not a holiday. Elections Committee. Heard 1/9. Passed Committee Consent (Non-controversial) 1/30. Referred Consent & House Procedures Committee. Passed Committee 2/13. Passed Rules Committee 2/13 Consent. Passed House 3/7. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 4/2. Passed Committee 4/15.
HB 2140 (McGaugh) – changes filing period to open 16 weeks before election and close 13 weeks before election. Elections Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/30. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/12. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 3/28. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee.
Miscellaneous Bills
HB 1720 (Falkner) – defines as closed records email addresses and telephone numbers submitted to a public governmental body by individuals or entities for the sole purpose of receiving electronic or other communications limited to newsletters, notifications, advisories, alerts, and periodic reports. Local Government Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/23. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. House Perfection Calendar. Perfected 2/6. Passed House 2/8. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 3/25. Passed Committee 4/2. (Support)
HB 2279 (Toalson Reisch) – requires city populations to be posted on city limits signs. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 1/18. Passed Committee 2/8. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/19. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
HB 2282 (Lovasco) – no political subdivision shall require an exempt homeowner to obtain any license, certification, or professional registration or submit to any examination or testing as a condition of applying for or utilizing a building or construction permit, provided all 8 work is performed by the owner or other current resident. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/31. Passed Committee 2/14. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 4/23.
HB 2385 (Keathley) – prohibits local governments from requiring private property owners to accept Section 8 vouchers. General Laws Committee. Heard 1/30. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 4/8. Passed Committee 4/16.
Public Safety Bills
HB 1481 (Christ) – puts St. Louis City police back under a state appointed board of commissioners. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/8. Passed Committee 2/22. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/6. Perfected 3/26. Passed House 3/28. Senate Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. Heard 4/24. Passed Committee 4/25.
HB 1692 (Sparks) – creates the offense of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle if the person knows that a law enforcement officer is attempting to detain the vehicle and the person flees at a high speed which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death or causes physical injury or death to another person. This shall be a class D felony if the person creates a substantial risk of injury, a class B felony is the person causes physical injury, and a class A felony if the person causes death of another. Additionally, a person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if he or she has seen or heard or reasonably should have seen or heard emergency lights or sounds. It shall not be a defense that the law enforcement officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/8. Passed Committee 2/22. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/4. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 3/27. Senate Judiciary & Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Heard 4/22. Passed Committee 4/29.
Taxation & Revenue Bills
SJR 50 (Koenig) – Constitutional Amendment that modifies a provision prohibiting sales taxes levied on transactions not taxed as of January 1, 2015, by providing an exception for sales and use taxes on subscriptions, licenses for digital products, and online purchases of tangible personal property. This amendment also provides that no state or local sales or use taxes or any similar transaction-based tax shall be authorized on the provision of video service if the state, a franchise entity, or a political subdivision also imposes a franchise fee on the provider of such video service. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Passed Committee 2/19. Perfected 3/27. Passed Senate 4/4. House Tax Reform Committee. Heard 4/16. Passed Committee 4/17. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 4/30. (Support)
HB 1516 (Murphy) – eliminates St. Louis City earnings tax for remote workers. Economic Development Committee. Heard 1/31. Passed committee 2/21. Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/6. Perfected 3/11. Passed House 3/27. Senate Fiscal Oversight Committee. Heard 4/18. Passed Committee 4/24.
Transportation and Vehicle Bills
HB 1511 (Murphy) – requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such station. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/10. Passed Committee 1/17. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. Perfected 2/5. Passed House 2/8. Senate Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 3/11. Passed Committee 4/2. 3rd Reading Calendar.
Utility & Broadband Bills
HB 1995 (Perkins) – repeals the expiration date of the Uniform Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act. Utilities Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 1/24. Consent & House Procedures Committee. Passed Committee Consent 2/13. Perfected 3/12. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 4/22. Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & Environment Committee.
HB 2057 (Keathley) – excludes streaming services from the definition of video services thus eliminating streaming services from local fees. Utilities Committee. Heard 1/10. Passed Committee 1/24. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/5. Perfected 2/21. Passed House 2/29. Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/26. Passed Committee 4/3. Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed. (Oppose)
Legislative Update 5/3/2024
/0 Comments/in Legislative Updates/by Pat KellyLEGISLATIVE UPDATE 5-3-24 (PDF)
May 3, 2024
The pace has slowed considerably in the Senate. The budget needs to be approved by next Friday, May 10th, and the Senate has yet to debate it, leaving little time for negotiations with the House. Below are summaries of bills of interest. Changes from the last report, including committee assignments and hearings, are noted in red. Bills that have not been perfected are unlikely to pass and have been deleted. Bills that have not passed one chamber have been lined through.
Link to the Senate hearing schedule can be found here.
Link to the House hearing schedule can be found here.
Priority Bills
HB 2065 (Owen) – authorizes St. Louis County and any municipality with more than 1,500 inhabitants and not located in St. Louis County to establish a land bank. Local Government Committee. Heard 2/13. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/4. Perfected 3/6. Passed House 3/11. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 4/9. Passed Committee 4/23. (Support)
Economic Development Bills
HB 2058 (Keathley) – requires CIDs and TDDs to be approved by 2/3 vote of the governing body. Also prohibits resubmission of failed tax proposals for two years unless the proposal is substantially changed. The bill also excludes streaming services from the definition of video services thus eliminating streaming services from local fees. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 2/14. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/15. Passed House 4/3. Senate General Laws Committee. (Oppose)
Election Bills
HB 1604 (Hinman) – changes the filing period for April elections to the 16th Tuesday prior to the election to the 13th Tuesday prior to the election, unless the 13th Tuesday prior to an election falls on a holiday, then the closing of filing shall be the next day that is not a holiday. Elections Committee. Heard 1/9. Passed Committee Consent (Non-controversial) 1/30. Referred Consent & House Procedures Committee. Passed Committee 2/13. Passed Rules Committee 2/13 Consent. Passed House 3/7. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 4/2. Passed Committee 4/15.
HB 2140 (McGaugh) – changes filing period to open 16 weeks before election and close 13 weeks before election. Elections Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/30. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/12. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 3/28. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee.
Miscellaneous Bills
HB 1720 (Falkner) – defines as closed records email addresses and telephone numbers submitted to a public governmental body by individuals or entities for the sole purpose of receiving electronic or other communications limited to newsletters, notifications, advisories, alerts, and periodic reports. Local Government Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/23. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. House Perfection Calendar. Perfected 2/6. Passed House 2/8. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 3/25. Passed Committee 4/2. (Support)
HB 2279 (Toalson Reisch) – requires city populations to be posted on city limits signs. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 1/18. Passed Committee 2/8. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/19. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
HB 2282 (Lovasco) – no political subdivision shall require an exempt homeowner to obtain any license, certification, or professional registration or submit to any examination or testing as a condition of applying for or utilizing a building or construction permit, provided all 8 work is performed by the owner or other current resident. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/31. Passed Committee 2/14. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 4/23.
HB 2385 (Keathley) – prohibits local governments from requiring private property owners to accept Section 8 vouchers. General Laws Committee. Heard 1/30. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 4/8. Passed Committee 4/16.
Public Safety Bills
HB 1481 (Christ) – puts St. Louis City police back under a state appointed board of commissioners. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/8. Passed Committee 2/22. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/6. Perfected 3/26. Passed House 3/28. Senate Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. Heard 4/24. Passed Committee 4/25.
HB 1692 (Sparks) – creates the offense of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle if the person knows that a law enforcement officer is attempting to detain the vehicle and the person flees at a high speed which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death or causes physical injury or death to another person. This shall be a class D felony if the person creates a substantial risk of injury, a class B felony is the person causes physical injury, and a class A felony if the person causes death of another. Additionally, a person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if he or she has seen or heard or reasonably should have seen or heard emergency lights or sounds. It shall not be a defense that the law enforcement officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/8. Passed Committee 2/22. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/4. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 3/27. Senate Judiciary & Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Heard 4/22. Passed Committee 4/29.
Taxation & Revenue Bills
SJR 50 (Koenig) – Constitutional Amendment that modifies a provision prohibiting sales taxes levied on transactions not taxed as of January 1, 2015, by providing an exception for sales and use taxes on subscriptions, licenses for digital products, and online purchases of tangible personal property. This amendment also provides that no state or local sales or use taxes or any similar transaction-based tax shall be authorized on the provision of video service if the state, a franchise entity, or a political subdivision also imposes a franchise fee on the provider of such video service. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Passed Committee 2/19. Perfected 3/27. Passed Senate 4/4. House Tax Reform Committee. Heard 4/16. Passed Committee 4/17. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 4/30. (Support)
HB 1516 (Murphy) – eliminates St. Louis City earnings tax for remote workers. Economic Development Committee. Heard 1/31. Passed committee 2/21. Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/6. Perfected 3/11. Passed House 3/27. Senate Fiscal Oversight Committee. Heard 4/18. Passed Committee 4/24.
Transportation and Vehicle Bills
HB 1511 (Murphy) – requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such station. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/10. Passed Committee 1/17. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. Perfected 2/5. Passed House 2/8. Senate Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 3/11. Passed Committee 4/2. 3rd Reading Calendar.
Utility & Broadband Bills
HB 1995 (Perkins) – repeals the expiration date of the Uniform Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act. Utilities Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 1/24. Consent & House Procedures Committee. Passed Committee Consent 2/13. Perfected 3/12. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 4/22. Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & Environment Committee.
HB 2057 (Keathley) – excludes streaming services from the definition of video services thus eliminating streaming services from local fees. Utilities Committee. Heard 1/10. Passed Committee 1/24. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/5. Perfected 2/21. Passed House 2/29. Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/26. Passed Committee 4/3. 3rd Reading Calendar (Oppose)
2024 Newly Elected Officials Seminar
/0 Comments/in General Information/by Pat KellyThank you to Stephanie Karr, Keith Cheung, Edward Sluys, Kyle Cronin, Craig Smith, & Carl Lumley from Curtis, Heinz, Garrett and O’Keefe, P.C. for presenting at the league’s 2024 Newly Elected Officials training seminar!
Nearly 50 new municipal officials heard crash course lectures on Municipal Structure, Courts, Sunshine Law, Ethics, Robert’s Rules, & Zoning.
Here are the slides from the presenters: 2024 Newly Elected Officials Seminar (CHGO Slides)
Legislative Update 4/26/2024
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April 26, 2024
Hearings on bills from the other chamber and floor debate are now the main focus for the last three weeks. Each week we will send out an update report showing bill actions during the week. Below are summaries of bills of interest. Changes from the last report, including committee assignments and hearings, are noted in red. Bills that have not been voted out of committee are unlikely to pass and have been deleted. Bills that have not been perfected have been lined through.
Link to the Senate hearing schedule can be found here.
Link to the House hearing schedule can be found here.
Priority Bills
SB 1115 (Schroer) – provides that when a juvenile officer makes a risk and needs assessment of a child, he or she shall use a cumulative total of points assessed for all alleged offenses committed to determine whether or not the court shall order the child to be detained. Judiciary & Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Heard 1/29. Passed Committee 2/5. (Support)
HB 2065 (Owen) – authorizes St. Louis County and any municipality with more than 1,500 inhabitants and not located in St. Louis County to establish a land bank. Local Government Committee. Heard 2/13. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/4. Perfected 3/6. Passed House 3/11. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 4/9. (Support)
Economic Development Bills
SB 750(Hough) – authorizes St. Louis County and any municipality with more than 1,500 inhabitants and not located in St. Louis County to establish a land bank. Emer
HB 2058 (Keathley) – requires CIDs and TDDs to be approved by 2/3 vote of the governing body. Also prohibits resubmission of failed tax proposals for two years unless the proposal is substantially changed. The bill also excludes streaming services from the definition of video services thus eliminating streaming services from local fees. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 2/14. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/15. Passed House 4/3. Senate General Laws Committee. (Oppose)
Election Bills
SB 774 (Gannon) – changes the filing period for April elections to 8:00 a.m. on the 16th Tuesday prior to the election until 5:00 p.m. on the 13th Tuesday prior to the election, unless the 13th Tuesday prior to an election falls on a holiday, then the closing of filing shall be at 5:00 p.m. on the next day that is not a holiday. Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 2/5. Passed Committee 2/12. (Support)
SB 856 (O’Laughlin) – under current law, mayors of 3rd and 4th class cities must be a resident of such city at the time of the election and for a certain time period before the election. This act modifies that provision to provide that a person must be a resident of the county in which such city is located at the time of the election and for a certain time period before the election and the city must have a population under 5000. Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 2/12. Passed Committee 2/26. (Oppose)
HB1517 (Murphy) – requires election issues to be labeled in alphabetical or numerical order. Tax Reform Committee. Heard 1/23. Passed Committee 3/12. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 4/17. Perfection Calendar.
HB 1604 (Hinman) – changes the filing period for April elections to the 16th Tuesday prior to the election to the 13th Tuesday prior to the election, unless the 13th Tuesday prior to an election falls on a holiday, then the closing of filing shall be the next day that is not a holiday. Elections Committee. Heard 1/9. Passed Committee Consent (Non-controversial) 1/30. Referred Consent & House Procedures Committee. Passed Committee 2/13. Passed Rules Committee 2/13 Consent. Passed House 3/7. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 4/2. Passed Committee 4/15.
HB 2061 (Keathley) – prohibits resubmission of failed tax election for four years unless the proposal is substantially changed. Tax Reform Committee. Heard 2/13. Passed Committee 2/20. (Oppose)
HB 2140 (McGaugh) – changes filing period to open 16 weeks before election and close 13 weeks before election. Elections Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/30. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/12. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 3/28. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee.
Miscellaneous Bills
SB 911 (Ben Brown)- under this act, the state’s laws shall preempt any local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, or regulations enacted by a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state regulating the sale of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products. Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 2/27. Passed Committee 3/12.
SB 1346 (Trent) – as it relates to political subdivisions purchasing liability insurance for tort claims made against the political subdivision, this act defines the term “purchase” to refer only to the direct acquisition of insurance coverage by a governing body and not any indirect action by contract or otherwise. Insurance & Banking Committee. Heard 2/6. Passed Committee 3/5. (Support)
SB 1362 (Crawford) – Modifies provisions relating to financial statements of certain local governments, allows State Auditor to wave fines for failure to submit annual financial report in certain situations. Local Government and Elections. Heard 2/12. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfection Calendar. (Support)
HB 1720 (Falkner) – defines as closed records email addresses and telephone numbers submitted to a public governmental body by individuals or entities for the sole purpose of receiving electronic or other communications limited to newsletters, notifications, advisories, alerts, and periodic reports. Local Government Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/23. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. House Perfection Calendar. Perfected 2/6. Passed House 2/8. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 3/25. Passed Committee 4/2. (Support)
HB 1724 (Falkner) – no public official or other person who would otherwise be personally liable under applicable law or at equity to a contractor, subcontractor, supplier at any tier, or otherwise, by reason of the failure of a public entity to require a contractor to furnish a payment bond as required by this section shall be so liable unless the contractor provides, prior to the time the contract is executed, to the presiding official or officer and to the secretary, clerk, or similar official or officer of the public entity a written notice identifying the persons who will have personal liability for payment. Financial Institutions Committee. Heard 3/5. Passed Committee 3/12. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 4/9. Perfection Calendar. (Support)
HB 2060 (Keathley) – enacts state pre-emption of local authority over tobacco products and sales. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 3/6. Passed Committee 3/13.
HB 2206 (West) – now an omnibus local government bill including:
- Bars political subdivisions from imposing or enforcing a moratorium on eviction proceedings unless specifically authorized by state law;
- HB 1511 requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such stations;
- HB 2282 establishes the Building Permit Reform Act;
- HB 2057 modifies provisions relating to video service providers;
- HB 1995 repeals the expiration date of the Uniform Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act;
- HB 2286 specifies that certain residency requirements of a city of the fourth classification may be satisfied by certain conditions;
- HB 2571 modifies provisions relating to financial statements of certain local governments;
- HB 2104 modifies provisions relating to elections;
- Any local public health agency that imposes a fine or other monetary penalty against an individual, business or church, shall return all monies collected;
- HB 1751 modifies provisions regarding solid waste disposal permits;
- HB 2265 modifies provisions relating to pet shop operations;
- HB 1484 modifies tobacco product regulations;
- HB 2380 prohibits political subdivisions from requiring a home inspection before the sale of residential property;
- HB 1514 modifies provisions regarding homeowner’s association restrictions on pasturing chickens;
- HB 1720 modifies provisions of the sunshine law.
Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 4/3. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 4/15. Perfection Calendar.
HB 2279 (Toalson Reisch) – requires city populations to be posted on city limits signs. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 1/18. Passed Committee 2/8. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/19. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
HB 2282 (Lovasco) – no political subdivision shall require an exempt homeowner to obtain any license, certification, or professional registration or submit to any examination or testing as a condition of applying for or utilizing a building or construction permit, provided all 8 work is performed by the owner or other current resident. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/31. Passed Committee 2/14. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 4/23.
HB 2292 (Falkner) – establishes provisions governing no-impact, home-based businesses. Local Government Committee. Heard 4/16. Passed Committee 4/23. (Support)
HB 2380 (Brown) – prohibits political subdivisions from requiring a home inspection before the sale of residential property. Small Business Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 1/23. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. Perfection Calendar.
HB 2385 (Keathley) – prohibits local governments from requiring private property owners to accept Section 8 vouchers. General Laws Committee. Heard 1/30. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 4/8. Passed Committee 4/16.
HB 2526 (Owen) – establishes new procedures for municipalities to select repositories of public funds. Financial Institutions Committee. Heard 3/12. Passed Committee 3/26.
HB 2533 (Morse) – prohibits the state and any political subdivision from requiring businesses to be open on Sundays. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 3/14. Passed Committee 4/4.
Personnel & Employment Bills
HB 1769 (Perkins) – establishes a disciplinary procedure process for firefighters. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 1/18. Passed Committee 2/1.
HB 2056 (Keathley) – requires municipalities to reimburse telcom providers for site relocation costs incurred due to road maintenance. General Laws Committee. Heard 1/30. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 4/2. Perfection Calendar.
Public Safety Bills
SB 808 (Schroer) – puts St. Louis City police back under a state appointed board of commissioners. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 2/1.
SB 901 (Schroer) – creates the offense of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle if the person knows that a law enforcement officer is attempting to detain the vehicle and the person flees at a high speed which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death or causes physical injury or death to another person. This shall be a class D felony if the person creates a substantial risk of injury, a class B felony is the person causes physical injury, and a class A felony if the person causes death of another. Additionally, a person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if he or she has seen or heard or reasonably should have seen or heard emergency lights or sounds. It shall not be a defense that the law enforcement officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 2/21.
HB 1481 (Christ) – puts St. Louis City police back under a state appointed board of commissioners. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/8. Passed Committee 2/22. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/6. Perfected 3/26. Passed House 3/28. Senate Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. Heard 4/24. Passed Committee 4/25.
HB 1692 (Sparks) – creates the offense of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle if the person knows that a law enforcement officer is attempting to detain the vehicle and the person flees at a high speed which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death or causes physical injury or death to another person. This shall be a class D felony if the person creates a substantial risk of injury, a class B felony is the person causes physical injury, and a class A felony if the person causes death of another. Additionally, a person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if he or she has seen or heard or reasonably should have seen or heard emergency lights or sounds. It shall not be a defense that the law enforcement officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/8. Passed Committee 2/22. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/4. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 3/27. Senate Judiciary & Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Heard 4/22.
Taxation & Revenue Bills
SB 879 (Beck) – authorizes municipalities located within St. Louis County to impose a property tax to provide fire protection services, with such tax not to exceed $0.25 per $100 assessed valuation. This act also authorizes fire protection districts and municipalities located within St. Louis County to impose a sales tax of up to 0.5% to provide fire protection services. A fire protection district or municipality imposing a sales tax authorized by this act shall reduce any property tax levy imposed by such district or municipality for the purposes of providing fire protection services such that the revenue generated by such property tax levy is offset in an amount equal to one hundred percent of the amount of revenue generated by the sales tax imposed pursuant to this act. Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 2/26. Passed Committee 3/4. (Oppose fire district sales tax provision)
SJR 50 (Koenig) – Constitutional Amendment that modifies a provision prohibiting sales taxes levied on transactions not taxed as of January 1, 2015, by providing an exception for sales and use taxes on subscriptions, licenses for digital products, and online purchases of tangible personal property. This amendment also provides that no state or local sales or use taxes or any similar transaction-based tax shall be authorized on the provision of video service if the state, a franchise entity, or a political subdivision also imposes a franchise fee on the provider of such video service. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Passed Committee 2/19. Perfected 3/27. Passed Senate 4/4. House Tax Reform Committee. Heard 4/16. Passed Committee 4/17. Referred Rules Committee. (Support)
SJR 53 (Eigel) – constitutional amendment to freeze state revenues and eliminate personal property tax by 2028. Fiscal Oversight Committee. Heard 4/11. Passed Committee 4/18. (Oppose)
HB 1516 (Murphy) – eliminates St. Louis City earnings tax for remote workers. Economic Development Committee. Heard 1/31. Passed committee 2/21. Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/6. Perfected 3/11. Passed House 3/27. Senate Fiscal Oversight Committee. Heard 4/18. Passed Committee 4/24.
HB 1527 (Buchheit-Courtway) – specifies that motor vehicles seven years of age or older, based on the model year and used solely for noncommercial purposes, will be assessed at 5% of their true value in money. Transportation Infrastructure Committee. Heard 3/6. Passed Committee 4/24.
Transportation and Vehicle Bills
HB 1511 (Murphy) – requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such station. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/10. Passed Committee 1/17. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. Perfected 2/5. Passed House 2/8. Senate Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 3/11. Passed Committee 4/2. 3rd Reading Calendar.
Utility & Broadband Bills
SB 947 (Thompson Rehder) – identical to SB 803. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 2/27. Passed Committee 2/27. (Oppose)
SB 1018 (Justin Brown) – a municipality shall reimburse any nonrate regulated utility provider, as defined in the act, from its treasury for any costs associated with facility relocation required due to road maintenance or construction. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/26. Passed Committee 4/2. (Oppose)
SB 1411 (May) – extends the expiration date for the task force on right-of-way management to 12/31/29. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/12. Passed Committee 3/26.
HB 1816 (Riggs) – establishes a broadband development council. Workforce & Infrastructure Development Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 3/7. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/26.
HB 1995 (Perkins) – repeals the expiration date of the Uniform Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act. Utilities Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 1/24. Consent & House Procedures Committee. Passed Committee Consent 2/13. Perfected 3/12. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 4/22.
HB 2057(Keathley) – excludes streaming services from the definition of video services thus eliminating streaming services from local fees. Utilities Committee. Heard 1/10. Passed Committee 1/24. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/5. Perfected 2/21. Passed House 2/29. Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/26. Passed Committee 4/3. 3rd Reading Calendar (Oppose)
HB 2409 (Falkner) – extends the expiration date for the task force on right-of-way management to 12/31/26. Local Government Committee. Heard 3/26. Passed Committee 4/2.
HB 2501 (Farnan) – identical to HB 1995. Utilities Committee. Heard 3/6. Passed Committee 3/13.
Legislative Update 4/12/2024
/0 Comments/in For the Media, In the News, Legislative Updates/by Pat KellyLEGISLATIVE UPDATE 4-12-24 (PDF)
April 12, 2024
Hearings continue but the main focus is now floor debate. Each week we will send out an update report showing bill actions during the week. Below are summaries of bills of interest. Changes from the last report, including committee assignments and hearings, are noted in red. Bills that have not been assigned to committee have been deleted. Bills that have not had a hearing are unlikely to pass and have been lined through.
Link to the Senate hearing schedule can be found here.
Link to the House hearing schedule can be found here.
Priority Bills
SB 1062 (Coleman) – eliminates sales tax on food over a four-year period. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 3/25. Could be voted on by the Committee at any time. (Oppose)
SB 1115 (Schroer) – provides that when a juvenile officer makes a risk and needs assessment of a child, he or she shall use a cumulative total of points assessed for all alleged offenses committed to determine whether or not the court shall order the child to be detained. Judiciary & Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Heard 1/29. Passed Committee 2/5. (Support)
SB 1252 (Rehder) – exempts food from sales tax. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. (Oppose)
Economic Development Bills
SB 750 (Hough) – authorizes St. Louis County and any municipality with more than 1,500 inhabitants and not located in St. Louis County to establish a land bank. Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/25. Informal Perfection Calendar. (Support)
SB 919 (Koenig) – requires community improvement districts to be approved by a 2/3 vote of the governing body if a sales tax is proposed. Also requires a 2/3 vote of the highway commission or local transportation authority if a sales tax is proposed. Local Government & Elections Committee.
SB1210 (Arthur) – allows a school district to exclude real property from a proposed tax increment financing redevelopment area if the school district determines that such redevelopment area will have an adverse effect on such school district. The school district shall adopt a resolution making such determination and shall deliver the resolution to the municipality establishing the redevelopment area. Within thirty days of receiving the resolution, the municipality shall remove such property from the redevelopment area or terminate the redevelopment area. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee.
SB 1242 (Washington) – modifies the definition of “blighted area” for the purposes of tax increment financing (TIF). Such areas shall be in a distressed community and be insanitary or unsafe for living or working; shall have unemployment one and one-half times greater than the average for the state; or have a median household income of less than fifty percent of the median household income of the metropolitan statistical area in which the area is located. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 2/26.
HB 2058 (Keathley) – requires CIDs and TDDs to be unanimously approved by 2/3 vote of the governing body. Also prohibits resubmission of failed tax proposals for two years unless the proposal is substantially changed. The bill also excludes streaming services from the definition of video services thus eliminating streaming services from local fees. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 2/14. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/15. Passed House 4/3. (Oppose)
HB 2065 (Owen) – authorizes St. Louis County and any municipality with more than 1,500 inhabitants and not located in St. Louis County to establish a land bank. Local Government Committee. Heard 2/13. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/4. Perfected 3/6. Passed House 3/11. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 4/9. (Support)
Election Bills
SB 774 (Gannon) – changes the filing period for April elections to 8:00 a.m. on the 16th Tuesday prior to the election until 5:00 p.m. on the 13th Tuesday prior to the election, unless the 13th Tuesday prior to an election falls on a holiday, then the closing of filing shall be at 5:00 p.m. on the next day that is not a holiday. Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 2/5. Passed Committee 2/12. (Support)
SB 856 (O’Laughlin) – under current law, mayors of 3rd and 4th class cities must be a resident of such city at the time of the election and for a certain time period before the election. This act modifies that provision to provide that a person must be a resident of the county in which such city is located at the time of the election and for a certain time period before the election and the city must have a population under 5000. Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 2/12. Passed Committee 2/26. (Oppose)
SB 926 (Crawford) – contains same filing provisions as SB 774 and other election revisions. Local Government & Elections Committee.
SB 929 (Cierpiot) – 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 – August or November of even numbered years. Local Government & Elections Committee. (Oppose)
HB1517 (Murphy) – requires election issues to be labeled in alphabetical or numerical order. Tax Reform Committee. Heard 1/23. Passed Committee 3/12. Referred Rules Committee.
HB 1604 (Hinman) – changes the filing period for April elections to the 16th Tuesday prior to the election to the 13th Tuesday prior to the election, unless the 13th Tuesday prior to an election falls on a holiday, then the closing of filing shall be the next day that is not a holiday. Elections Committee. Heard 1/9. Passed Committee Consent (Non-controversial) 1/30. Referred Consent & House Procedures Committee. Passed Committee 2/13. Passed Rules Committee 2/13 Consent. Passed House 3/7. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 4/2.
HB 2061 (Keathley) – prohibits resubmission of failed tax election for four years unless the proposal is substantially changed. Tax Reform Committee. Heard 2/13. Passed Committee 2/20. (Oppose)
HB 2140 (McGaugh) – changes filing period to open 16 weeks before election and close 13 weeks before election. Elections Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/30. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/12. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 3/28.
HB 2225 (Bonacker) – changes filing period to open 16 weeks before election and close 11 weeks before election. Elections Committee.
Miscellaneous Bills
SB 911 (Ben Brown)- under this act, the state’s laws shall preempt any local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, or regulations enacted by a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state regulating the sale of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products. Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 2/27. Passed Committee 3/12.
SB 994 (Ben Brown) – provides that when a person submits a request to a political subdivision for a permit to develop property, the political subdivision shall approve or deny the request within 60 days upon the receipt of the request from an applicant. If the political subdivision fails to approve or deny the request within 60 days, then the request is approved. If the political subdivision denies the request, the political subdivision shall provide in writing the reasons for the denial. Local Government & Elections Committee.
SB 1346 (Trent) – as it relates to political subdivisions purchasing liability insurance for tort claims made against the political subdivision, this act defines the term “purchase” to refer only to the direct acquisition of insurance coverage by a governing body and not any indirect action by contract or otherwise. Insurance & Banking Committee. Heard 2/6. Passed Committee 3/5. (Support)
SB 1362 (Crawford) – Modifies provisions relating to financial statements of certain local governments, allows State Auditor to wave fines for failure to submit annual financial report in certain situations. Local Government and Elections. Heard 2/12. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfection Calendar. (Support)
HB 1720 (Falkner) – defines as closed records email addresses and telephone numbers submitted to a public governmental body by individuals or entities for the sole purpose of receiving electronic or other communications limited to newsletters, notifications, advisories, alerts, and periodic reports. Local Government Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/23. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. House Perfection Calendar. Perfected 2/6. Passed House 2/8. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 3/25. Passed Committee 4/2. (Support)
HB 1724 (Falkner) – no public official or other person who would otherwise be personally liable under applicable law or at equity to a contractor, subcontractor, supplier at any tier, or otherwise, by reason of the failure of a public entity to require a contractor to furnish a payment bond as required by this section shall be so liable unless the contractor provides, prior to the time the contract is executed, to the presiding official or officer and to the secretary, clerk, or similar official or officer of the public entity a written notice identifying the persons who will have personal liability for payment. Financial Institutions Committee. Heard 3/5. Passed Committee 3/12. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 4/9. (Support)
HB 2060 (Keathley) – enacts state pre-emption of local authority over tobacco products and sales. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 3/6. Passed Committee 3/13.
HB 2206 (West) – now an omnibus local government bill including:
- Bars political subdivisions from imposing or enforcing a moratorium on eviction proceedings unless specifically authorized by state law;
- HB 1511 requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such stations;
- HB 2282 establishes the Building Permit Reform Act;
- HB 2057 modifies provisions relating to video service providers;
- HB 1995 repeals the expiration date of the Uniform Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act;
- HB 2286 specifies that certain residency requirements of a city of the fourth classification may be satisfied by certain conditions;
- HB 2571 modifies provisions relating to financial statements of certain local governments;
- HB 2104 modifies provisions relating to elections;
- Any local public health agency that imposes a fine or other monetary penalty against an individual, business or church, shall return all monies collected;
- HB 1751 modifies provisions regarding solid waste disposal permits;
- HB 2265 modifies provisions relating to pet shop operations;
- HB 1484 modifies tobacco product regulations;
- HB 2380 prohibits political subdivisions from requiring a home inspection before the sale of residential property;
- HB 1514 modifies provisions regarding homeowner’s association restrictions on pasturing chickens;
- HB 1720 modifies provisions of the sunshine law.
Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 4/3. Referred Rules Committee
HB 2279 (Toalson Reisch) – requires city populations to be posted on city limits signs. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 1/18. Passed Committee 2/8. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/19. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
HB 2282 (Lovasco) – no political subdivision shall require an exempt homeowner to obtain any license, certification, or professional registration or submit to any examination or testing as a condition of applying for or utilizing a building or construction permit, provided all 8 work is performed by the owner or other current resident. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/31. Passed Committee 2/14. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Emerging Issues Committee.
HB 2292 (Falkner) – establishes provisions governing no-impact, home-based businesses. Local Government Committee. Hearing 4/16. (Support)
HB 2328 (Casteel) – requires public notices that are filed in newspaper to also be filed on the Secretary of State website. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 3/6.
HB 2380 (Brown) – prohibits political subdivisions from requiring a home inspection before the sale of residential property. Small Business Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 1/23. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. Perfection Calendar.
HB 2385 (Keathley) – prohibits local governments from requiring private property owners to accept Section 8 vouchers. General Laws Committee. Heard 1/30. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. . Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 4/8.
HB 2526 (Owen) – establishes new procedures for municipalities to select repositories of public funds. Financial Institutions Committee. Heard 3/12. Passed Committee 3/26.
HB 2533 (Morse) – prohibits the state and any political subdivision from requiring businesses to be open on Sundays. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 3/14. Passed Committee 4/4.
Personnel & Employment Bills
SB 1066 (Ben Brown) – Under current law, state minimum wage laws preempt and nullify all political subdivision ordinances, rules, and regulations relating to the establishment or enforcement of a minimum or living wage or the provision of employment benefits that exceed state laws, rules, or regulations. This act adds to the list of political subdivision policies, ordinances, or resolutions that may not be enacted to include the following:
- Those that regulate the information an employer or potential employer shall request, require, or exclude on an application for employment from an employee or prospective employee.
- Those that regulate work stoppage or strike activity of employers and its employees or the means by which employees may organize;
- Those requiring an employer to provide to an employee paid or unpaid leave time;
- Those regulating the hours and scheduling that an employer is required to provide to employees;
- Those requiring an employer or its employees to participate in any educational apprenticeship or apprenticeship training program that is not required by state or federal law; and
- Those regulating or creating administrative or judicial remedies for wage, hour, or benefit disputes, including, but not limited to, any benefits described in this subsection. Local Government & Elections Committee.
HB 1769 (Perkins) – establishes a disciplinary procedure process for firefighters. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 1/18. Passed Committee 2/1.
HB 2056 (Keathley) – requires municipalities to reimburse telcom providers for site relocation costs incurred due to road maintenance. General Laws Committee. Heard 1/30. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 4/2. Perfection Calendar.
Public Safety Bills
SB 730 (Rowden) – establishes a pilot program known as the “Community Crime Reduction Grant Program” which shall provide money to municipal police departments that apply to the Department of Public Safety for a grant for
- Up to 50% of the cost of employing new law enforcement officers needed to raise the department’s officer to population ratio to two officers per one thousand people; and
- Up to 100% of the cost for law enforcement officers hired with grant money by the municipal police department to attend not less than one seminar relating to fair and impartial policing and one seminar relating to racial sensitivity at the University of Missouri Law Enforcement Training Institute. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
SB 808 (Schroer) – puts St. Louis City police back under a state appointed board of commissioners. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 2/1.
SB 901 (Schroer) – creates the offense of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle if the person knows that a law enforcement officer is attempting to detain the vehicle and the person flees at a high speed which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death or causes physical injury or death to another person. This shall be a class D felony if the person creates a substantial risk of injury, a class B felony is the person causes physical injury, and a class A felony if the person causes death of another. Additionally, a person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if he or she has seen or heard or reasonably should have seen or heard emergency lights or sounds. It shall not be a defense that the law enforcement officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 2/21.
SB 948 (Brattin) – no political subdivision shall adopt any order or ordinance relating to the sale, purchase, or ownership of a firearm unless it conforms exactly with state law. This act adds that any officer of a governing body who violates those provisions shall be subject to a penalty of $1,000 for every offense and shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
SB 1334 (Eigel) – prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from purchasing, installing, or using automated license plate reader systems (ALPRs) as defined in the act, and from accessing or using captured license plate data from vehicles located on public highways. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
SB 1414 (May) – places all municipal police departments under a state board of police commissioners. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. (Oppose)
SJR 72 (Schroer) – constitutional amendment to require the Department of Public Safety to establish a uniform crime reporting system and shall annually determine the most dangerous cities in the state. Each political subdivision in this state shall report their crime statistics. Any political subdivision which fails to do so shall not receive any state funds. The Department shall then develop a policing plan for those cities which shall determine a minimum number of commissioned peace officers required to be on duty. Such cities shall implement the policing plan within 90 days. If any city fails to implement the policing plan, the Attorney General shall file a petition with the circuit court for injunctive relief or a declaratory judgment. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
HB 1481 (Christ) – puts St. Louis City police back under a state appointed board of commissioners. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/8. Passed Committee 2/22. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/6. Perfected 3/26. Passed House 3/28.
HB 1692 (Sparks) – creates the offense of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle if the person knows that a law enforcement officer is attempting to detain the vehicle and the person flees at a high speed which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death or causes physical injury or death to another person. This shall be a class D felony if the person creates a substantial risk of injury, a class B felony is the person causes physical injury, and a class A felony if the person causes death of another. Additionally, a person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if he or she has seen or heard or reasonably should have seen or heard emergency lights or sounds. It shall not be a defense that the law enforcement officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/8. Passed Committee 2/22. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/4. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 3/27. Senate Judiciary & Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.
Taxation & Revenue Bills
SB 725 (Hoskins) – requires political subdivisions to annually reduce current personal property tax rate percentage such that the amount by which the revenue generated by taxes levied on such personal property is reduced is substantially equal to one hundred percent of the growth in revenue generated by real property assessment growth, as defined in the act. Annual reductions shall be made until December 31, 2073. Thereafter, the percentage of true value in money at which personal property is assessed shall be equal to the percentage in effect on December 31, 2023. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 1/16. (Oppose)
SB 733 (Eigel) – similar to SB 725. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 1/16. (Oppose)
SB 777 (Moon) – eliminates food sales from the state 1% education sales tax and authorizes political subdivisions to exempt food from local sales taxes. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee.
SB 879 (Beck) – authorizes municipalities located within St. Louis County to impose a property tax to provide fire protection services, with such tax not to exceed $0.25 per $100 assessed valuation. This act also authorizes fire protection districts and municipalities located within St. Louis County to impose a sales tax of up to 0.5% to provide fire protection services. A fire protection district or municipality imposing a sales tax authorized by this act shall reduce any property tax levy imposed by such district or municipality for the purposes of providing fire protection services such that the revenue generated by such property tax levy is offset in an amount equal to one hundred percent of the amount of revenue generated by the sales tax imposed pursuant to this act. Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 2/26. Passed Committee 3/4. (Oppose fire district sales tax provision)
SB 1086 (Brattin) – identical to SB 725. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. (Oppose)
SJR 50 (Koenig) – Constitutional Amendment that modifies a provision prohibiting sales taxes levied on transactions not taxed as of January 1, 2015, by providing an exception for sales and use taxes on subscriptions, licenses for digital products, and online purchases of tangible personal property. This amendment also provides that no state or local sales or use taxes or any similar transaction-based tax shall be authorized on the provision of video service if the state, a franchise entity, or a political subdivision also imposes a franchise fee on the provider of such video service. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Passed Committee 2/19. Perfected 3/27. Passed Senate 4/4. House Tax Reform Committee. Hearing 4/16. (Support)
SJR 53 (Eigel) – constitutional amendment to freeze state revenues and eliminate personal property tax by 2028. Fiscal Oversight Committee. Heard 4/11. (Oppose)
SJR 82 (Brattin) – replaces real property taxes with a countywide sales tax. General Laws Committee.
HB 1516 (Murphy) – eliminates St. Louis City earnings tax for remote workers. Economic Development Committee. Heard 1/31. Passed committee 2/21. Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/6. Perfected 3/11. Passed House 3/27. Senate Fiscal Oversight Committee.
HB 1527 (Buchheit-Courtway) – specifies that motor vehicles seven years of age or older, based on the model year and used solely for noncommercial purposes, will be assessed at 5% of their true value in money. Transportation Infrastructure Committee. Heard 3/6.
HB 1667 (Matthiesen) – authorizes taxpayers to submit petitions to reduce local tax rate levies up to 5%. Property Tax Reform Committee. Heard 3/6.
HB 1669 (Matthiesen) – exempts vehicles from personal property taxes upon adoption of a constitutional amendment. Property Tax Reform Committee. Heard 2/28. Failed Committee 3/27. (Oppose)
HJR 82 (Seitz) – constitutional amendment provides that any individual 65 years or older that has a Missouri taxable income of less than $45,000 will not be subject to or liable for any property tax. Property Tax Reform Committee. Heard 3/13.
HJR 85 (Terry) – constitutional amendment provides that residential property shall be assessed at 50% of the value at which such property would otherwise be assessed if the property owner is a senior or disabled. Property Tax Reform Committee.
HJR 88 (Matthiesen) – constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to eliminate personal property taxes. Property Tax Reform Committee. Heard 2/28. (Oppose)
Transportation and Vehicle Bills
SB 953 (Moon) – repeals the gas tax increase. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. (Oppose)
SB 1269 (Schroer) – prohibits political subdivisions from using automated photo red light enforcement systems to enforce red light violations. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. (Oppose)
SB 1377 (Cierpiot) – prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from purchasing, installing, or using automated license plate reader systems and from accessing or using captured license plate data from vehicles located on public highways. Referred Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee.
HB 1511 (Murphy) – requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such station. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/10. Passed Committee 1/17. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. Perfected 2/5. Passed House 2/8. Senate Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 3/11. Passed Committee 4/2.
HB 2550 (Fountain Henderson) – establishes requirements for speed humps installed for traffic calming purposes.
HB 2842 (Lovasco) – prohibits political subdivisions from using traffic cameras to enforce red light violations, speed law and other traffic laws. (Oppose).
HB 2849 (Mayhew) – prohibits political subdivisions from using automated photo red light enforcement systems to enforce red light violations. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 3/14. (Oppose)
Utility & Broadband Bills
SB 803 (Trent) – modifies the definition of “video service” to include the provision of video programming by a video service provider provided through wireline facilities located in a public right-of-way without regard to the delivery technology. “Video service” does not include any video programming accessed via a service that enables users to access content over the internet, including streaming content. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. (Oppose)
SB 947 (Thompson Rehder) – identical to SB 803. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 2/27. Passed Committee 2/27. (Oppose)
SB 999 (Hoskins) – identical to SB 803. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. (Oppose)
SB 1018 (Justin Brown) – a municipality shall reimburse any nonrate regulated utility provider, as defined in the act, from its treasury for any costs associated with facility relocation required due to road maintenance or construction. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/26. Passed Committee 4/2. (Oppose)
SB 1205 (McCreery) – completion of the Task Force on the Future of Right-of-Way Management and Taxation report of its activities for submission to the General Assembly shall be submitted no later than December 31, 2025, instead of December 31, 2023, as currently provided. The Task Force shall expire on December 31, 2025, instead of on December 31, 2023, as currently provided. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. (Support)
SB 1316 (Cierpiot) – identical to SB 803. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. (Oppose)
SB 1411 (May) – extends the expiration date for the task force on right-of-way management to 12/31/29. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/12. Passed Committee 3/26.
SB 1418 (Ben Brown) – prohibits cities from enacting gross receipts-based taxes on telcom services. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee.
HB 1816 (Riggs) – establishes a broadband development council. Workforce & Infrastructure Development Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 3/7. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/26.
HB 1995 (Perkins) – repeals the expiration date of the Uniform Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act. Utilities Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 1/24. Consent & House Procedures Committee. Passed Committee Consent 2/13. Perfected 3/12. Perfected 3/12. 3rd Reading Calendar.
HB 2057 (Keathley) – excludes streaming services from the definition of video services thus eliminating streaming services from local fees. Utilities Committee. Heard 1/10. Passed Committee 1/24. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/5. Perfected 2/21. Passed House 2/29. Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/26. Passed Committee 4/3. (Oppose)
HB 2281 (Knight) – identical to HB 2057.
HB 2409 (Falkner) – extends the expiration date for the task force on right-of-way management to 12/31/26. Local Government Committee. Heard 3/26. Passed Committee 4/2.
HB 2501 (Farnan) – identical to HB 1995. Utilities Committee. Heard 3/6. Passed Committee 3/13.
Legislative Update 4/5/2024
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April 5, 2024
Hearings continue but the main focus is now floor debate. Each week we will send out an update report showing bill actions during the week. Below are summaries of bills of interest. Changes from the last report, including committee assignments and hearings, are noted in red. Bills that have not been assigned to committee are unlikely to pass and have been lined through.
Link to the Senate hearing schedule can be found here.
Link to the House hearing schedule can be found here.
Priority Bills
SB 1062 (Coleman) – eliminates sales tax on food over a four-year period. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 3/25. Could be voted on by the Committee at any time. (Oppose)
SB 1115 (Schroer) – provides that when a juvenile officer makes a risk and needs assessment of a child, he or she shall use a cumulative total of points assessed for all alleged offenses committed to determine whether or not the court shall order the child to be detained. Judiciary & Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Heard 1/29. Passed Committee 2/5. (Support)
SB 1252 (Rehder) – exempts food from sales tax. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. (Oppose)
HB1418 (Sauls) – exempts food from sales tax. (Oppose)
HB1464 (Sander) – similar HB 1418. (Oppose)
HB 2055 (Keathley) – exempts food from sales tax over a four-year period. (Oppose)
HB 2174 (Schnelting) – similar to HB 1418 (Oppose)
HB 2273 (Dinkins) – similar to HB 2055. (Oppose)
HB 2401 (Quade) – eliminates the retail sale of food from state and local sales and authorizes certain tax increases to offset lost revenues, subject to voter approval.
HB 2815 (Merideth) – similar to HB 1418. (Oppose)
HB 2887 (Windham) – similar to HB 1418. (Oppose)
Court Bills
HB 1796 (Mackey) – eliminates municipal courts and requires all trials in the circuit court. (Oppose)
Economic Development Bills
SB 750 (Hough) – authorizes St. Louis County and any municipality with more than 1,500 inhabitants and not located in St. Louis County to establish a land bank. Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/25. Perfection Calendar. (Support)
SB 919 (Koenig) – requires community improvement districts to be approved by a 2/3 vote of the governing body if a sales tax is proposed. Also requires a 2/3 vote of the highway commission or local transportation authority if a sales tax is proposed. Local Government & Elections Committee.
SB1210 (Arthur) – allows a school district to exclude real property from a proposed tax increment financing redevelopment area if the school district determines that such redevelopment area will have an adverse effect on such school district. The school district shall adopt a resolution making such determination and shall deliver the resolution to the municipality establishing the redevelopment area. Within thirty days of receiving the resolution, the municipality shall remove such property from the redevelopment area or terminate the redevelopment area. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee.
SB 1242 (Washington) – modifies the definition of “blighted area” for the purposes of tax increment financing (TIF). Such areas shall be in a distressed community and be insanitary or unsafe for living or working; shall have unemployment one and one-half times greater than the average for the state; or have a median household income of less than fifty percent of the median household income of the metropolitan statistical area in which the area is located. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 2/26.
HB 2058 (Keathley) – requires CIDs and TDDs to be unanimously approved by 2/3 vote of the governing body. Also prohibits resubmission of failed tax proposals for two years unless the proposal is substantially changed. The bill also excludes streaming services from the definition of video services thus eliminating streaming services from local fees. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 2/14. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/15. Passed House 4/3. (Oppose)
HB 2065 (Owen) – authorizes St. Louis County and any municipality with more than 1,500 inhabitants and not located in St. Louis County to establish a land bank. Local Government Committee. Heard 2/13. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/4. Perfected 3/6. Passed House 3/11. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. (Support)
Election Bills
SB 774 (Gannon) – changes the filing period for April elections to 8:00 a.m. on the 16th Tuesday prior to the election until 5:00 p.m. on the 13th Tuesday prior to the election, unless the 13th Tuesday prior to an election falls on a holiday, then the closing of filing shall be at 5:00 p.m. on the next day that is not a holiday. Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 2/5. Passed Committee 2/12. (Support)
SB 856 (O’Laughlin) – under current law, mayors of 3rd and 4th class cities must be a resident of such city at the time of the election and for a certain time period before the election. This act modifies that provision to provide that a person must be a resident of the county in which such city is located at the time of the election and for a certain time period before the election and the city must have a population under 5000. Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 2/12. Passed Committee 2/26. (Oppose)
SB 926 (Crawford) – contains same filing provisions as SB 774 and other election revisions. Local Government & Elections Committee.
SB 929 (Cierpiot) – 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 – August or November of even numbered years. Local Government & Elections Committee. (Oppose)
HB1517 (Murphy) – requires election issues to be labeled in alphabetical or numerical order. Tax Reform Committee. Heard 1/23. Passed Committee 3/12.
HB 1604 (Hinman) – changes the filing period for April elections to the 16th Tuesday prior to the election to the 13th Tuesday prior to the election, unless the 13th Tuesday prior to an election falls on a holiday, then the closing of filing shall be the next day that is not a holiday. Elections Committee. Heard 1/9. Passed Committee Consent (Non-controversial) 1/30. Referred Consent & House Procedures Committee. Passed Committee 2/13. Passed Rules Committee 2/13 Consent. Passed House 3/7. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 4/2.
HB 2061 (Keathley) – prohibits resubmission of failed tax election for four years unless the proposal is substantially changed. Tax Reform Committee. Heard 2/13. Passed Committee 2/20. (Oppose)
HB 2140 (McGaugh) – changes filing period to open 16 weeks before election and close 13 weeks before election. Elections Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/30. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/12. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 3/28.
HB 2225 (Bonacker) – changes filing period to open 16 weeks before election and close 11 weeks before election. Elections Committee.
Miscellaneous Bills
SB 911 (Ben Brown)- under this act, the state’s laws shall preempt any local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, or regulations enacted by a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state regulating the sale of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products. Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 2/27. Passed Committee 3/12.
SB 994 (Ben Brown) – provides that when a person submits a request to a political subdivision for a permit to develop property, the political subdivision shall approve or deny the request within 60 days upon the receipt of the request from an applicant. If the political subdivision fails to approve or deny the request within 60 days, then the request is approved. If the political subdivision denies the request, the political subdivision shall provide in writing the reasons for the denial. Local Government & Elections Committee.
SB 1346 (Trent) – as it relates to political subdivisions purchasing liability insurance for tort claims made against the political subdivision, this act defines the term “purchase” to refer only to the direct acquisition of insurance coverage by a governing body and not any indirect action by contract or otherwise. Insurance & Banking Committee. Heard 2/6. Passed Committee 3/5. (Support)
SB 1362 (Crawford) – Modifies provisions relating to financial statements of certain local governments, allows State Auditor to wave fines for failure to submit annual financial report in certain situations. Local Government and Elections. Heard 2/12. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfection Calendar. (Support)
HB 1635 (Terry) – establishes term limits of 8 years for mayors and alderpersons in 4th class cities.
HB 1720 (Falkner) – defines as closed records email addresses and telephone numbers submitted to a public governmental body by individuals or entities for the sole purpose of receiving electronic or other communications limited to newsletters, notifications, advisories, alerts, and periodic reports. Local Government Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/23. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. House Perfection Calendar. Perfected 2/6. Passed House 2/8. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 3/25. Passed Committee 4/2. (Support)
HB 1724 (Falkner) – no public official or other person who would otherwise be personally liable under applicable law or at equity to a contractor, subcontractor, supplier at any tier, or otherwise, by reason of the failure of a public entity to require a contractor to furnish a payment bond as required by this section shall be so liable unless the contractor provides, prior to the time the contract is executed, to the presiding official or officer and to the secretary, clerk, or similar official or officer of the public entity a written notice identifying the persons who will have personal liability for payment. Financial Institutions Committee. Heard 3/5. Passed Committee 3/12. Referred Rules Committee. (Support)
HB 1809 (Wright) – establishes authority for cities to issue municipal search warrants for ordinance violations.
HB 1902 (Proudie) – specifies that limited liability companies that own real property in St. Louis County must designate a contact person with the county clerk.
HB 1931 (Toalson-Reisch) – eliminates prevailing wage on public works projects.
HB 2060 (Keathley) – enacts state pre-emption of local authority over tobacco products and sales. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 3/6. Passed Committee 3/13.
HB 2206 (West) – now an omnibus local government bill including:
- Bars political subdivisions from imposing or enforcing a moratorium on eviction proceedings unless specifically authorized by state law;
- HB 1511 requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such stations;
- HB 2282 establishes the Building Permit Reform Act;
- HB 2057 modifies provisions relating to video service providers;
- HB 1995 repeals the expiration date of the Uniform Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act;
- HB 2286 specifies that certain residency requirements of a city of the fourth classification may be satisfied by certain conditions;
- HB 2571 modifies provisions relating to financial statements of certain local governments;
- HB 2104 modifies provisions relating to elections;
- Any local public health agency that imposes a fine or other monetary penalty against an individual, business or church, shall return all monies collected;
- HB 1751 modifies provisions regarding solid waste disposal permits;
- HB 2265 modifies provisions relating to pet shop operations;
- HB 1484 modifies tobacco product regulations;
- HB 2380 prohibits political subdivisions from requiring a home inspection before the sale of residential property;
- HB 1514 modifies provisions regarding homeowner’s association restrictions on pasturing chickens;
- HB 1720 modifies provisions of the sunshine law.
Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 4/3.
HB 2279 (Toalson Reisch) – requires city populations to be posted on city limits signs. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 1/18. Passed Committee 2/8. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/19. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
HB 2282 (Lovasco) – no political subdivision shall require an exempt homeowner to obtain any license, certification, or professional registration or submit to any examination or testing as a condition of applying for or utilizing a building or construction permit, provided all 8 work is performed by the owner or other current resident. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/31. Passed Committee 2/14. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Emerging Issues Committee.
HB 2284 (Lovasco) – limits authority of political subdivisions to restrict parking of unlicensed vehicles or to restrict usage of property.
HB 2292 (Falkner) – establishes provisions governing no-impact, home-based businesses. Local Government Committee. (Support)
HB 2328 (Casteel) – requires public notices that are filed in newspaper to also be filed on the Secretary of State website. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 3/6.
HB 2380 (Brown) – prohibits political subdivisions from requiring a home inspection before the sale of residential property. Small Business Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 1/23. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. Perfection Calendar.
HB 2385 (Keathley) – prohibits local governments from requiring private property owners to accept Section 8 vouchers. General Laws Committee. Heard 1/30. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. . Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Emerging Issues Committee.
HB 2419 (Burnett) – repeals the state prohibition of local governments regulating paper and plastic bags.
HB 2526 (Owen) – establishes new procedures for municipalities to select repositories of public funds. Financial Institutions Committee. Heard 3/12. Passed Committee 3/26.
HB 2533 (Morse) – prohibits the state and any political subdivision from requiring businesses to be open on Sundays. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 3/14. Passed Committee 4/4.
HB 2611 (Gray) – prohibits 3rd & 4th cities in St. Louis County from imposing a fee for a false alarm to which the police department responds if it is the alarm user’s first false alarm in a twelve-month period.
HB 2870 (Casteel) – establishes a Missouri Building Code to be adopted by political subdivisions.
HB 2925 (Stacy) – requires local budgets to be submitted to members of the governing body at least 7 days prior to the scheduled approval vote.
Personnel & Employment Bills
SB 1066 (Ben Brown) – Under current law, state minimum wage laws preempt and nullify all political subdivision ordinances, rules, and regulations relating to the establishment or enforcement of a minimum or living wage or the provision of employment benefits that exceed state laws, rules, or regulations. This act adds to the list of political subdivision policies, ordinances, or resolutions that may not be enacted to include the following:
- Those that regulate the information an employer or potential employer shall request, require, or exclude on an application for employment from an employee or prospective employee.
- Those that regulate work stoppage or strike activity of employers and its employees or the means by which employees may organize;
- Those requiring an employer to provide to an employee paid or unpaid leave time;
- Those regulating the hours and scheduling that an employer is required to provide to employees;
- Those requiring an employer or its employees to participate in any educational apprenticeship or apprenticeship training program that is not required by state or federal law; and
- Those regulating or creating administrative or judicial remedies for wage, hour, or benefit disputes, including, but not limited to, any benefits described in this subsection. Local Government & Elections Committee.
HB 1735 (Crossley) – establishes the “First Responders’ Bill of Rights” and provisions relating to investigations of first responders.
HB 1769 (Perkins) – establishes a disciplinary procedure process for firefighters. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 1/18. Passed Committee 2/1.
HB 1861 (Sauls) – establishes a procedure for investigations of firefighters.
HB 2056 (Keathley) – requires municipalities to reimburse telcom providers for site relocation costs incurred due to road maintenance. General Laws Committee. Heard 1/30. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 4/2.
HB 2459 (Ealy) – similar to HB 1861.
HB 2817 (Sauls) – adds additional job-related conditions as covered injuries under the workers comp law for public safety officers.
Public Safety Bills
SB 730 (Rowden) – establishes a pilot program known as the “Community Crime Reduction Grant Program” which shall provide money to municipal police departments that apply to the Department of Public Safety for a grant for
- Up to 50% of the cost of employing new law enforcement officers needed to raise the department’s officer to population ratio to two officers per one thousand people; and
- Up to 100% of the cost for law enforcement officers hired with grant money by the municipal police department to attend not less than one seminar relating to fair and impartial policing and one seminar relating to racial sensitivity at the University of Missouri Law Enforcement Training Institute. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
SB 808 (Schroer) – puts St. Louis City police back under a state appointed board of commissioners. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 2/1.
SB 901 (Schroer) – creates the offense of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle if the person knows that a law enforcement officer is attempting to detain the vehicle and the person flees at a high speed which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death or causes physical injury or death to another person. This shall be a class D felony if the person creates a substantial risk of injury, a class B felony is the person causes physical injury, and a class A felony if the person causes death of another. Additionally, a person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if he or she has seen or heard or reasonably should have seen or heard emergency lights or sounds. It shall not be a defense that the law enforcement officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 2/21.
SB 948 (Brattin) – no political subdivision shall adopt any order or ordinance relating to the sale, purchase, or ownership of a firearm unless it conforms exactly with state law. This act adds that any officer of a governing body who violates those provisions shall be subject to a penalty of $1,000 for every offense and shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
SB 1334 (Eigel) – prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from purchasing, installing, or using automated license plate reader systems (ALPRs) as defined in the act, and from accessing or using captured license plate data from vehicles located on public highways. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
SB 1414 (May) – places all municipal police departments under a state board of police commissioners. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. (Oppose)
SJR 72 (Schroer) – constitutional amendment to require the Department of Public Safety to establish a uniform crime reporting system and shall annually determine the most dangerous cities in the state. Each political subdivision in this state shall report their crime statistics. Any political subdivision which fails to do so shall not receive any state funds. The Department shall then develop a policing plan for those cities which shall determine a minimum number of commissioned peace officers required to be on duty. Such cities shall implement the policing plan within 90 days. If any city fails to implement the policing plan, the Attorney General shall file a petition with the circuit court for injunctive relief or a declaratory judgment. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
HB 1462 (Brown) – repeals provisions that prohibit political subdivisions from adopting orders, ordinances, or regulations relating to firearms.
HB 1481 (Christ) – puts St. Louis City police back under a state appointed board of commissioners. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/8. Passed Committee 2/22. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/6. Perfected 3/26. Passed House 3/28.
HB 1601 (Bosley) – requires all peace officers in the state to wear video cameras that include audio and video affixed to their uniforms when they are on duty, with some exceptions. Recordings must be preserved for at least 60 days and the recordings must be made available to the public within 14 days of an incident.
HB 1692 (Sparks) – creates the offense of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle if the person knows that a law enforcement officer is attempting to detain the vehicle and the person flees at a high speed which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death or causes physical injury or death to another person. This shall be a class D felony if the person creates a substantial risk of injury, a class B felony is the person causes physical injury, and a class A felony if the person causes death of another. Additionally, a person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if he or she has seen or heard or reasonably should have seen or heard emergency lights or sounds. It shall not be a defense that the law enforcement officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/8. Passed Committee 2/22. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/4. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 3/27.
HB 2735 (Johnson) – repeals provisions that prohibit political subdivisions from adopting orders, ordinances, or regulations relating to firearms.
HB 2823 (Proudie) – no political subdivision shall penalize a resident, tenant, or landlord for a request to law enforcement or emergency services by or on behalf of a victim of abuse, a victim of a crime, or an individual in an emergency if the contact was made with the reasonable belief that intervention or emergency assistance was necessary to prevent the perpetration or escalation of, or to respond to, such abuse, crime, or emergency or if the intervention or emergency assistance was actually needed in response to such abuse, crime, or emergency.
Taxation & Revenue Bills
SB 725 (Hoskins) – requires political subdivisions to annually reduce current personal property tax rate percentage such that the amount by which the revenue generated by taxes levied on such personal property is reduced is substantially equal to one hundred percent of the growth in revenue generated by real property assessment growth, as defined in the act. Annual reductions shall be made until December 31, 2073. Thereafter, the percentage of true value in money at which personal property is assessed shall be equal to the percentage in effect on December 31, 2023. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 1/16. (Oppose)
SB 733 (Eigel) – similar to SB 725. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 1/16. (Oppose)
SB 777 (Moon) – eliminates food sales from the state 1% education sales tax and authorizes political subdivisions to exempt food from local sales taxes. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee.
SB 879 (Beck) – authorizes municipalities located within St. Louis County to impose a property tax to provide fire protection services, with such tax not to exceed $0.25 per $100 assessed valuation. This act also authorizes fire protection districts and municipalities located within St. Louis County to impose a sales tax of up to 0.5% to provide fire protection services. A fire protection district or municipality imposing a sales tax authorized by this act shall reduce any property tax levy imposed by such district or municipality for the purposes of providing fire protection services such that the revenue generated by such property tax levy is offset in an amount equal to one hundred percent of the amount of revenue generated by the sales tax imposed pursuant to this act. Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 2/26. Passed Committee 3/4. (Oppose fire district sales tax provision)
SB 1086 (Brattin) – identical to SB 725. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. (Oppose)
SJR 53 (Eigel) – constitutional amendment to freeze state revenues and eliminate personal property tax by 2028. Fiscal Oversight Committee. (Oppose)
SJR 82 (Brattin) – replaces real property taxes with a countywide sales tax. General Laws Committee.
HB 1516 (Murphy) – eliminates St. Louis City earnings tax for remote workers. Economic Development Committee. Heard 1/31. Passed committee 2/21. Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/6. Perfected 3/11. Passed House 3/27.
HB 1527 (Buchheit-Courtway) – specifies that motor vehicles seven years of age or older, based on the model year and used solely for noncommercial purposes, will be assessed at 5% of their true value in money. Transportation Infrastructure Committee. Heard 3/6.
HB 1667 (Matthiesen) – authorizes taxpayers to submit petitions to reduce local tax rate levies up to 5%. Property Tax Reform Committee. Heard 3/6.
HB 1669 (Matthiesen) – exempts vehicles from personal property taxes upon adoption of a constitutional amendment. Property Tax Reform Committee. Heard 2/28. Failed Committee 3/27. (Oppose)
HB 2231 (Merideth) – allows political subdivisions to tax tobacco products.
HB 2908 (Merideth) – allows counties to enact an earnings tax to replace property taxes.
HJR 82 (Seitz) – constitutional amendment provides that any individual 65 years or older that has a Missouri taxable income of less than $45,000 will not be subject to or liable for any property tax. Property Tax Reform Committee. Heard 3/13.
HJR 85 (Terry) – constitutional amendment provides that residential property shall be assessed at 50% of the value at which such property would otherwise be assessed if the property owner is a senior or disabled. Property Tax Reform Committee.
HJR 88 (Matthiesen) – constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to eliminate personal property taxes. Property Tax Reform Committee. Heard 2/28. (Oppose)
Transportation and Vehicle Bills
SB 953 (Moon) – repeals the gas tax increase. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. (Oppose)
SB 1269 (Schroer) – prohibits political subdivisions from using automated photo red light enforcement systems to enforce red light violations. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. (Oppose)
SB 1377 (Cierpiot) – prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from purchasing, installing, or using automated license plate reader systems and from accessing or using captured license plate data from vehicles located on public highways. Referred Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee.
HB 1511 (Murphy) – requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such station. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/10. Passed Committee 1/17. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. Perfected 2/5. Passed House 2/8. Senate Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 3/11. Passed Committee 4/2.
HB 2550 (Fountain Henderson) – establishes requirements for speed humps installed for traffic calming purposes.
HB 2842 (Lovasco) – prohibits political subdivisions from using traffic cameras to enforce red light violations, speed law and other traffic laws. (Oppose).
HB 2849 (Mayhew) – prohibits political subdivisions from using automated photo red light enforcement systems to enforce red light violations. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 3/14. (Oppose)
HB 2899 (Murphy) – changes control and operation of Lambert Airport from St. Louis City to the Regional Airport Authority.
Utility & Broadband Bills
SB 803 (Trent) – modifies the definition of “video service” to include the provision of video programming by a video service provider provided through wireline facilities located in a public right-of-way without regard to the delivery technology. “Video service” does not include any video programming accessed via a service that enables users to access content over the internet, including streaming content. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. (Oppose)
SB 947 (Thompson Rehder) – identical to SB 803. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 2/27. Passed Committee 2/27. (Oppose)
SB 999 (Hoskins) – identical to SB 803. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. (Oppose)
SB 1018 (Justin Brown) – a municipality shall reimburse any nonrate regulated utility provider, as defined in the act, from its treasury for any costs associated with facility relocation required due to road maintenance or construction. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/26. Passed Committee 4/2. (Oppose)
SB 1205 (McCreery) – completion of the Task Force on the Future of Right-of-Way Management and Taxation report of its activities for submission to the General Assembly shall be submitted no later than December 31, 2025, instead of December 31, 2023, as currently provided. The Task Force shall expire on December 31, 2025, instead of on December 31, 2023, as currently provided. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. (Support)
SB 1316 (Cierpiot) – identical to SB 803. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. (Oppose)
SB 1411 (May) – extends the expiration date for the task force on right-of-way management to 12/31/29. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/12. Passed Committee 3/26.
SB 1418 (Ben Brown) – prohibits cities from enacting gross receipts-based taxes on telcom services. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee.
HB 1816 (Riggs) – establishes a broadband development council. Workforce & Infrastructure Development Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 3/7. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/26.
HB 1995 (Perkins) – repeals the expiration date of the Uniform Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act. Utilities Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 1/24. Consent & House Procedures Committee. Passed Committee Consent 2/13. Perfected 3/12. Perfected 3/12. 3rd Reading Calendar.
HB 2057 (Keathley) – excludes streaming services from the definition of video services thus eliminating streaming services from local fees. Utilities Committee. Heard 1/10. Passed Committee 1/24. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/5. Perfected 2/21. Passed House 2/29. Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/26. Passed Committee 4/3. (Oppose)
HB 2281 (Knight) – identical to HB 2057.
HB 2409 (Falkner) – extends the expiration date for the task force on right-of-way management to 12/31/26. Local Government Committee. Heard 3/26. Passed Committee 4/2.
HB 2501 (Farnan) – identical to HB 1995. Utilities Committee. Heard 3/6. Passed Committee 3/13.
HB2549 (Christ) – identical to HB 1995.
HB 2606 (McGirl) – establishes the “Municipal Telecommunications Business License Tax Modernization Act” which would prohibit city class actions to enforce telcom taxes. The bill also caps tax rates at 5% and does not authorize any increases. It also limits the tax base to sales tax base and abrogates court victories applying tax more broadly such as the recent case against Charter. (Oppose)
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March 29, 2024
Hearings continue but the main focus is now floor debate. Each week we will send out an update report showing bill actions during the week. Below are summaries of bills of interest. Changes from the last report, including committee assignments and hearings, are noted in red.
Priority Bills
SB 1062 (Coleman) – eliminates sales tax on food over a four-year period. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 3/25. Could be voted on April 2. (Oppose)
SB 1115 (Schroer) – provides that when a juvenile officer makes a risk and needs assessment of a child, he or she shall use a cumulative total of points assessed for all alleged offenses committed to determine whether or not the court shall order the child to be detained. Judiciary & Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Heard 1/29. Passed Committee 2/5. (Support)
SB 1252 (Rehder) – exempts food from sales tax. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. (Oppose)
HB1418 (Sauls) – exempts food from sales tax. (Oppose)
HB1464 (Sander) – similar HB 1418. (Oppose)
HB 2055 (Keathley) – exempts food from sales tax over a four-year period. (Oppose)
HB 2174 (Schnelting) – similar to HB 1418 (Oppose)
HB 2273 (Dinkins) – similar to HB 2055. (Oppose)
HB 2401 (Quade) – eliminates the retail sale of food from state and local sales and authorizes certain tax increases to offset lost revenues, subject to voter approval.
HB 2815 (Merideth) – similar to HB 1418. (Oppose)
HB 2887 (Windham) – similar to HB 1418. (Oppose)
Court Bills
HB 1796 (Mackey) – eliminates municipal courts and requires all trials in the circuit court. (Oppose)
Economic Development Bills
SB 750 (Hough) – authorizes St. Louis County and any municipality with more than 1,500 inhabitants and not located in St. Louis County to establish a land bank. Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/25. Perfection Calendar. (Support)
SB 919 (Koenig) – requires community improvement districts to be approved by a 2/3 vote of the governing body if a sales tax is proposed. Also requires a 2/3 vote of the highway commission or local transportation authority if a sales tax is proposed. Local Government & Elections Committee.
SB1210 (Arthur) – allows a school district to exclude real property from a proposed tax increment financing redevelopment area if the school district determines that such redevelopment area will have an adverse effect on such school district. The school district shall adopt a resolution making such determination and shall deliver the resolution to the municipality establishing the redevelopment area. Within thirty days of receiving the resolution, the municipality shall remove such property from the redevelopment area or terminate the redevelopment area. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee.
SB 1242 (Washington) – modifies the definition of “blighted area” for the purposes of tax increment financing (TIF). Such areas shall be in a distressed community and be insanitary or unsafe for living or working; shall have unemployment one and one-half times greater than the average for the state; or have a median household income of less than fifty percent of the median household income of the metropolitan statistical area in which the area is located. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 2/26.
HB 2058 (Keathley) – requires CIDs and TDDs to be unanimously approved by 2/3 vote of the governing body. Also prohibits resubmission of failed tax proposals for two years unless the proposal is substantially changed. The bill also excludes streaming services from the definition of video services thus eliminating streaming services from local fees. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 2/14. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/15. 3rd Read Calendar (Oppose)
HB 2065 (Owen) – authorizes St. Louis County and any municipality with more than 1,500 inhabitants and not located in St. Louis County to establish a land bank. Local Government Committee. Heard 2/13. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/4. Perfected 3/6. Passed House 3/11. Senate Emerging Issues Committee. (Support)
Election Bills
SB 774 (Gannon) – changes the filing period for April elections to 8:00 a.m. on the 16th Tuesday prior to the election until 5:00 p.m. on the 13th Tuesday prior to the election, unless the 13th Tuesday prior to an election falls on a holiday, then the closing of filing shall be at 5:00 p.m. on the next day that is not a holiday. Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 2/5. Passed Committee 2/12. (Support)
SB 856 (O’Laughlin) – under current law, mayors of 3rd and 4th class cities must be a resident of such city at the time of the election and for a certain time period before the election. This act modifies that provision to provide that a person must be a resident of the county in which such city is located at the time of the election and for a certain time period before the election and the city must have a population under 5000. Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 2/12. Passed Committee 2/26. (Oppose)
SB 926 (Crawford) – contains same filing provisions as SB 774 and other election revisions. Local Government & Elections Committee.
SB 929 (Cierpiot) – 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 – August or November of even numbered years. Local Government & Elections Committee. (Oppose)
HB1517 (Murphy) – requires election issues to be labeled in alphabetical or numerical order. Tax Reform Committee. Heard 1/23. Passed Committee 3/12.
HB 1604 (Hinman) – changes the filing period for April elections to the 16th Tuesday prior to the election to the 13th Tuesday prior to the election, unless the 13th Tuesday prior to an election falls on a holiday, then the closing of filing shall be the next day that is not a holiday. Elections Committee. Heard 1/9. Passed Committee Consent (Non-controversial) 1/30. Referred Consent & House Procedures Committee. Passed Committee 2/13. Passed Rules Committee 2/13 Consent. Passed House 3/7. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee. Hearing 4/2.
HB 2061 (Keathley) – prohibits resubmission of failed tax election for four years unless the proposal is substantially changed. Tax Reform Committee. Heard 2/13. Passed Committee 2/20. (Oppose)
HB 2140 (McGaugh) – changes filing period to open 16 weeks before election and close 13 weeks before election. Elections Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/30. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/12. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 3/28.
HB 2225 (Bonacker) – changes filing period to open 16 weeks before election and close 11 weeks before election. Elections Committee.
Miscellaneous Bills
SB 911 (Ben Brown)- under this act, the state’s laws shall preempt any local laws, ordinances, orders, rules, or regulations enacted by a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state regulating the sale of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products. Emerging Issues Committee. Heard 2/27. Passed Committee 3/12.
SB 994 (Ben Brown) – provides that when a person submits a request to a political subdivision for a permit to develop property, the political subdivision shall approve or deny the request within 60 days upon the receipt of the request from an applicant. If the political subdivision fails to approve or deny the request within 60 days, then the request is approved. If the political subdivision denies the request, the political subdivision shall provide in writing the reasons for the denial. Local Government & Elections Committee.
SB 1346 (Trent) – as it relates to political subdivisions purchasing liability insurance for tort claims made against the political subdivision, this act defines the term “purchase” to refer only to the direct acquisition of insurance coverage by a governing body and not any indirect action by contract or otherwise. Insurance & Banking Committee. Heard 2/6. Passed Committee 3/5. (Support)
SB 1362 (Crawford) – Modifies provisions relating to financial statements of certain local governments, allows State Auditor to wave fines for failure to submit annual financial report in certain situations. Local Government and Elections. Heard 2/12. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfection Calendar. (Support)
HB 1635 (Terry) – establishes term limits of 8 years for mayors and alderpersons in 4th class cities.
HB 1720 (Falkner) – defines as closed records email addresses and telephone numbers submitted to a public governmental body by individuals or entities for the sole purpose of receiving electronic or other communications limited to newsletters, notifications, advisories, alerts, and periodic reports. Local Government Committee. Heard 1/16. Passed Committee 1/23. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. House Perfection Calendar. Perfected 2/6. Passed House 2/8. Senate Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 3/25. (Support)
HB 1724 (Falkner) – no public official or other person who would otherwise be personally liable under applicable law or at equity to a contractor, subcontractor, supplier at any tier, or otherwise, by reason of the failure of a public entity to require a contractor to furnish a payment bond as required by this section shall be so liable unless the contractor provides, prior to the time the contract is executed, to the presiding official or officer and to the secretary, clerk, or similar official or officer of the public entity a written notice identifying the persons who will have personal liability for payment. Financial Institutions Committee. Heard 3/5. Passed Committee 3/12. (Support)
HB 1809 (Wright) – establishes authority for cities to issue municipal search warrants for ordinance violations.
HB 1902 (Proudie) – specifies that limited liability companies that own real property in St. Louis County must designate a contact person with the county clerk.
HB 1931 (Toalson-Reisch) – eliminates prevailing wage on public works projects.
HB 2060 (Keathley) – enacts state pre-emption of local authority over tobacco products and sales. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 3/6. Passed Committee 3/13.
HB 2206 (West) – requires public comment and establishes procedures for public comment at local government meetings. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 3/6.
HB 2279 (Toalson Reisch) – requires city populations to be posted on city limits signs. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 1/18. Passed Committee 2/8. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/19. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
HB 2282 (Lovasco) – no political subdivision shall require an exempt homeowner to obtain any license, certification, or professional registration or submit to any examination or testing as a condition of applying for or utilizing a building or construction permit, provided all 8 work is performed by the owner or other current resident. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/31. Passed Committee 2/14. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Emerging Issues Committee.
HB 2284 (Lovasco) – limits authority of political subdivisions to restrict parking of unlicensed vehicles or to restrict usage of property.
HB 2292 (Falkner) – establishes provisions governing no-impact, home-based businesses. General Laws Committee. (Support)
HB 2328 (Casteel) – requires public notices that are filed in newspaper to also be filed on the Secretary of State website. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 3/6.
HB 2380 (Brown) – prohibits political subdivisions from requiring a home inspection before the sale of residential property. Small Business Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 1/23. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. Perfection Calendar.
HB 2385 (Keathley) – prohibits local governments from requiring private property owners to accept Section 8 vouchers. General Laws Committee. Heard 1/30. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/26. . Perfected 3/5. Passed House 3/7. Senate Emerging Issues Committee.
HB 2419 (Burnett) – repeals the state prohibition of local governments regulating paper and plastic bags.
HB 2526 (Owen) – establishes new procedures for municipalities to select repositories of public funds. Financial Institutions Committee. Heard 3/12. Passed Committee 3/26.
HB 2533 (Morse) – prohibits the state and any political subdivision from requiring businesses to be open on Sundays. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 3/14.
HB 2611 (Gray) – prohibits 3rd & 4th cities in St. Louis County from imposing a fee for a false alarm to which the police department responds if it is the alarm user’s first false alarm in a twelve-month period.
HB 2870 (Casteel) – establishes a Missouri Building Code to be adopted by political subdivisions.
HB 2925 (Stacy) – requires local budgets to be submitted to members of the governing body at least 7 days prior to the scheduled approval vote.
Personnel & Employment Bills
SB 1066 (Ben Brown) – Under current law, state minimum wage laws preempt and nullify all political subdivision ordinances, rules, and regulations relating to the establishment or enforcement of a minimum or living wage or the provision of employment benefits that exceed state laws, rules, or regulations. This act adds to the list of political subdivision policies, ordinances, or resolutions that may not be enacted to include the following:
- Those that regulate the information an employer or potential employer shall request, require, or exclude on an application for employment from an employee or prospective employee.
- Those that regulate work stoppage or strike activity of employers and its employees or the means by which employees may organize;
- Those requiring an employer to provide to an employee paid or unpaid leave time;
- Those regulating the hours and scheduling that an employer is required to provide to employees;
- Those requiring an employer or its employees to participate in any educational apprenticeship or apprenticeship training program that is not required by state or federal law; and
- Those regulating or creating administrative or judicial remedies for wage, hour, or benefit disputes, including, but not limited to, any benefits described in this subsection. Local Government & Elections Committee.
HB 1735 (Crossley) – establishes the “First Responders’ Bill of Rights” and provisions relating to investigations of first responders.
HB 1769 (Perkins) – establishes a disciplinary procedure process for firefighters. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 1/18. Passed Committee 2/1.
HB 1861 (Sauls) – establishes a procedure for investigations of firefighters.
HB 2056 (Keathley) – requires municipalities to reimburse telcom providers for site relocation costs incurred due to road maintenance. General Laws Committee. Heard 1/30. Passed Committee 2/20. Referred Rules Committee.
HB 2459 (Ealy) – similar to HB 1861.
HB 2817 (Sauls) – adds additional job-related conditions as covered injuries under the workers comp law for public safety officers.
Public Safety Bills
SB 730 (Rowden) – establishes a pilot program known as the “Community Crime Reduction Grant Program” which shall provide money to municipal police departments that apply to the Department of Public Safety for a grant for
- Up to 50% of the cost of employing new law enforcement officers needed to raise the department’s officer to population ratio to two officers per one thousand people; and
- Up to 100% of the cost for law enforcement officers hired with grant money by the municipal police department to attend not less than one seminar relating to fair and impartial policing and one seminar relating to racial sensitivity at the University of Missouri Law Enforcement Training Institute. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
SB 808 (Schroer) – puts St. Louis City police back under a state appointed board of commissioners. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 2/1.
SB 901 (Schroer) – creates the offense of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle if the person knows that a law enforcement officer is attempting to detain the vehicle and the person flees at a high speed which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death or causes physical injury or death to another person. This shall be a class D felony if the person creates a substantial risk of injury, a class B felony is the person causes physical injury, and a class A felony if the person causes death of another. Additionally, a person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if he or she has seen or heard or reasonably should have seen or heard emergency lights or sounds. It shall not be a defense that the law enforcement officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 2/21.
SB 948 (Brattin) – no political subdivision shall adopt any order or ordinance relating to the sale, purchase, or ownership of a firearm unless it conforms exactly with state law. This act adds that any officer of a governing body who violates those provisions shall be subject to a penalty of $1,000 for every offense and shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
SB 1334 (Eigel) – prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from purchasing, installing, or using automated license plate reader systems (ALPRs) as defined in the act, and from accessing or using captured license plate data from vehicles located on public highways. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
SB 1414 (May) – places all municipal police departments under a state board of police commissioners. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. (Oppose)
SJR 72 (Schroer) – constitutional amendment to require the Department of Public Safety to establish a uniform crime reporting system and shall annually determine the most dangerous cities in the state. Each political subdivision in this state shall report their crime statistics. Any political subdivision which fails to do so shall not receive any state funds. The Department shall then develop a policing plan for those cities which shall determine a minimum number of commissioned peace officers required to be on duty. Such cities shall implement the policing plan within 90 days. If any city fails to implement the policing plan, the Attorney General shall file a petition with the circuit court for injunctive relief or a declaratory judgment. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee.
HB 1462 (Brown) – repeals provisions that prohibit political subdivisions from adopting orders, ordinances, or regulations relating to firearms.
HB 1481 (Christ) – puts St. Louis City police back under a state appointed board of commissioners. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/8. Passed Committee 2/22. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/6. Perfected 3/26. Passed House 3/28.
HB 1601 (Bosley) – requires all peace officers in the state to wear video cameras that include audio and video affixed to their uniforms when they are on duty, with some exceptions. Recordings must be preserved for at least 60 days and the recordings must be made available to the public within 14 days of an incident.
HB 1692 (Sparks) – creates the offense of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle if the person knows that a law enforcement officer is attempting to detain the vehicle and the person flees at a high speed which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death or causes physical injury or death to another person. This shall be a class D felony if the person creates a substantial risk of injury, a class B felony is the person causes physical injury, and a class A felony if the person causes death of another. Additionally, a person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if he or she has seen or heard or reasonably should have seen or heard emergency lights or sounds. It shall not be a defense that the law enforcement officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee. Heard 2/8. Passed Committee 2/22. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/4. Perfected 3/12. Passed House 3/27.
HB 2735 (Johnson) – repeals provisions that prohibit political subdivisions from adopting orders, ordinances, or regulations relating to firearms.
HB 2823 (Proudie) – no political subdivision shall penalize a resident, tenant, or landlord for a request to law enforcement or emergency services by or on behalf of a victim of abuse, a victim of a crime, or an individual in an emergency if the contact was made with the reasonable belief that intervention or emergency assistance was necessary to prevent the perpetration or escalation of, or to respond to, such abuse, crime, or emergency or if the intervention or emergency assistance was actually needed in response to such abuse, crime, or emergency.
Taxation & Revenue Bills
SB 725 (Hoskins) – requires political subdivisions to annually reduce current personal property tax rate percentage such that the amount by which the revenue generated by taxes levied on such personal property is reduced is substantially equal to one hundred percent of the growth in revenue generated by real property assessment growth, as defined in the act. Annual reductions shall be made until December 31, 2073. Thereafter, the percentage of true value in money at which personal property is assessed shall be equal to the percentage in effect on December 31, 2023. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 1/16. (Oppose)
SB 733 (Eigel) – similar to SB 725. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 1/16. (Oppose)
SB 777 (Moon) – eliminates food sales from the state 1% education sales tax and authorizes political subdivisions to exempt food from local sales taxes. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee.
SB 879 (Beck) – authorizes municipalities located within St. Louis County to impose a property tax to provide fire protection services, with such tax not to exceed $0.25 per $100 assessed valuation. This act also authorizes fire protection districts and municipalities located within St. Louis County to impose a sales tax of up to 0.5% to provide fire protection services. A fire protection district or municipality imposing a sales tax authorized by this act shall reduce any property tax levy imposed by such district or municipality for the purposes of providing fire protection services such that the revenue generated by such property tax levy is offset in an amount equal to one hundred percent of the amount of revenue generated by the sales tax imposed pursuant to this act. Local Government & Elections Committee. Heard 2/26. Passed Committee 3/4. (Oppose fire district sales tax provision)
SB 1086 (Brattin) – identical to SB 725. Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. (Oppose)
SJR 53 (Eigel) – constitutional amendment to freeze state revenues and eliminate personal property tax by 2028. Fiscal Oversight Committee. (Oppose)
SJR 82 (Brattin) – replaces real property taxes with a countywide sales tax. General Laws Committee.
HB 1527 (Buchheit-Courtway) – specifies that motor vehicles seven years of age or older, based on the model year and used solely for noncommercial purposes, will be assessed at 5% of their true value in money. Transportation Infrastructure Committee. Heard 3/6.
HB 1667 (Matthiesen) – authorizes taxpayers to submit petitions to reduce local tax rate levies up to 5%. Property Tax Reform Committee. Heard 3/6.
HB 1669 (Matthiesen) – exempts vehicles from personal property taxes upon adoption of a constitutional amendment. Property Tax Reform Committee. Heard 2/28. Failed Committee 3/27. (Oppose)
HB 2231 (Merideth) – allows political subdivisions to tax tobacco products.
HB 2908 (Merideth) – allows counties to enact an earnings tax to replace property taxes.
HJR 82 (Seitz) – constitutional amendment provides that any individual 65 years or older that has a Missouri taxable income of less than $45,000 will not be subject to or liable for any property tax. Property Tax Reform Committee. Heard 3/13.
HJR 85 (Terry) – constitutional amendment provides that residential property shall be assessed at 50% of the value at which such property would otherwise be assessed if the property owner is a senior or disabled. Property Tax Reform Committee.
HJR 88 (Matthiesen) – constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to eliminate personal property taxes. Property Tax Reform Committee. Heard 2/28. (Oppose)
Transportation and Vehicle Bills
SB 953 (Moon) – repeals the gas tax increase. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. (Oppose)
SB 1269 (Schroer) – prohibits political subdivisions from using automated photo red light enforcement systems to enforce red light violations. Transportation, Infrastructure & Public Safety Committee. (Oppose)
SB 1377 (Cierpiot) – prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from purchasing, installing, or using automated license plate reader systems and from accessing or using captured license plate data from vehicles located on public highways. Referred Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee.
HB 1511 (Murphy) – requires political subdivisions that require the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay the costs associated with the installation, maintenance, and operation of such station. Government Efficiency & Downsizing Committee. Heard 1/10. Passed Committee 1/17. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 1/29. Perfected 2/5. Passed House 2/8. Senate Economic Development & Tax Policy Committee. Heard 3/11.
HB 2550 (Fountain Henderson) – establishes requirements for speed humps installed for traffic calming purposes.
HB 2842 (Lovasco) – prohibits political subdivisions from using traffic cameras to enforce red light violations, speed law and other traffic laws. (Oppose).
HB 2849 (Mayhew) – prohibits political subdivisions from using automated photo red light enforcement systems to enforce red light violations. Transportation Accountability Committee. Heard 3/14. (Oppose)
HB 2899 (Murphy) – changes control and operation of Lambert Airport from St. Louis City to the Regional Airport Authority.
Utility & Broadband Bills
SB 803 (Trent) – modifies the definition of “video service” to include the provision of video programming by a video service provider provided through wireline facilities located in a public right-of-way without regard to the delivery technology. “Video service” does not include any video programming accessed via a service that enables users to access content over the internet, including streaming content. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. (Oppose)
SB 947 (Thompson Rehder) – identical to SB 803. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 2/27. Passed Committee 2/27. (Oppose)
SB 999 (Hoskins) – identical to SB 803. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. (Oppose)
SB 1018 (Justin Brown) – whenever the state or a municipality requires a broadband or a video service provider to relocate their telecommunications infrastructure installed for the purpose of delivering internet and video service to customers, the state or the municipality shall reimburse the internet and video service providers for all relocation costs. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/26. (Oppose)
SB 1205 (McCreery) – completion of the Task Force on the Future of Right-of-Way Management and Taxation report of its activities for submission to the General Assembly shall be submitted no later than December 31, 2025, instead of December 31, 2023, as currently provided. The Task Force shall expire on December 31, 2025, instead of on December 31, 2023, as currently provided. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. (Support)
SB 1316 (Cierpiot) – identical to SB 803. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. (Oppose)
SB 1411 (May) – extends the expiration date for the task force on right-of-way management to 12/31/29. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/12. Passed Committee 3/26.
SB 1418 (Ben Brown) – prohibits cities from enacting gross receipts-based taxes on telcom services. Commerce, Consumer Protection Energy & Environment Committee.
HB 1816 (Riggs) – establishes a broadband development council. Workforce & Infrastructure Development Committee. Heard 2/7. Passed Committee 3/7. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 3/26.
HB 1995 (Perkins) – repeals the expiration date of the Uniform Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act. Utilities Committee. Heard 1/17. Passed Committee 1/24. Consent & House Procedures Committee. Passed Committee Consent 2/13. Perfected 3/12. 3rd Read Calendar.
HB 2057 (Keathley) – excludes streaming services from the definition of video services thus eliminating streaming services from local fees. Utilities Committee. Heard 1/10. Passed Committee 1/24. Referred Rules Committee. Passed Committee 2/5. Perfected 2/21. Passed House 2/29. Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & Environment Committee. Heard 3/26. (Oppose)
HB 2281 (Knight) – identical to HB 2057.
HB 2409 (Falkner) – extends the expiration date for the task force on right-of-way management to 12/31/26. Local Government Committee. Heard 3/26.
HB 2501 (Farnan) – identical to HB 1995. Utilities Committee. Heard 3/6. Passed Committee 3/13.
HB2549 (Christ) – identical to HB 1995.
HB 2606 (McGirl) – establishes the “Municipal Telecommunications Business License Tax Modernization Act” which would prohibit city class actions to enforce telcom taxes. The bill also caps tax rates at 5% and does not authorize any increases. It also limits the tax base to sales tax base and abrogates court victories applying tax more broadly such as the recent case against Charter. (Oppose)
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