HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 162 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE CHAPPELL.
6534H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment to Article X of the Constitution of Missouri, by adopting one new section relating to voter turnout required for certain property tax elections.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next 2 following the first Monday in November, 2026, or at a special election to be called by the 3 governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for 4 adoption or rejection, the following amendment to Article X of the Constitution of the state of 5 Missouri: Section A. Article X, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adopting one new 2 section, to be known as Section 27, to read as follows: Section 27. Any election on a question that raises property taxes, authorizes a 2 bond that is funded by property taxes, or reauthorizes an existing property tax shall not 3 pass unless: 4 (1) At least twenty percent of eligible voters vote on the question; and 5 (2) A majority of the votes cast are in favor of the question. ✔
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.