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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 4 appropriates $5.79 billion for the Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2026
Last action · November 25, 2025: Message Received from the Governor, pursuant to Article IV, Section 27Sponsor: Dirk Deaton
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What This Bill Would Do
This appropriations measure allocates $5.79 billion across the Department of Revenue and the Department of Transportation for the period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026. The funding covers administrative operations, tax collection, highway construction, on state road bonds, transit programs, aviation, and waterways. The legislation sets personnel caps at 1,324.05 full-time equivalent employees for the Department of Revenue and 6,662.73 for the Department of Transportation.
Residents across Missouri will see billions directed toward road construction, public transit, highway safety, and tax administration, alongside specific funding allocations for local infrastructure projects and bridge repairs.
- House Bill 4 is part of the standard annual state appropriations process in Missouri, funding executive departments and constitutional obligations for the upcoming fiscal year. context
- Article IV, Section 28 of the Missouri Constitution governs the expenditure of funds appropriated out of the State Treasury. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Revenue
Receives funding and personnel caps to execute tax collection, driver licensing, and administrative duties.
Department of Transportation
Receives funding and personnel caps to construct and maintain state highways, bridges, transit, aviation, and waterways.
State employees
Personnel service allocations and salary adjustments in accordance with Section 105.005, RSMo, apply to departmental staff.
Local political subdivisions
Eligible for distributions from motor fuel taxes, property tax offset funds, transit grants, and specific local road improvement allocations.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently filed. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Committee.
Procedural history
1 action- Nov 25, 2025Governor of MissouriMessage Received from the Governor, pursuant to Article IV, Section 27
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
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General Revenue Bond Debt Service Transfers
The state utilizes General Revenue transfers to service bonds for major highway corridors like I-70 and I-44, directing hundreds of millions toward capital infrastructure projects.
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- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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