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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri allows regular first-class mail for state tax deficiency notices and updates ethics and blind pension mailing rules
Last action · May 6, 2026: Delivered to Secretary of State (G)Sponsors: Dave Griffith and 16 others
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What This Bill Does
State agencies may now send certain campaign finance, tax deficiency, and blind pension notices using regular first-class mail instead of requiring certified or registered mail in every instance. The bill also authorizes the Department of Revenue to issue free nondriver's license cards to blind individuals who relinquish a driver's license, and sets requirements for adverse action notices under the blind pension program.
Changes how state agencies communicate official legal and financial notices to taxpayers, campaign committees, and blind pension recipients, shifting certain mandatory certified mail requirements to regular first-class mail while preserving certified mail safeguards specifically for adverse actions.
- House Bill 2180 was introduced during the 2026 Regular Session of the 103rd General Assembly of Missouri. context
- The Missouri Ethics Commission oversees campaign finance disclosure reports and financial interest statements for state and local officials. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Taxpayers
Receive tax deficiency notices via regular first-class mail or electronic delivery instead of certified or registered mail.
Blind pension recipients
Subject to driver's license relinquishment rules upon pension approval and receive mandatory certified mail for adverse actions.
Campaign committees and candidates
Subject to updated notice procedures regarding late filing fees and campaign disclosure reports.
Key Facts
- The executive director of the ethics commission may send campaign finance failure notices without being strictly restricted to registered mail.
- The director of revenue may send tax deficiency notices by regular first-class mail to the taxpayer's last known address or deliver them electronically at the taxpayer's request.
- No tax deficiency shall be proposed and no refund shall be made unless the amount exceeds one dollar.
- Blind pension applicants or recipients must surrender a valid driver's license within sixty days of approval for a blind pension, and the Department of Revenue shall issue a complimentary nondriver's license card upon request.
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- Adverse actions under the blind pension program—such as setting a hearing date or terminating payments—require notice sent by certified mail delivered by the United States Postal Service.
- Unpaid late filing fees assessed by the ethics commission are collected through legal action, and fees not collected within one hundred twenty days result in a petition filed in Cole County circuit court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can the Department of Revenue send tax deficiency notices via regular mail?
What happens if a blind pension recipient holds a valid driver's license?
Are all state notices now sent by regular mail without exceptions?
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Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
47 actions- May 6, 2026HouseDelivered to Secretary of State (G)
- May 6, 2026Governor of MissouriEnrolledApproved by Governor (G)
- Apr 23, 2026Governor of MissouriDelivered to Governor
- Apr 23, 2026SenateSigned by President Pro Tem (S)
- Apr 23, 2026HouseSigned by House Speaker (H)
- Apr 20, 2026HouseHouse Message (H)
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- Apr 20, 2026HouseTruly Agreed To and Finally Passed
- Apr 20, 2026HouseHouse Adopts (H)
- Apr 20, 2026HouseTaken Up
- Apr 20, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Apr 20, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Apr 20, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Apr 16, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Fiscal Review(H)
- Apr 16, 2026HouseReported to the House with... (H)
- Apr 15, 2026SenateFloorThird Read and Passed (S)
- Apr 15, 2026SenateSCS Adopted (S)
- Apr 15, 2026SenateTaken Up for Third Reading (S)
- Apr 13, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Do Pass (S)
- Apr 13, 2026SenateCommitteeVoted Do Pass (S)
- Apr 13, 2026SenateExecutive Session Held (S)
- Apr 13, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Held (S)
- Apr 13, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Scheduled (S)
- Apr 1, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred: Fiscal Oversight(S)
- Mar 25, 2026SenateCommitteeSCS Reported Do Pass (S)
- Mar 23, 2026SenateCommitteeSCS Voted Do Pass (S)
- Mar 23, 2026SenateExecutive Session Held (S)
- Mar 2, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Held (S)
- Feb 27, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Scheduled (S)
- Feb 26, 2026SenateCommitteeSecond read and referred: Government Efficiency(S)
- Feb 17, 2026SenateReported to the Senate and First Read (S)
- Feb 12, 2026HouseFloorThird Read and Passed (H)
- Feb 12, 2026HouseTaken Up for Third Reading (H)
- Feb 10, 2026HousePerfected with Amendments (H)
- Feb 10, 2026HouseTitle of Bill - Agreed To
- Feb 10, 2026HouseTaken Up for Perfection (H)
- Feb 3, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Feb 3, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Feb 3, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Jan 29, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Rules - Administrative(H)
- Jan 22, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Jan 21, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Jan 21, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Jan 14, 2026HousePublic Hearing Completed (H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Local Government(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 4, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Shift from Certified to First-Class Mail for Administrative Notices
The legislation systematically replaces requirements for certified or registered mail with regular first-class mail across multiple state departments while retaining certified mail strictly for adverse pension actions.
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Analysis Score
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- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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