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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri SJR 73 Proposes Homestead Property Tax Exemption and 0.1% Sales Tax
Last action · February 18, 2026: Voted Do Pass S Economic and Workforce Development CommitteeSponsor: Mike Moon
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What This Bill Would Do
This constitutional amendment establishes the Missouri Act, allowing eligible homeowners to exempt their primary residences from real property taxes starting in 2027 while instituting a new 0.1% state sales tax to reimburse local tax jurisdictions.
Homeowners who pay off their mortgages and prepay five years of property taxes can permanently eliminate future property tax bills, while all shoppers statewide will pay an increased sales tax rate.
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.
Missouri homeowners
Homeowners who meet eligibility criteria can exempt their homesteads from real property taxes indefinitely after paying five years of taxes upfront.
Missouri consumers
All shoppers statewide will pay an additional 0.1% state sales tax.
Local taxing jurisdictions
Local jurisdictions will lose property tax revenue from exempt homesteads and receive reimbursements from the state sales tax fund.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the requirements to qualify for the homestead property tax exemption?
How is the revenue loss for local taxing jurisdictions covered?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
5 actions- Feb 18, 2026SenateCommitteeVoted Do Pass S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
- Feb 11, 2026SenateHearing Conducted S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
- Jan 27, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
- Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
- Dec 1, 2025SenatePrefiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. The text on record is the 5339S.03I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Property Tax Replacement via Sales Tax
The measure introduces a novel funding mechanism by swapping local property tax obligations for a statewide sales tax increase.
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Sources
www.senate.mo.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance80How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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