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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 1768 Classifies Short-Term Single-Family Rentals as Residential Property
Last action · May 15, 2026: Referred: Fiscal Review(H)Sponsors: Chris Brown and 5 others
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What This Bill Would Do
House Bill 1768 specifies that single-family homes leased for terms of less than thirty consecutive days by sole proprietors, individuals, partnerships, or limited liability companies must be classified strictly as residential property for tax purposes. The legislation ensures that short-term rentals of single-family dwellings do not automatically trigger commercial property tax classifications.
Property owners who lease single-family homes on a short-term basis are guaranteed residential property tax rates rather than higher commercial rates, affecting local government tax revenues and property assessment practices across Missouri counties.
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.
Property owners
Single-family rental owners have their properties explicitly categorized as residential property for local tax assessment purposes.
County assessors
County assessors must evaluate short-term rental properties under the updated residential classification rules and provide assessment variance data to taxing districts.
Taxing districts
Taxing districts receive assessment data and are authorized to adjust operating levies to recover revenue changes resulting from multi-unit residential reclassifications.
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Procedural history
41 actions- May 15, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Fiscal Review(H)
- May 15, 2026HouseReported to the House with... (H)
- May 15, 2026SenateFloorThird Read and Passed with Amendments (S)
- May 15, 2026SenateSS Adopted (S)
- May 15, 2026HouseSS Offered
- May 15, 2026SenateTaken Up for Third Reading (S)
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- May 7, 2026HousePlaced on Informal Calendar
- May 7, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Do Pass (S)
- May 6, 2026SenateCommitteeVoted Do Pass (S)
- May 6, 2026SenateExecutive Session Held (S)
- Apr 29, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred: Fiscal Oversight(S)
- Apr 28, 2026SenateCommitteeSCS Reported Do Pass (S)
- Apr 20, 2026SenateCommitteeSCS Voted Do Pass (S)
- Apr 20, 2026SenateExecutive Session Held (S)
- Apr 13, 2026SenatePublic Hearing Held (S)
- Apr 8, 2026SenateCommitteeSecond read and referred: Local Government, Elections and Pensions(S)
- Apr 2, 2026SenateReported to the Senate and First Read (S)
- Apr 2, 2026HouseFloorThird Read and Passed (H)
- Apr 2, 2026HouseTaken Up for Third Reading (H)
- Mar 31, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Mar 31, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Mar 31, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Mar 30, 2026HousePlaced on the Informal Third Reading Calendar (H)
- Mar 26, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Fiscal Review(H)
- Mar 25, 2026HousePerfected (H)
- Mar 25, 2026HouseHCS Adopted (H)
- Mar 25, 2026HouseTitle of Bill - Agreed To
- Mar 25, 2026HouseTaken Up for Perfection (H)
- Mar 25, 2026HousePlaced on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Do Pass (H)
- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeVoted Do Pass (H)
- Mar 10, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Mar 4, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Rules - Legislative(H)
- Mar 4, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Reported Do Pass (H)
- Feb 17, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Voted Do Pass (H)
- Feb 17, 2026HouseExecutive Session Completed (H)
- Feb 10, 2026HousePublic Hearing Completed (H)
- Jan 29, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Special Committee on Property Tax Reform(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 1, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
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