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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri Senate Bill 1202 reclassifies broadband equipment for property tax assessment and sets multi-year assessment rates
Last action · February 11, 2026: Voted Do Pass S General Laws CommitteeSponsor: Brad Hudson
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What This Bill Would Do
Senate Bill 1202 classifies machinery and equipment used for broadband communications service as and establishes a new property tax assessment schedule for such equipment placed in service on or after August 28, 2026. Newly installed broadband equipment will be assessed at 12% of its true value from 2027 through 2033, and at 33.3% beginning in 2034.
Property tax assessment rates for broadband infrastructure providers will change according to a fixed multi-year schedule, altering local tax liabilities for telecommunications investments made after August 2026.
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.
Broadband communications service providers
Companies providing broadband services are subject to new property tax assessment subclasses and tiered valuation rates for equipment placed in service after August 28, 2026.
County assessors
Assessors are required to list, classify, and assess the newly categorized broadband equipment according to the updated percentage schedules.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
How will broadband equipment installed after August 28, 2026, be taxed?
What items are included in the definition of broadband communications service equipment?
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Check Your Understanding
1.What assessment percentage does version 5493S.01I of the bill require county assessors to apply to broadband communications machinery and equipment placed in service on or after August 28, 2026, for calendar years 2027 through 2033?
2.What assessment percentage does version 5493S.01I of the bill require county assessors to apply to qualifying broadband communications machinery and equipment for all calendar years beginning on or after January 1, 2034?
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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 11, 2026SenateCommitteeVoted Do Pass S General Laws Committee
- Feb 4, 2026SenateHearing Conducted S General Laws Committee
- Jan 27, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S General Laws 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 5493S.01I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Analysis Score
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- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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