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Missouri Allow Legislature to Limit Property Tax Assessment Increases Amendment (2022)

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Missouri Allow Legislature to Limit Property Tax Assessment Increases Amendment (2022)
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Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
Taxes
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

The Missouri Allow Legislature to Limit Property Tax Assessment Increases Amendment was not on the ballot in Missouri as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.[1]

This amendment would have allowed the legislature by law to limit how much the assessed value of real property could increase from one assessment to the next.[2]

Text of the measure

Constitutional changes

See also: Article X, Missouri Constitution

The measure would have added a subsection to section 4(b) of Article X of the state constitution. The full text of the amendment is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Missouri Constitution

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a simple majority vote is required in both the Missouri State Senate and the Missouri House of Representatives.

On April 20, 2022, the state Senate approved Senate Joint Resolution 39 proposing this amendment by a vote of 27-7.[1] This measure did not receive a vote in the state House before the legislative session adjourned.

Vote in the Missouri State Senate
April 20, 2022
Requirement:
Number of yes votes required: 18  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total2770
Total percent79.41%20.59%0.00%
Democrat460
Republican2310

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