{"id":8742,"date":"2026-02-18T08:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:36:08","slug":"missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri House sends property tax overhaul bill back to committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tim-Taylor-tax-hearing-20250716-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Tim Taylor, a Boonville Republican, chairs the Missouri House Special Interim Committee on Property Tax Reform (Rudi Keller\/Missouri Independent).<\/p>\n<p>A major property tax reform bill in the Missouri House was sent back to a special committee Tuesday over concerns that the bill needed more changes.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by state Rep. Tim Taylor, a Republican from Bunceton, the wide-ranging bill would change how property taxes are calculated and when property tax measures are voted on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been concerns with this bill, and from the very beginning we have strived to try to do the very best we can,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cIt was finally decided, after many meetings, that we\u2019re going to bring it back to our committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Special Committee on Property Tax Reform was formed last June to examine Missouri\u2019s property tax system and recommend solutions. Six informational hearings were held across the state last summer by the committee to allow Missouri residents to share their perspectives on rising property taxes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mWMronkNKk\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2026\/02\/16\/missouri-property-tax-overhaul-bill-may-inadvertently-move-municipal-elections-to-november\/\">Missouri property tax overhaul bill may inadvertently move municipal elections to November<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>State Rep. Kathy Steinhoff, a Democrat from Columbia, who is also the ranking minority member for the committee, commended Taylor for his leadership and his decision to send the bill back to the committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank you for your leadership and having it go back,\u201d Steinhoff said. \u201cI think that is a good place for it to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steinhoff said that she believes the bill was sent back to committee because of needed clarification over a provision of the bill that would change when voters approve property tax levies from April to November.<\/p>\n<p>Steinhoff also said that because the House did not thoroughly debate the bill on the floor, she believes the move back to committee is a wise decision.<\/p>\n<p>The House initially voted to move the bill forward last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the assessed value used to determine if property tax rollbacks are required is being diluted because the assessed values on all property classes \u2014 residential, commercial and agricultural \u2014 in a taxing district are lumped together.<\/p>\n<p>The central provision of the bill is the \u201csiloing\u201d of tax subclasses. This would stop increases in assessed value in one subclass from being diluted by stagnant values in another, allowing the state constitution\u2019s Hancock Amendment to take effect and limit how much personal property taxes can increase.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would also move voting for property tax measures from April elections to November, something that drew concerns from representatives when the bill was brought to the floor last week.<\/p>\n<p>As the bill returns to committee, it will revert to its original form, removing all amendments made on the House floor last week, Taylor said. He added that another public hearing will be held for the bill. On Tuesday, Taylor indicated that he is open to including other amendments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said \u2018Bring everything you\u2019ve got,\u2019\u201d Steinhoff said. \u201cI think he is open to hearing some other ideas of what could be included.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This story originally appeared in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiamissourian.com\/news\/state_news\/major-property-tax-bill-sent-back-to-house-committee\/article_3fe2c9a4-8a2b-44f1-b5fd-4656bb350c72.html#tncms-source=topstory\" target=\"_blank\">Columbia Missourian<\/a>. It can be republished in print or online.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Rep. Tim Taylor, a Boonville Republican, chairs the Missouri House Special Interim Committee on Property Tax Reform (Rudi Keller\/Missouri Independent). A major property tax reform bill in the Missouri House was sent back to a special committee Tuesday over concerns that the bill needed more changes. Sponsored by state Rep. Tim Taylor, a Republican&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Missouri House sends property tax overhaul bill back to committee - WestplexNews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Missouri House sends property tax overhaul bill back to committee - WestplexNews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"State Rep. Tim Taylor, a Boonville Republican, chairs the Missouri House Special Interim Committee on Property Tax Reform (Rudi Keller\/Missouri Independent). A major property tax reform bill in the Missouri House was sent back to a special committee Tuesday over concerns that the bill needed more changes. Sponsored by state Rep. Tim Taylor, a Republican...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WestplexNews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-18T14:36:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tim-Taylor-tax-hearing-20250716-1024x683.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brad Hildebrand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brad Hildebrand\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brad Hildebrand\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/86ac6e2a917ca881b22f6d55d1b955f0\"},\"headline\":\"Missouri House sends property tax overhaul bill back to committee\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-18T14:36:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/\"},\"wordCount\":525,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tim-Taylor-tax-hearing-20250716-1024x683-x8IkUQ.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/\",\"name\":\"Missouri House sends property tax overhaul bill back to committee - WestplexNews.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tim-Taylor-tax-hearing-20250716-1024x683-x8IkUQ.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-18T14:36:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tim-Taylor-tax-hearing-20250716-1024x683-x8IkUQ.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tim-Taylor-tax-hearing-20250716-1024x683-x8IkUQ.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Missouri House sends property tax overhaul bill back to committee\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/\",\"name\":\"WestplexNews.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WestplexNews.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-Westplex-News-MASTER-PNG-CLEAR-CROP-690-X-242.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-Westplex-News-MASTER-PNG-CLEAR-CROP-690-X-242.png\",\"width\":690,\"height\":242,\"caption\":\"WestplexNews.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/86ac6e2a917ca881b22f6d55d1b955f0\",\"name\":\"Brad Hildebrand\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc2f8931c569b15114c958f40a15bda5a2ae504b7f31d3ecf1c2227aa19e0071?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc2f8931c569b15114c958f40a15bda5a2ae504b7f31d3ecf1c2227aa19e0071?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brad Hildebrand\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/Westplexnews.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/author\/bradh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Missouri House sends property tax overhaul bill back to committee - WestplexNews.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Missouri House sends property tax overhaul bill back to committee - WestplexNews.com","og_description":"State Rep. Tim Taylor, a Boonville Republican, chairs the Missouri House Special Interim Committee on Property Tax Reform (Rudi Keller\/Missouri Independent). A major property tax reform bill in the Missouri House was sent back to a special committee Tuesday over concerns that the bill needed more changes. Sponsored by state Rep. Tim Taylor, a Republican...","og_url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/","og_site_name":"WestplexNews.com","article_published_time":"2026-02-18T14:36:08+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tim-Taylor-tax-hearing-20250716-1024x683.jpeg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Brad Hildebrand","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brad Hildebrand","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/"},"author":{"name":"Brad Hildebrand","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/86ac6e2a917ca881b22f6d55d1b955f0"},"headline":"Missouri House sends property tax overhaul bill back to committee","datePublished":"2026-02-18T14:36:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/"},"wordCount":525,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tim-Taylor-tax-hearing-20250716-1024x683-x8IkUQ.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/","url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/","name":"Missouri House sends property tax overhaul bill back to committee - WestplexNews.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tim-Taylor-tax-hearing-20250716-1024x683-x8IkUQ.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-18T14:36:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tim-Taylor-tax-hearing-20250716-1024x683-x8IkUQ.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tim-Taylor-tax-hearing-20250716-1024x683-x8IkUQ.jpg","width":1024,"height":683},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/missouri-house-sends-property-tax-overhaul-bill-back-to-committee\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Missouri House sends property tax overhaul bill back to committee"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/","name":"WestplexNews.com","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#organization","name":"WestplexNews.com","url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-Westplex-News-MASTER-PNG-CLEAR-CROP-690-X-242.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-Westplex-News-MASTER-PNG-CLEAR-CROP-690-X-242.png","width":690,"height":242,"caption":"WestplexNews.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/86ac6e2a917ca881b22f6d55d1b955f0","name":"Brad Hildebrand","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc2f8931c569b15114c958f40a15bda5a2ae504b7f31d3ecf1c2227aa19e0071?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc2f8931c569b15114c958f40a15bda5a2ae504b7f31d3ecf1c2227aa19e0071?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Brad Hildebrand"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/Westplexnews.com"],"url":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/author\/bradh\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}