# Missouri HB2859: Reduces the assessment percentage of certain personal property and provides a personal property tax exemption for certain personal property upon adoption of a constitutional amendment authorizing such exemption

Missouri HB2859, Reduces the assessment percentage of certain personal property and provides a personal property tax exemption for certain personal property upon adoption of a constitutional amendment authorizing such exemption, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Mark Matthiesen (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-04-29 (Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: Missouri HB2859
- State: Missouri
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Reduces the assessment percentage of certain personal property and provides a personal property tax exemption for certain personal property upon adoption of a constitutional amendment authorizing such exemption
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-07
- Last action: 2026-04-29, Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar
- Sponsor: Mark Matthiesen (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (13 yes, 6 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mark Matthiesen (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-17 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 6 | 3 |   |
| 2026-02-02 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 7 | 3 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2026-04-29: Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar (House)
- 2026-04-13: Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (House)
- 2026-04-09: Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-23: Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-11: Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-02: Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-17: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 6 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0 (House)
- 2026-02-16: Voted Do Pass (House)
- 2026-02-16: Executive Session Completed (House)
- 2026-02-11: Referred: Rules - Legislative (House)
- 2026-02-02: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 7 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0 (House)
- 2026-01-29: Voted Do Pass (House)
- 2026-01-29: Executive Session Completed (House)
- 2026-01-20: Public Hearing Completed (House)
- 2026-01-15: Referred: Ways and Means (House)
- 2026-01-08: Read Second Time (House)
- 2026-01-07: Introduced and Read First Time (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-07: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6167H.01I.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB2819: Modifies provisions relating to certain cash transactions requiring rounding to the nearest five cent denomination (signed)
- HB2596: Modifies provisions relating to health benefit plans (signed)
- HB2586: Revises the par value of membership shares and allows for participation in board meetings by telephone or electronic means (signed)
- HB2372: Modifies provisions relating to health care (signed)
- HB1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections (signed)
- HB1867: Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than six percent upon a vote of the people (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/6167H.01I.pdf)

## Related
- [HB2819: Modifies provisions relating to certain cash transactions requiring rounding to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2819-2026)
- [HB2596: Modifies provisions relating to health benefit plans](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2596-2026)
- [HB2586: Revises the par value of membership shares and allows for participation in boar…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2586-2026)
- [HB2372: Modifies provisions relating to health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2372-2026)
- [HB1871: Modifies provisions relating to elections](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1871-2026)
- [HB1867: Authorizes Joplin to increase a transient guest tax for tourism to no more than…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB1867-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB2859-2026 (as of 2026-11-04).