# Missouri HB988: 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 HB988, 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 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Mark Matthiesen (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-04-17 (Reported Do Pass - AYES: 6 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Missouri HB988
- State: Missouri
- Session: 2025 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: 2025-01-22
- Last action: 2025-04-17, Reported Do Pass - AYES: 6 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0
- Sponsor: Mark Matthiesen (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (11 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-17 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 6 | 3 |   |
| 2025-03-26 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 5 | 3 |   |

## Actions (12)

- 2025-04-17: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 6 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0 (House)
- 2025-04-17: Voted Do Pass (House)
- 2025-04-17: Executive Session Completed (House)
- 2025-04-10: Referred: Rules - Legislative (House)
- 2025-03-26: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 5 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0 (House)
- 2025-02-18: Voted Do Pass (House)
- 2025-02-18: Executive Session Completed (House)
- 2025-02-11: Public Hearing Completed (House)
- 2025-02-04: Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (House)
- 2025-01-30: Referred: Special Committee on Tax Reform (House)
- 2025-01-23: Read Second Time (House)
- 2025-01-22: Introduced and Read First Time (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-22: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1928H.01I.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/1928H.01I.pdf)

## Related
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- [HB8: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB8-2025)
- [HB11: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB11-2025)
- [HB10: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB10-2025)
- [SB79: Modifies provisions relating to health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB79-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB988-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).