HB 3354 Missouri House · 2026 Regular Session

Modifies the tax levy for blind pensions

HB 3354 modifies Missouri's tax rate that funds pensions for blind residents. It sets a new tax rate of 0.0005% (five ten-thousandths of one cent) on each $100 of taxable property value, collected alongside other state taxes and deposited into the blind pension fund. The bill specifies that pension payments must be made first from this fund, with any remaining balance after payments going to support the Commission for the Blind, and any leftover funds at the end of the biennium transferred to the public school fund. This change directly affects blind Missourians receiving pensions and the Commission for the Blind, altering how the state finances these benefits.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Last action Mar 12, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced House Committee Substitute · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended from an introduced version to a House Committee Substitute version, primarily updating the bill number and the tax rate for the blind pension fund. The tax rate was changed from a bracketed placeholder of three cents to a specific rate of 2.75 cents per $100 of taxable property, which directly impacts the revenue generated for blind pension benefits.
Scope change
The scope of the bill remains the same, targeting the blind pension fund in Missouri, but the funding mechanism was modified to specify an exact tax rate.
FISCAL

The annual tax rate for the blind pension fund was changed from a placeholder of three cents to a specific rate of 2.75 cents per $100 of taxable property valuation.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated from 7275H.02I to 7275H.03C, and the header was updated to reflect it is now a House Committee Substitute rather than an introduced bill.

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Total actions
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Committee
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Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 13 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
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Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
HCS Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
Mar 3, 2026
Committee
Referred: Special Committee on Property Tax Reform(H)
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Introduced
Introduced and Read First Time (H)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Tim Taylor
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