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SB 1002 MO
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SS/SB 1002 - This act requires all elections for school board members of any school district in which a majority of the district is located in St. Charles County to be held at the November general election and makes all such terms four years. At the time of filing a declaration of candidacy, a candidate may optionally designate his or her party affiliation and consent to have such affiliation appear beside the candidate's name on the ballot. (Sections 162.082, 162.301, 162.341, 162.459, and 162.481) The act further requires all proposals submitted to the voters of any school district in which a majority of the district is located in St. Charles County for the purpose of levying a new tax or renewing or increasing the levy of an existing tax, including for the issuance of bonded indebtedness, to be submitted at the November general election. (Section 164.320) This act is similar to provisions in SB 839 (2026), SB 1185 (2026), SB 485 (2025), HB 1722 (2026), HB 539 (2025), HB 2536 (2024), SB 234 (2023), SB 740 (2022), HCS/HB 2306 (2022), HB 361 (2019), and HCS/HB 1424 (2018). OLIVIA SHANNON

MO · session 2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Dec 1, 2025

Latest action (Jul 13, 2026) Prefiled

Summary

Missouri Senate Bill 1002 would require all school board elections for school districts in which a majority is located in St. Charles County to be held at the November general election with four-year terms. The bill would also require all tax levy and bond proposals for those school districts to be submitted at the November general election and would allow candidates to optionally designate party affiliation on the ballot.

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Official abstract

SS/SB 1002 - This act requires all elections for school board members of any school district in which a majority of the district is located in St. Charles County to be held at the November general election and makes all such terms four years. At the time of filing a declaration of candidacy, a candidate may optionally designate his or her party affiliation and consent to have such affiliation appear beside the candidate's name on the ballot. (Sections 162.082, 162.301, 162.341, 162.459, and 162.481) The act further requires all proposals submitted to the voters of any school district in which a majority of the district is located in St. Charles County for the purpose of levying a new tax or renewing or increasing the levy of an existing tax, including for the issuance of bonded indebtedness, to be submitted at the November general election. (Section 164.320) This act is similar to provisions in SB 839 (2026), SB 1185 (2026), SB 485 (2025), HB 1722 (2026), HB 539 (2025), HB 2536 (2024), SB 234 (2023), SB 740 (2022), HCS/HB 2306 (2022), HB 361 (2019), and HCS/HB 1424 (2018). OLIVIA SHANNON

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Action history (34)
  1. Jul 13, 2026 Signed by Governor · executive
  2. May 28, 2026 Delivered to Governor · executive
  3. May 28, 2026 Signed by House Speaker · lower
  4. May 28, 2026 Signed by Senate President Pro Tem · upper
  5. May 28, 2026 Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee · upper
  6. May 15, 2026 Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed · upper
  7. May 15, 2026 H Third Read and Passed · lower
  8. May 15, 2026 Motion to reconsider H Third Reading Vote H adopted · lower
  9. May 15, 2026 Defeated on H Third Reading · lower
  10. May 15, 2026 HA 1 H offered & defeated (Steinhoff)--(4367S08.02H) · lower
  11. May 14, 2026 Bill Placed on H Informal Calendar · lower
  12. May 11, 2026 Reported Do Pass H Rules - Legislative · lower
  13. May 11, 2026 Voted Do Pass H Rules - Legislative · lower
  14. May 7, 2026 Referred H Rules - Legislative · lower
  15. May 5, 2026 Reported Do Pass H Children and Families · lower
  16. May 4, 2026 Voted Do Pass H Children and Families · lower
  17. May 4, 2026 Hearing Conducted H Children and Families · lower
  18. Apr 27, 2026 Referred H Children and Families · lower
  19. Apr 7, 2026 H Second Read · lower
  20. Apr 2, 2026 H First Read · lower
  21. Apr 2, 2026 S Third Read and Passed · upper
  22. Apr 2, 2026 Reported from S Fiscal Oversight Committee · upper
  23. Apr 2, 2026 Voted Do Pass S Fiscal Oversight Committee · upper
  24. Mar 31, 2026 Referred S Fiscal Oversight Committee · upper
  25. Mar 31, 2026 Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee · upper
  26. Mar 31, 2026 Perfected · upper
  27. Mar 31, 2026 SS S offered & adopted (Schnelting)--(4367S.08F) · upper
  28. Mar 25, 2026 Reported from S Education Committee · upper
  29. Feb 10, 2026 Voted Do Pass S Education Committee · upper
  30. Feb 3, 2026 Hearing Conducted S Education Committee · upper
  31. Jan 29, 2026 Hearing Cancelled S Education Committee · upper
  32. Jan 8, 2026 Second Read and Referred S Education Committee · upper
  33. Jan 7, 2026 S First Read · upper
  34. Dec 1, 2025 Prefiled · upper

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