MissouriCounty salary commissions would change membership and pay rules
Missouri county salary commissions would change who serves on them and how many county officials are paid under assessed-value schedules.
What it does
County salary commissions would generally exclude the prosecuting attorney and sheriff, but both would remain members in certain counties and where prosecutors work part time.
Officials beginning terms after August 28, 2026, would use assessed-value pay schedules, with added conditions for some training, reporting, discovery, and salary decisions.
Argument forRemoving two officials from most commissions could make county salary decisions simpler, while exceptions keep their participation in some counties.
Argument againstProsecuting attorneys and sheriffs could lose a vote on county salary decisions in most nonchartered counties.
More detail
Salary commissions would generally leave the prosecuting attorney and sheriff off their membership lists. This applies to salary commissions in nonchartered counties, with exceptions for counties with more than 150,000 but fewer than 200,000 residents and counties using part-time prosecuting attorneys. The prosecuting attorney and sheriff would remain members in the stated population and part-time-prosecutor exceptions. Members would receive no extra pay for serving on the commission.
County officials who begin terms after August 28, 2026, would be paid under assessed-value salary schedules. The schedules cover multiple county offices, including commissioners, recorders, clerks, collectors, assessors, treasurers, auditors, prosecutors, coroners, and public administrators. Pay depends on the county's assessed value and, for some offices, the official's full-time or part-time status. Some salary amounts depend on training, data collection, or discovery duties, and the text protects certain officials from pay reductions. Salary commission approval is required for some optional increases or payment choices. The listed schedules apply to officials who begin a term after August 28, 2026; other provisions use annual, term-based, or calendar-year requirements.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 13Delivered to Secretary of State (G)Latest
- Jul 13Approved by Governor Mike Kehoe (G)Became Law
- May 28Delivered to Governor
- May 28Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- May 28Signed by House Speaker (H)
- May 11House Message (H)
- Vote recorded Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 106 NOES: 39 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- May 11Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 106 NOES: 39 PRESENT: 0Major
- May 11House Adopts (H)
- May 11Taken Up
- May 11Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0Minor
- May 11Voted Do Pass (H)Minor
- May 11Executive Session Completed (H)
- May 7Referred: Fiscal Review(H)Minor
- Vote recorded Third Read and Passed (S) - AYES: 29 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Upper
- May 7Reported to the House with... (H) - SS SCS
- May 7Third Read and Passed (S) - AYES: 29 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0Passed Senate
- May 7SS Adopted (S)
- May 7SS OfferedMinor
- May 7Taken Up for Third Reading (S)Minor
- May 7Placed on Informal Calendar
- Apr 28SCS Reported Do Pass (S)Minor
- Apr 20SCS Voted Do Pass (S)Minor
- Apr 20Executive Session Held (S)
- Apr 20Public Hearing Held (S)
- Apr 20Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Monday, April 20, 2026, 2:00 p.m., Senate Lounge - 3rd Floor
- Apr 8Second read and referred: Local Government, Elections and Pensions(S)
- Mar 30Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)Minor
- Vote recorded Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 152 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 30Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 152 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0Passed House
- Mar 30Taken Up for Third Reading (H)Minor
- Mar 30Placed on the Informal Third Reading Calendar (H)Minor
- Mar 25Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1, adopted
- Mar 25Title of Bill - Agreed To
- Mar 25Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- Mar 23Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
- Mar 11Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar (H)
- Feb 24Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
- Feb 17Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0Minor
- Vote recorded Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Voted Do Pass (H)Minor
- Feb 16Executive Session Completed (H)
- Feb 10Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)Minor
- Feb 2Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 16 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0Minor
- Vote recorded Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 16 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Voted Do Pass (H)Minor
- Jan 28Executive Session Completed (H)
- Jan 21Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Jan 8Referred: Local Government(H)Minor
- Jan 8Read Second Time (H)Minor
- Jan 7Read First Time (H)
- 2025
- Dec 1Prefiled (H)Introduced
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