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Missouri House adopts $3 billion supplemental budget, adds St. Louis tornado relief and MoDOT funding
Summary
The House perfected and adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 2014 — a supplemental appropriations package for FY2026 totaling just over $3 billion, including $86 million in general revenue for St. Louis tornado relief, $225 million in refund authority for Department of Revenue, and substantial MoDOT funding. The substitute and an amendment reducing certain general revenue authority were adopted on the floor.
The Missouri House on Feb. 17 perfected and adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 2014, a supplemental appropriations package intended to carry the state through the remainder of fiscal year 2026.
The bill handler, the gentleman from McDonald, described the package as just over $3 billion in total authority. He listed major components in floor remarks: $225 million in additional refund authority for the Department of Revenue to pay owed tax refunds; nearly $1 billion in disaster authority (including FEMA/SEMA lines) to address recent disasters; about $86 million in general-revenue funding dedicated to recovery from the May 16 tornado in St. Louis; and roughly three-quarters of $1,000,000,000 (phrased on the floor as "nearly 3 quarters of $1,000,000,000") for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) for salaries, construction and contractor payments.
The House adopted a distributed amendment that reduced the general-revenue authority in a specific line; the handler described that reduction as removing unneeded "authority" that would not be expended. Members spoke in support and caution: some argued the supplemental was necessary to access federal funds and to meet immediate disaster and transportation needs; others urged greater care in relying on supplemental appropriations as a recurring budgeting practice.
The House recorded adoption of the committee substitute and later perfected and printed the bill. The transcript records voices of support from members who highlighted the St. Louis relief funding and rural health transportation transformation funds included in the package, but it does not list a final roll-call tally for the perfection/adoption on third reading the way some other items were recorded.
