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Senator Tim Green briefs Florissant council on 2026 session, warns income-tax phase-out lacks plan
Summary
State Senator Tim Green told the Florissant City Council that 100 bills passed during the 2026 session, highlighted four proposed August ballot amendments — including one that would phase out the individual income tax — and warned the council that the income-tax proposal would require a plan that currently does not exist to replace lost revenue.
State Senator Tim Green briefed the Florissant City Council on June 22 about key outcomes from the 2026 legislative session and ballot measures voters will see in August.
Green said 100 pieces of legislation were enacted this year, including 17 appropriation bills, and summarized bill counts introduced in each chamber (he said roughly 2,048 house bills were introduced this year and 974 senate bills). He flagged four proposed amendments set for the August ballot: a renewal of the parks and water conservation sales tax; a change affecting elected assessors in Jackson County; a proposed change to the initiative-approval rule that would require a simple majority in each of the state's eight congressional districts rather than a statewide majority; and a proposal to phase out the individual income tax and reduce property and other local taxes to offset revenue changes.
On the income-tax phase-out measure, Green warned there is currently "no plan" to replenish the revenue that would be lost and said the proposal would have to be sent back to the General Assembly to devise funding mechanisms if passed. "You're going to hear a lot of advertisement, but basically there is no plan if this passes," he said.
Green also summarized other session activity: election-law changes to limit post-election recurring online fundraising, annexation provisions that he said do not affect Florissant, and the failure of certain measures such as utility-relocation reimbursements that would have required municipalities to reimburse cable companies (he said municipalities were relieved the measure did not pass). On gaming-machine regulation, Green told Councilman Childers the measure had support but was stalled in a Senate committee and he expects it to return next session; he cited possible education revenue estimates of "3 to 400 million dollars" if machines were regulated statewide.
Council members thanked Green and asked follow-up questions about gaming and election bills. The council took no formal action based on the update.
