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MO SB 839

died on adjournment

SB 839 - Under current law, elections for school board members are held on either the general municipal election day or such day as is specified in the county charter, with terms of office ranging from three years to six years, depending on the district. This act requires all such elections to be held at the November general election and makes all such terms four years. Additionally, a candidate for school board member shall state his or her party affiliation and certain other information on the declaration of candidacy. This act has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2028. This act is similar to HB 1722 (2026), SB 485 (2025), HB 539 (2025), HB 2536 (2024), SB 234 (2023), and to provisions in SB 1002 (2026), SB 1185 (2026), SB 740 (2022), HCS/HB 2306 (2022), HB 361 (2019), and in HCS/HB 1424 (2018). OLIVIA SHANNON

Missouri · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

SB 839 - Under current law, elections for school board members are held on either the general municipal election day or such day as is specified in the county charter, with terms of office ranging from three years to six years, depending on the district. This act requires all such elections to be held at the November general election and makes all such terms four years. Additionally, a candidate for school board member shall state his or her party affiliation and certain other information on the declaration of candidacy. This act has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2028. This act is similar to HB 1722 (2026), SB 485 (2025), HB 539 (2025), HB 2536 (2024), SB 234 (2023), and to provisions in SB 1002 (2026), SB 1185 (2026), SB 740 (2022), HCS/HB 2306 (2022), HB 361 (2019), and in HCS/HB 1424 (2018). OLIVIA SHANNON

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-08 — Second Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Cierpiot, Mikeprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-08

    Second Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee

    reading-2,referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    S First Read

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  3. 2025-12-01

    Prefiled

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Related bills

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Official source

https://www.senate.mo.gov/BillTracking/Bills/BillInformation?year=2026&billid=73

Attribution

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