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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION NO. 140
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE SIMMONS.
6044H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing Section 8 of Article
III of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting two new sections in lieu thereof
relating to the general assembly .
Be it r esolved by the House of Repr esentatives, the Senate concurring ther ein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on T uesday next
2 following the first Monday in November , 2026, or at a special election to be called by the
3 governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for
4 adoption or rejection, the following amendment to Article III of the Constitution of the state
5 of Missouri:
Section A. Section 8, Article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and two new
2 sections adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as Sections 8 and 54, to read as follows:
Section 8. No one shall be elected to serve more than eight years total in any one
2 house of the General Assembly nor more than sixteen years total in both houses of the
3 General Assembly . In applying this section, service in the General Assembly resulting from
4 an election prior to December 3, 1992, or service of less than one year , in the case of a
5 member of the house of representatives, or two years, in the case of a member of the senate,
6 by a person elected after the effectiv e date of this section to complete the term of another
7 person, shall not be counted. Beginning January 1, 2032, no one shall be elected to serve
8 mor e than twelve years in any one house of the general assembly , nor mor e than twenty
9 years total in both houses of the general assembly .
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
Section 54. Beginning January 1, 2032, no member of the house of
2 r epresent atives shall serve as the speaker of the house of r epresent atives for mor e
3 than four years and no member of the senate shall serve as the preside nt pr o tempore of
4 the senate for mor e than six years.
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