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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION NO. 157
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE WOODS.
5176H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing Section 49 of Article
III of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section 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Section A. Section 49, Article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new
2 section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as Section 49, to read as follows:
Section 49. The people reserve power to propose and enact or reject laws and
2 amendments to the constitution by the initiative, independent of the general assembly , and
3 also reserve power to approve or reject by referendum any act of the general assembly , except
4 as hereinafter provided. No statutory measur e that is submitted by the initiative and
5 appr oved by a majority of the votes cast ther eon shall be amended or r epealed by the
6 general assembly unless one of the following conditions is met:
7 (1) More than six years have elapsed since the passage of the measur e;
8 (2) Changes to the measur e are appr oved by thr ee-fourths of the members of
9 both chambers; or
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.
10 (3) Changes made by the general assembly that fail to receive the votes r equir ed
11 in subdivision (2) of this section are submitted to voters and appr oved by a majority of
12 the votes cast ther eon at the next general election.
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