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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION NO. 199
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE JONES (88).
7510H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing Section 26 of Article
V of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof
relating to the retirement of judges.
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 V of the Constitution of the state of
5 Missouri:
Section A. Section 26, Article V , Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new
2 section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as Section 26, to read as follows:
Section 26. 1. All judges other than municipal judges shall retire at the age of
2 [ seventy ] seventy-five years, except as provided in the schedule to this article, under a
3 retirement plan provided by law .
4 2. All judges may retire at an earlier age authorized by law and may participate in a
5 retirement plan provided by law .
6 3. Any retired judge, associate circuit judge or commissioner , with his or her
7 consent, may be assigned by the supreme court as a senior judge to any court in this state or as
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.
8 a special commissioner . When serving as a senior judge he or she shall have the same powers
9 as an active judge.
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