HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 118 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE AMATO.
4045H.02I 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 resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday 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III of the Constitution of the state 5 of Missouri: Section A. Section 49, Article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new 2 section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as Section 49, to read as follows: Section 49.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 measure that is submitted by the initiative and is 5 approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon shall be amended or repealed by the 6 general assembly unless: 7 (1) More than five years have elapsed since the passage of the measure; or
EXPLANATION — 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. HJR 118 2
8 (2) Changes to the measure are approved by two-thirds of the members of both 9 chambers. ✔