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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                          HOUSE JOINT
                       RESOLUTION NO. 157
                              103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


                              INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE 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 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            Section A. Section 49, Article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new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
5   approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon shall be amended or repealed by the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 measure;
8           (2) Changes to the measure are approved by three-fourths of the members of
9   both chambers; 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.
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10        (3) Changes made by the general assembly that fail to receive the votes required
11 in subdivision (2) of this section are submitted to voters and approved by a majority of
12 the votes cast thereon at the next general election.
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