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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                          HOUSE JOINT
                       RESOLUTION NO. 166
                              103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


                              INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BURTON.

    4663H.01I                                                                    JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk


                                     JOINT RESOLUTION
    Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing Section 33 of Article I
          of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating
          to valid marriages.


    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 I of the Constitution of the state of
5   Missouri:
            Section A. Section 33, Article I, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new
2   section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as Section 33, to read as follows:
            Section 33. That to be valid and recognized in this state, a marriage shall exist [only]
2   between [a man and a woman] two persons regardless of their genders.
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    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.