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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                          HOUSE JOINT
                       RESOLUTION NO. 190
                              103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


                              INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE WOLFIN.

    7184H.01I                                                                    JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk


                                     JOINT RESOLUTION
    Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment to Article I of the Constitution
          of Missouri, by adopting one new section relating to the powers of state government.


    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. Article I, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adopting one new
2   section, to be known as Section 37, to read as follows:
            Section 37. That the powers of the government of the state of Missouri shall be
2   limited solely to those powers explicitly enumerated in this Constitution. No branch of
3   government, nor any officer or agency thereof, shall exercise any power not granted or
4   delegated by this Constitution, either expressly or by necessary implication. Any act
5   beyond the scope of these enumerated powers is prohibited and shall be deemed null
6   and void.
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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.