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SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 37
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an
amendment repealing section 50 of article III of the
Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new
section in lieu thereof relating to the initiative
petition process.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the
state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday
in November, 2022, or at a special election to be called by
the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to
the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or
rejection, the following amendment to article III of the
Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Section 50, article III, Constitution of
Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu
thereof, to be known as section 50, to read as follows:
Section 50. 1. Initiative petitions proposing
amendments to the constitution shall be signed by eight
percent of the legal voters in each of two -thirds of the
congressional districts in the stat e, and petitions
proposing laws shall be signed by five percent of such
voters. Beginning January 1, 2023, initiative petitions
proposing constitutional amendments and initiative petitions
proposing laws shall each be signed by ten percent of the
legal voters in each congressional district in the state.
Every such petition shall be filed with the secretary of
state not less than six months before the election and shall
contain an enacting clause and the full text of the
measure. Petitions for constitutional amendments shall not
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contain more than one amended and revised article of this
constitution, or one new article which shall not contain
more than one subject and matters properly connected
therewith, and the enacting clause thereof shall b e "Be it
resolved by the people of the state of Missouri that the
Constitution be amended:". Petitions for laws shall contain
not more than one subject which shall be expressed clearly
in the title, and the enacting clause thereof shall be "Be
it enacted by the people of the state of Missouri:".
2. Notwithstanding section 2(b) of article XII of this
constitution to the contrary, beginning January 1, 2023, any
initiative petition proposing an amendment to the
constitution shall take effect at the end of thirty days
after the election when approved by at least sixty percent
of the votes cast thereon.