EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 113
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HOUGH.
0968S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 116.153, RSMo, relating to public hearings for ballot measures submitted to the
people.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 116.153, RSMo, is repealed, to read as 1
follows:2
[116.153. Within thirty days of issuing 1
certification that the petition contains a 2
sufficient number of valid si gnatures pursuant 3
to section 116.150, the joint committee on 4
legislative research shall hold a public hearing 5
in Jefferson City to take public comments 6
concerning the proposed measure. Such hearing 7
shall be a public meeting under chapter 610. 8
Within five business days after the end of the 9
public hearing, the joint committee on 10
legislative research shall provide a summary of 11
the hearing to the secretary of state or his or 12
her designee and the secretary of state shall 13
post a copy of the summary o n the website of the 14
office of the secretary of state. ] 15