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 JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 12
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CIERPIOT.
0520S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
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
initiative petitions proposing constitutional amendments.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the 1
state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday 2
in November, 2024, or at a special election to be called by 3
the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to 4
the qualified voters of this state, f or adoption or 5
rejection, the following amendment to article III of the 6
Constitution of the state of Missouri:7
Section A. Section 50, article III, Constitution of 1
Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu 2
thereof, to be known as section 50, to read as follows:3
Section 50. Initiative petitions proposing amendments 1
to the constitution shall be signed by eight percent of the 2
legal voters in each of two -thirds of the congressional 3
districts in the state, and petitions pr oposing laws shall 4
be signed by five percent of such voters. Every such 5
petition shall be filed with the secretary of state not less 6
than six months before the election and shall contain an 7
enacting clause and the full text of the measure. Petitions 8
for constitutional amendments shall not contain more than 9
one amended and revised article of this constitution, or one 10 SJR 12 2
new article which shall not contain more than one subject 11
and matters properly connected therewith [, and]. A petition 12
contains a single subject and matters properly connected 13
therewith if it does not extend beyond one sole purpose and 14
only contains additions or changes that are necessary to 15
effectuate a single legislative change. A petition does not 16
contain a single subject and m atters properly connected 17
therewith if it contains a provision that would not be 18
necessary to effectuate one or more of the other provisions 19
in the petition. The enacting clause [thereof]of petitions 20
for constitutional amendments shall be "Be it resol ved by 21
the people of the state of Missouri that the Constitution be 22
amended:". Petitions for laws shall contain not more than 23
one subject which shall be expressed clearly in the title, 24
and the enacting clause thereof shall be "Be it enacted by 25
the people of the state of Missouri:". 26