| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEJOINT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION NO.15 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESASSMANN. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 0969H.02I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 7 | 7 | | JOINTRESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | SubmittingtothequalifiedvotersofMissourianamendmentrepealingSection8ofArticle |
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| 9 | 9 | | IIIoftheConstitutionofMissouri,andadoptingonenewsectioninlieuthereof |
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| 10 | 10 | | relatingtotermlimitsformembersofthegeneralassembly. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BeitresolvedbytheHouseofRepresentatives,theSenateconcurringtherein: |
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| 12 | 12 | | ThatatthenextgeneralelectiontobeheldinthestateofMissouri,onTuesdaynext |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2followingthefirstMondayinNovember,2026,orataspecialelectiontobecalledbythe |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3governorforthatpurpose,thereisherebysubmittedtothequalifiedvotersofthisstate,for |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4adoptionorrejection,thefollowingamendmenttoArticleIIIoftheConstitutionofthestate |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5ofMissouri: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SectionA.Section8,ArticleIII,ConstitutionofMissouri,isrepealedandonenew |
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| 18 | 18 | | 2sectionadoptedinlieuthereof,tobeknownasSection8,toreadasfollows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section8.1.BeforeDecember3,2026,nooneshallbeelectedtoservemorethan |
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| 20 | 20 | | 2eightyearstotalinanyonehouseoftheGeneralAssemblynormorethansixteenyearstotal |
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| 21 | 21 | | 3inbothhousesoftheGeneralAssembly.Inapplyingthissection,serviceintheGeneral |
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| 22 | 22 | | 4AssemblyresultingfromanelectionpriortoDecember3,1992,orserviceoflessthanone |
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| 23 | 23 | | 5year,inthecaseofamemberofthehouseofrepresentatives,ortwoyears,inthecaseofa |
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| 24 | 24 | | 6memberofthesenate,byapersonelectedaftertheeffectivedateofthissectiontocomplete |
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| 25 | 25 | | 7thetermofanotherperson,shallnotbecounted. |
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| 26 | 26 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 27 | 27 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 8 2.BeginningDecember3,2026,nooneshallbeelectedtoservemorethan |
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| 28 | 28 | | 9sixteenyearstotalinbothhousesofthegeneralassembly.Serviceinthegeneral |
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| 29 | 29 | | 10assemblyresultingfromanelectionpriortoDecember3,2026,shallbecounted. |
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| 30 | 30 | | 11 3.Nopersonservinginthegeneralassemblyshallserveasthespeakerofthe |
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| 31 | 31 | | 12houseofrepresentativesformorethanthreetermsoraspresidentprotemporeofthe |
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| 32 | 32 | | 13senateformorethantwoterms. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SectionB.Pursuanttochapter116,andotherapplicableconstitutionalprovisionsand |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2lawsofthisstateallowingthegeneralassemblytoadoptballotlanguageforthesubmissionof |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3thisjointresolutiontothevotersofthisstate,theofficialsummarystatementofthis |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4resolutionshallbeasfollows: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5 "ShalltheMissouriConstitutionbeamendedto: |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6 •Prohibitlegislatorsfromservingmorethansixteenyearstotalinbothhousesofthe |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7GeneralAssembly;and |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8 •LimitthelengthoftimeanylegislatorcanserveasSpeakeroftheHouseof |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9RepresentativesorPresidentProTemporeoftheSenate?". |
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| 42 | 42 | | ✔ |
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| 43 | 43 | | HJR15 2 |
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