FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEJOINT
RESOLUTION NO.56
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESHARPE(4).
2127H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
JOINTRESOLUTION
SubmittingtothequalifiedvotersofMissourianamendmenttoArticleIoftheConstitution
ofMissouri,byadoptingonenewsectionrelatingtotherighttohuntandfish.
BeitresolvedbytheHouseofRepresentatives,theSenateconcurringtherein:
ThatatthenextgeneralelectiontobeheldinthestateofMissouri,onTuesdaynext
2followingthefirstMondayinNovember,2026,orataspecialelectiontobecalledbythe
3governorforthatpurpose,thereisherebysubmittedtothequalifiedvotersofthisstate,for
4adoptionorrejection,thefollowingamendmenttoArticleIoftheConstitutionofthestateof
5Missouri:
SectionA.ArticleI,ConstitutionofMissouri,isamendedbyadoptingonenew
2section,tobeknownasSection37,toreadasfollows:
Section37.Thathuntingandfishingprovideexercise,socialandemotional
2health,employmentopportunities,andnutritiousproteins;andthathuntersandanglers
3aredrivingforcessupportingMissouri'seconomy.Toprotectthisimportantheritage
4andfundamentalright,theindividualrightsofhuntersandanglerstoengageinhunting
5andharvestingwildlifeandfishingbylegalmeansshallbeforeverguaranteedinthis
6state,subjecttodulyauthorizedpowersoftheconservationcommissionconferredin
7ArticleIV,Section40(a)oftheConstitutionofMissouri.Nothinginthissectionshallbe
8construedtopreventthegeneralassemblyfromenactinggenerallawsthatlimitthe
9rightsofconvictedviolentfelonsorthoseadjudicatedbyacourttobeadangertoone's
10selforothersasaresultofamentaldisorderormentalinfirmity.Thissectionshallnot
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 11beconstruedtomodifyanyprovisionofcommonlaworstatuterelatingtotrespassor
12propertyrights.
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