Missouri SJR 7: Modifies signature gathering requirements for initiative petitions

Bill Text

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 7
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CIERPIOT.
Pre-filed December 1, 2018, and ordered printed.
ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary.
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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.
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
2 Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2020, or at a special
3 election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted
4 to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following
5 amendment to article III of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Section 50, article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and
2 one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 50, to read as
3 follows:
Section 50. Initiative petitions proposing amendments to the constitution
2 shall be signed by [eight] five and four-fifths percent of the legal voters in each
3 of [two-thirds of] the congressional districts in the state, and petitions proposing
4 laws shall be signed by [five] three and three-fifths percent of such voters.
5 Every such petition shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than six
6 months before the election and shall contain an enacting clause and the full text
7 of the measure. Petitions for constitutional amendments shall not contain more
8 than one amended and revised article of this constitution, or one new article
9 which shall not contain more than one subject and matters properly connected
10 therewith, and the enacting clause thereof shall be "Be it resolved by the people
11 of the state of Missouri that the Constitution be amended:". Petitions for laws
12 shall contain not more than one subject which shall be expressed clearly in the
EXPLANATION--Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted in the law.

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13 title, and the enacting clause thereof shall be "Be it enacted by the people of the
14 state of Missouri:".
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