HJR 198

                                 SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                       HOUSE JOINT
                    RESOLUTION NO. 198
                           103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                            INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HALES.
 7009H.01I  JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
                                  JOINT RESOLUTION
 Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing Section 49 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 House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
         That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next
2 following the first Monday in November, 2026, or at a special election to be called by the
3 governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for
4 adoption or rejection, the following amendment to Article III of the Constitution of the state
5 of Missouri:
         Section A. Section 49, Article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new
2 section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as Section 49, to read as follows:
         Section 49. The people reserve power to propose and enact or reject laws and
2 amendments to the constitution by the initiative, independent of the general assembly, and
3 also reserve power to approve or reject by referendum any act of the general assembly, except
4 as hereinafter provided. No measure that is submitted by the initiative and approved by a
5 majority of the votes cast thereon shall be amended or repealed by the general assembly
6 except by referendum.
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 EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
 intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.