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Missouri Amendment 1, Legislative Sessions Measure (1988)
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| Topic State legislative processes and sessions and State legislative vote requirements |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Missouri Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Missouri on November 8, 1988. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Missouri State Constitution to shorten the length of annual legislative sessions, require budget completion a week before session ends, and allow special sessions with a three-fourths petition signed by members of each house. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the Missouri State Constitution to shorten the length of annual legislative sessions, require budget completion a week before session ends, and allow special sessions with a three-fourths petition signed by members of each house. |
Election results
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Missouri Amendment 1 |
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1,421,973 | 77.78% | ||
| No | 406,250 | 22.22% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | Amendment No. 1- (Submitted by the 84th General Assembly, First Regular Session) Changes length of annual sessions of the legislature; requires budget completion one week before the end of session and authorizes special session when petitioned by three-fourths of the members of each house. Changed session lengths should result in savings of approximately one hundred fifty thousand dollars per General Assembly. | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Missouri Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Missouri General Assembly to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 82 votes in the Missouri House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Missouri State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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