Missouri Confined Big Game Hunting Initiative (2018)
| Missouri Confined Big Game Hunting Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Hunting and fishing | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Confined Big Game Hunting Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have excluded the confined killing of big game species from the definition of hunting and required the state to regulate this type of event. The measure would have defined confined big game killing as the act of paying to kill a big game species at a private human-made enclosure designed to prevent escape.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
As multiple versions of this initiative were filed for circulation, the secretary of state crafted a ballot title for each one. Nine petitions were filed, but Measure 20018-189 was circulated.[2]
Measure 2018-189
Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:
- redefine hunting to exclude privately-owned big game (not fully domesticated hooved animals such as white-tailed deer, elk, moose, boar, and bighorn sheep) confined on preserves;
- prohibit transporting big game into or out of Missouri, except licensed confined big game preserves may export for one year, and public zoos, wildlife organizations or scientific research facilities may import and export indefinitely; and
- give the Missouri Conservation Commission primary regulatory authority over privately owned big game?
State governmental impact is unknown. Local governmental entities expect no costs or savings.[3]
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article IV, Missouri Constitution
The measure would have added a Section 40(c) to Article IV of the Missouri Constitution.[1]
Full text
The full text of the measure is available for the nine proposals:
Path to the ballot
Supporters of the initiative were required to collect a number of signatures equivalent to 8 percent of the 2016 gubernatorial vote in six of the eight state congressional districts. This means that the minimum possible number of valid signatures required was 160,199. Signatures needed to be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election on November 6, 2018. Six months prior to the election was May 6, 2018.
Marc Ellinger proposed multiple versions of the initiative.[1] Nine petitions total were filed, but one petition, Measure 20018-189, was circulated.[2] Signatures were not filed for the initiatives.
See also
- Missouri 2018 ballot measures
- 2018 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Missouri Secretary of State, "Petition 2018-072," December 2, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed January 12, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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