Missouri Exclude Human Trafficking Fines from Education Funding Distribution Amendment (2022)
| Missouri Exclude Human Trafficking Fines from Education Funding Distribution Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic State and local government budgets, spending and finance | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Missouri Exclude Human Trafficking Fines from Education Funding Distribution Amendment was not on the ballot in Missouri as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The ballot measure would have removed revenue from human trafficking fines and penalties from the annual appropriation to schools.[1]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article IX, Missouri Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 7 of Article IX of the Missouri Constitution. The following underlined text would be added and struck-through text would be deleted:[1]
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All real estate, loans, and investments now belonging to the various county and township school funds, except those invested as hereinafter provided, shall be liquidated without extension of time, and the proceeds thereof and the money on hand now belonging to said school funds of the several counties and the city of St. Louis, shall be reinvested in registered bonds of the United States, or in bonds of the state or in approved bonds of any city or school district thereof, or in bonds or other securities the payment of which are fully guaranteed by the United States, and sacredly preserved as a county school fund. Any county or the city of St. Louis by a majority vote of the qualified electors voting thereon may elect to distribute annually to its schools the proceeds of the liquidated school fund, at the time and in the manner prescribed by law. All interest accruing from investment of the county school fund,; the clear proceeds of all penalties, forfeitures and fines collected hereafter for any breach of the penal laws of the state, excluding penalties and fines collected for human trafficking offenses; the net proceeds from the sale of estrays,; and all other moneys coming into said funds shall be distributed annually to the schools of the several counties according to law.[2]
Path to the ballot
Amending the Missouri Constitution
- See also: Amending the Missouri Constitution
In Missouri, a simple majority vote is required in both the Missouri State Senate and Missouri House of Representatives to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
Amendment in the state Legislature
The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Missouri State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 114 (HJR 114) on January 6, 2022. The Missouri House of Representatives voted 143-0 to approve the proposal on April 25.[1] This measure did not receive a vote in the state Senate before the legislative session adjourned.
