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Missouri Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment (2024)

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Missouri Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment
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Election date
November 5, 2024
Topic
Hunting and fishing
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

The Missouri Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment was not on the ballot in Missouri as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.

This measure would have established a constitutional right to hunt and fish.[1]

Text of measure

Full text

The full text of the ballot measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

Amending the Missouri Constitution

See also: Amending the Missouri Constitution

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a simple majority vote is required in both the Missouri State Senate and the Missouri House of Representatives.

Amendment in the state Legislature

The amendment was introduced as House Joint Resolution 20 during the 2023 legislative session. The Missouri House of Representatives voted 108-28 to pass the amendment on April 17, 2023. The Senate did not vote on the measure before the end of the legislative session[2]

Vote in the Missouri House of Representatives
April 17, 2023
Requirement: Simple majority vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 82  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total1082827
Total percent66.2%17.1%16.5%
Democrat42821
Republican10406

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