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Missouri Term Limits Amendment (2024)
| Missouri Term Limits Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Term limits and State legislatures measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Missouri Term Limits Amendment was not on the ballot in Missouri as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
This amendment would have prohibited legislators from serving more than sixteen years total in both houses of the General Assembly, and limited the amount of time that a member can serve as Speaker of the House for no more than three terms, and limited the amount of time that a member can serve as president pro tempore of the Senate to no more than three terms.[1]
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Amending the Missouri Constitution
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.
House Joint Resolution 69
The amendment was prefiled on January 1, 2024 as House Joint Resolution 69 (HJR 69). The Missouri House of Representatives voted to pass the measure on April 24, 2024 by 134-14.[1]
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State of Missouri Jefferson City (capital) |
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