Missouri State Legislative Term Limits, Leadership Term Limits, and Ban on Lobbyist Gifts Amendment (2018)
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Government accountability | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Missouri State Legislative Term Limits, Leadership Term Limits, and Ban on Lobbyist Gifts Amendment was not on the ballot in Missouri as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have done the following:[1]
- allowed legislators to serve a total of 16 years in the Missouri General Assembly, rather than six years in each chamber of the state legislature (for a total of 16 years);
- prohibited legislators from serving more than 4 years in a single leadership position, such as speaker of the House or president of the Senate; and
- prohibited legislators and their families from accepting gifts from registered lobbyists.
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article III, Missouri Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 8 of Article III of the Missouri Constitution. The measure would have also added a Section 16 to Article III. The following underlined text would have been added and struck-through text would have been deleted:[1]
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2. No one elected to serve in the General Assembly shall serve more than four years in each of the following positions:
Section 16(a). No member of the general assembly or such person's staff, employee, spouse, or dependent children shall accept any expenditure from any lobbyist registered pursuant to Missouri law or from any lobbyist principal, as defined by law. For purposes of this section, the term "expenditure" shall mean any payment made or charge, expense, cost, debt or bill incurred; any gift, honorarium or item of value bestowed including any food or beverage; any price, charge or fee which is waived, forgiven, reduced or indefinitely delayed; any loan or debt which is cancelled, reduced or otherwise forgiven; the transfer of any item with a reasonably discernible cost or fair market value from one person to another or provision of any service or granting of any opportunity for which a charge is customarily made, without charge or for a reduced charge.[2] |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Missouri Constitution
In Missouri, a constitutional amendment must be passed by a simple majority vote in each house of the Missouri State Legislature during one legislative session.
Sen. Jason Holsman (D-7) introduced the constitutional amendment as Senate Joint Resolution 27 (SJR 27) on December 1, 2017. On April 11, 2018, the Missouri State Senate passed the amendment in a vote of 20 to 12 with one senator not voting.[3]
The Missouri House of Representatives did not vote on the amendment before the legislative session ended on May 18, 2018.
| Vote in the Missouri State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Simple majority vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 17  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
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| Total | 20 | 12 | 1 |
| Total percent | 60.60% | 36.36% | 3.03% |
| Democrat | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 12 | 11 | 1 |
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri State Senate, "Senate Joint Resolution 27," accessed April 17, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Missouri State Senate, "SJR 27 Actions," accessed April 17, 2018
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