Text of MO HJR 56 (2021)

FIRST REGULAR SESSION HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 56 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BURGER. 2262H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk JOINT RESOLUTION Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment to Article IX of the Constitution of Missouri, by adopting one new section relating to participation in interscholastic athletic contests. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein: That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next 2 following the first Monday in November, 2022, or at a special election to be called by the 3 governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for 4 adoption or rejection, the following amendment to Article IX of the Constitution of the state of 5 Missouri: Section A. Article IX, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding one new section, 2 to be known as Section 11, to read as follows: Section 11. Any student who is enrolled in a publicly funded secondary school and 2 who participates in any sex-separated interscholastic athletic contest organized by the 3 school shall be eligible to participate only in athletic contests organized for persons of the 4 same biological sex included on the student's birth certificate. T EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.