Text of MO HJR 85 (2014)
Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing the state to recognize a marriage between a man and a woman as well as between a same-sex couple
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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 85
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES COLONA (Sponsor), BUTLER, HUBBARD, MEREDITH,
LAFAVER, GARDNER, MORGAN, DUNN, WEBBER, RIZZO, MIMS, MONTECILLO, CARPENTER,
KELLY (45), MCCANN BEATTY, SCHUPP, ELLINGTON, NEWMAN, MITTEN, SWEARINGEN,
KIRKTON, MCNEIL, BURNS, HUMMEL, NICHOLS, MCMANUS, NORR, SMITH, PACE,
CURTIS AND PETERS (Co-sponsors).
6437L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing section 33 of article I of
the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to
marriage.
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
following the first Monday in November, 2014, or at a special election to be called by the
governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for
adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article I of the Constitution of the state of
Missouri:
Section A. Section 33, article I, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new
section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 33, to read as follows:
Section 33. That to be valid and recognized in this state, a marriage [shall] may exist
[only] between a man and a woman as well as between a same-sex couple.
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