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Article I: bill of rights
Section 1 - That all political power is vested in and derived from...
Section 2 - That all constitutional government is intended to promote the general...
Section 3 - That the people of this state have the inherent, sole...
Section 4 - That Missouri is a free and independent state, subject only...
Section 5 - That all men and women have a natural and indefeasible...
Section 6 - That no person can be compelled to erect, support or...
Section 7 - That no money shall ever be taken from the public...
Section 8 - That no law shall be passed impairing the freedom of...
Section 9 - That the people have the right peaceably to assemble for...
Section 10 - That no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or...
Section 11 - That no person shall be imprisoned for debt, except for...
Section 12 - That the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall...
Section 13 - That no ex post facto law, nor law impairing the...
Section 14 - That the courts of justice shall be open to every...
Section 15 - That the people shall be secure in their persons, papers,...
Section 16 - That a grand jury shall consist of twelve citizens, any...
Section 17 - That no person shall be prosecuted criminally for felony or...
Section 18(a) - That in criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right...
Section 18(b) - Upon a hearing and finding by the circuit court in...
Section 19 - That no person shall be compelled to testify against himself...
Section 20 - That all persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except...
Section 21 - That excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines...
Section 22(a) - That the right of trial by jury as heretofore enjoyed...
Section 22(b) - No citizen shall be disqualified from jury service because of...
Section 23 - That the right of every citizen to keep and bear...
Section 24 - That the military shall be always in strict subordination to...
Section 25 - That all elections shall be free and open; and no...
Section 26 - That private property shall not be taken or damaged for...
Section 27 - That in such manner and under such limitations as may...
Section 28 - That private property shall not be taken for private use...
Section 29 - That employees shall have the right to organize and to...
Section 30 - That treason against the state can consist only in levying...
Section 31 - That no law shall delegate to any commission, bureau, board...
Section 32 - 5. The general assembly shall have power to enforce this...
Section 33 - That to be valid and recognized in this state, a...
Section 34 - That English shall be the language of all official proceedings...
Article II: the distribution of powers
Section 1 - The powers of government shall be divided into three distinct...
Article III: legislative department
Section 1 - The legislative power shall be vested in a senate and...
Section 4 - Each representative shall be twenty- four years of age, and...
Section 5 - (a) The Senate shall consist of thirty-four members elected by...
Section 6 - Each senator shall be thirty years of age, and next...
Section 7 - (i) Any action expressly or implicitly alleging that a redistricting...
Section 8 - No one shall be elected to serve more than eight...
Section 9 - Until the convening of the Seventy- fourth General Assembly the...
Section 10 - The last decennial census of the United States shall be...
Section 11 - The first election of senators and representatives under this constitution,...
Section 12 - No person holding any lucrative office or employment under the...
Section 13 - If any senator or representative remove his residence from the...
Section 14 - Writs of election to fill vacancies in either house of...
Section 15 - Every senator or representative elect, before entering upon the duties...
Section 16 - Senators and representatives shall receive from the state treasury as...
Section 17 - Until otherwise provided by law, the house of representatives shall...
Section 18 - Each house shall appoint its own officers; shall be sole...
Section 19 - (c) Legislative proceedings, including committee shall be public meetings subject...
Section 20 - The general assembly shall meet on the first Wednesday after...
Section 20(a) - The general assembly shall adjourn at midnight on May thirtieth...
Section 20(b) - Upon the filing with the secretary of state of a...
Section 21 - Style of laws—bills—limitation on amendments—power of each house to originate...
Section 22 - Every bill shall be referred to a committee of the...
Section 23 - No bill shall contain more than one subject which shall...
Section 24 - No bill shall be considered for final passage in either...
Section 25 - No bill other than an appropriation bill shall be introduced...
Section 26 - Each house shall publish a journal of its proceedings. The...
Section 27 - No amendments to bills by one house shall be concurred...
Section 28 - No act shall be revived or reenacted unless it shall...
Section 29 - No law passed by the general assembly, except an appropriation...
Section 30 - No bill shall become a law until it is signed...
Section 31 - Every bill which shall have passed the house of representatives...
Section 32 - Every bill presented to the governor and returned with his...
Section 34 - In the year 1949 and at least every ten years...
Section 35 - There shall be a permanent joint committee on legislative research,...
Section 36 - Eighth: For the expense of the general assembly.
Section 37 - The general assembly shall have no power to contract or...
Section 37(a) - In addition to the exceptions made in Section 37, the...
Section 37(b) - The general assembly may authorize the contracting of an indebtedness...
Section 37(C) - The general assembly may authorize the contracting of an indebtedness...
Section 37(D) - (i) 5.0% of the appropriations under this subdivision shall be...
Section 37(e) - 5. All funds paid into the water pollution control bond...
Section 37(f) - 6. The governor or his designated representative shall develop in...
Section 37(g) - 5. All funds paid into the water pollution control bond...
Section 37(h) - 7. The general assembly may enact such laws as may...
Section 38(a) - The general assembly shall have no power to grant public...
Section 38(b) - The general assembly shall provide an annual tax of not...
Section 38(C) - 3. The total amount of city or county indebtedness for...
Section 38(D) - 8. The provisions of this section are self-executing. All of...
Section 39 - (10) To impose a use or sales tax upon the...
Section 39(a) - (7) Any other requirement the general assembly finds necessary to...
Section 39(b) - 7. Revenues produced from the conduct of a state lottery...
Section 39(C) - 2. At the general election to be held in November,...
Section 39(D) - All state revenues derived from the conduct of all gaming...
Section 39(e) - The general assembly is authorized to permit upon the Mississippi...
Section 39(f) - Any organization recognized as charitable or religious pursuant to federal...
Section 40 - (30) where a general law can be made applicable, and...
Section 41 - The general assembly shall not indirectly enact a special or...
Section 42 - No local or special law shall be passed unless a...
Section 43 - The general assembly shall never interfere with the primary disposal...
Section 44 - No law shall be valid fixing rates of interest or...
Section 45 - When the number of representatives to which the state is...
Section 45(a) - (2) The people of Missouri declare that the provisions of...
Section 46 - The general assembly shall provide for the organization, equipment, regulations...
Section 46(a) - (2) To adopt by legislative enactment such other legislation as...
Section 47 - For twelve years beginning with the year 1961, the general...
Section 48 - The general assembly may enact laws and make appropriations to...
Section 49 - The people reserve power to propose and enact or reject...
Section 50 - Initiative petitions proposing amendments to the constitution shall be signed...
Section 51 - The initiative shall not be used for the appropriation of...
Section 52(a) - A referendum may be ordered (except as to laws necessary...
Section 52(b) - The veto power of the governor shall not extend to...
Section 53 - The total vote for governor at the general election last...
Article IV: executive department
Section 1 - The supreme executive power shall be vested in a governor.
Section 2 - The governor shall take care that the laws are distributed...
Section 3 - The governor shall be at least thirty years old and...
Section 4 - The governor shall fill all vacancies in public offices unless...
Section 5 - The governor shall commission all officers unless otherwise provided by...
Section 6 - The governor shall be the commander in chief of the...
Section 7 - The governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations and...
Section 8 - Every resolution to which the concurrence of the senate and...
Section 9 - The governor shall, at the commencement of each session of...
Section 10 - There shall be a lieutenant governor who shall have the...
Section 11(a) - If the governor-elect dies before taking office, the lieutenant governor-elect...
Section 11(b) - Whenever the governor transmits to the president pro tempore of...
Section 11(C) - If any state officer other than the lieutenant governor is...
Section 12 - The executive department shall consist of all state elective and...
Section 13 - The state auditor shall have the same qualifications as the...
Section 14 - The secretary of state shall be custodian of the seal...
Section 15 - The state treasurer shall be custodian of all state funds...
Section 16 - All rules and regulations of any board or other administrative...
Section 17 - The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer and...
Section 18 - The returns of every election for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary...
Section 19 - The head of each department may select and remove all...
Section 20 - The executive and administrative officials and departments herein provided for...
Section 21 - The officers named in this article shall receive for their...
Section 22 - The department of revenue shall be in charge of a...
Section 23 - The fiscal year of the state and all its agencies...
Section 24 - The governor shall, within thirty days after it convenes in...
Section 25 - Until it acts on all the appropriations recommended in the...
Section 26 - The governor may object to one or more items or...
Section 27 - 3. The governor shall notify the general assembly by proclamation...
Section 27(a) - 8. If the sum of the ending balance of the...
Section 27(b) - 4. The general assembly may appropriate moneys from the fund...
Section 28 - No money shall be withdrawn from the state treasury except...
Section 29 - (iii) shall have authority to limit access to, from and...
Section 30(a) - 4. The net proceeds of fuel taxes apportioned, distributed and...
Section 30(b) - 4. The moneys apportioned or distributed under this section to...
Section 30(C) - The highways and transportation commission shall have authority to plan,...
Section 30(D) - 3. The provisions of sections 29, 30(a), 30(b), 30(c) and...
Section 31 - Any state highway authorized herein to be located in any...
Section 32 - The funds which are allotted by the commission to the...
Section 33 - Any transfer of employees made pursuant to the provisions of...
Section 34 - All bonds issued under or recognized by section 44a of...
Section 35 - The department of agriculture shall be in charge of a...
Section 36 - The general assembly may enact laws to encourage forestry, and...
Section 36(a) - The department of economic development shall be in charge of...
Section 36(b) - The department of insurance shall be headed by a director...
Section 37 - The health and general welfare of the people are matters...
Section 37(a) - The department of mental health shall be in charge of...
Section 39 - In all matters of public welfare the general assembly may...
Section 40(a) - The control, management, restoration, conservation and regulation of the bird,...
Section 40(b) - The members of the present conservation commission shall serve out...
Section 41 - The commission may acquire by purchase, gift, eminent domain, or...
Section 42 - The commission shall appoint a director of conservation who, with...
Section 43(a) - For the purpose of providing additional moneys to be expended...
Section 43(b) - The moneys arising from the additional sales and use taxes...
Section 43(C) - The effective date of this amendment* shall be July 1,...
Section 44 - Sections 40-43, inclusive, of this article shall be self-enforcing, and...
Section 45 - The rules and regulations of the commission not relating to...
Section 46 - The commission shall supply to all persons on request, printed...
Section 47 - The department of natural resources shall be in charge of...
Section 47(a) - For the purpose of providing additional monies to be expended...
Section 47(b) - Fifty percent of the monies arising from the additional sales...
Section 47(C) - All laws inconsistent with this amendment shall no longer remain...
Section 48 - The department of public safety shall be in charge of...
Section 49 - The department of labor and industrial relations shall be in...
Section 50 - The office of administration shall be in charge of a...
Section 51 - The appointment of all members of administrative boards and commissions...
Section 52 - There shall be established a department of higher education. A...
Section 53 - The appointment of all members of administrative boards and commissions...
Article V: judicial department
Section 1 - The judicial power of the state shall be vested in...
Section 2 - The supreme court shall be the highest court in the...
Section 3 - The supreme court shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction in all...
Section 4 - 3. In the event that six commissioners of the supreme...
Section 5 - The supreme court may establish rules relating to practice, procedure...
Section 6 - The supreme court may make temporary transfers of judicial personnel...
Section 7 - The supreme court may sit en banc or in divisions...
Section 8 - The judges of the supreme court shall elect from their...
Section 9 - A cause in the supreme court shall be transferred to...
Section 10 - Cases pending in the court of appeals shall be transferred...
Section 11 - In all proceedings reviewable on appeal by the supreme court...
Section 12 - The opinions of the supreme court and court of appeals...
Section 13 - The court of appeals shall be organized into separate districts,...
Section 14 - (b) Procedures for the adjudication of small claims shall be...
Section 15 - 4. Personnel to aid in the business of the circuit...
Section 16 - Each county shall have such number of associate circuit judges...
Section 17 - Associate circuit judges may hear and determine all cases, civil...
Section 18 - All final decisions, findings, rules and orders on any administrative...
Section 19 - Judges of the supreme court and of the court of...
Section 20 - All judges shall receive as salary the total amount of...
Section 21 - Judges of the supreme court and of the court of...
Section 22 - Each district of the court of appeals shall appoint a...
Section 23 - Each circuit may have such municipal judges as provided by...
Section 24 - 8. Additional duties shall not be imposed by law or...
Section 25(a) - Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of judge...
Section 25(b) - At any general election the qualified voters of any judicial...
Section 25(C)(1) - Each judge appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 25(a)–(g)...
Section 25(C)(2) - Whenever a declaration of candidacy for election to succeed himself...
Section 25(D) - Nonpartisan judicial commissions whose duty it shall be to nominate...
Section 25(e) - All expenses incurred in administering sections 25(a)–(g), when approved by...
Section 25(f) - No judge of any court in this state, appointed to...
Section 25(g) - All of the provisions of sections 25(a)–(g) shall be self-enforcing...
Section 26 - 3. Any retired judge, associate circuit judge or commissioner, with...
Section 27 - 24. Judges, other than municipal judges, not selected under the...
Article VI: local government
Section 1 - The existing counties are hereby recognized as legal subdivisions of...
Section 2 - The existing organization of counties shall continue until further provisions...
Section 3 - Two or more counties may be consolidated by vote of...
Section 4 - No county shall be divided or have any portion stricken...
Section 5 - A county may be dissolved by vote of two-thirds of...
Section 6 - No county seat shall be removed except by vote of...
Section 7 - In each county not framing and adopting its own charter...
Section 8 - Provision shall be made by general laws for the organization...
Section 9 - Alternative forms of county government for the counties of any...
Section 10 - The terms of city or county offices shall not exceed...
Section 11 - 2. Upon approval of this amendment by the voters of...
Section 12 - All public officers in the city of St. Louis and...
Section 13 - All state and county officers, except constables and justices of...
Section 14 - By vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting...
Section 15 - The general assembly shall provide by general laws for the...
Section 16 - Any municipality or political subdivision of this state may contract...
Section 17 - The government of any city, town or village not in...
Section 18(a) - Any county having more than 85,000 inhabitants, according to the...
Section 18(b) - The charter shall provide for its amendment, for the form...
Section 18(C) - The charter may provide for the vesting and exercise of...
Section 18(D) - The county shall only impose such taxes as it is...
Section 18(e) - Laws shall be enacted providing for free and open elections...
Section 18(f) - Whenever a petition for a commission, signed by qualified electors...
Section 18(g) - Within sixty days thereafter said judges shall appoint a commission...
Section 18(h) - The charter framed by the commission shall take effect on...
Section 18(I) - The body canvassing election returns shall publish notice of the...
Section 18(j) - Duplicate certificates shall be made, setting forth the charter adopted...
Section 18(k) - All amendments to such charter approved by the voters shall...
Section 18(L) - No charter shall be submitted to the electors within the...
Section 18(M) - Any county of the first classification may adopt an alternative...
Section 18(n) - If the question is approved, the circuit judges of the...
Section 18(o) - The county constitution framed by the commission shall take effect...
Section 18(p) - In addition to notices required under the election laws of...
Section 18(q) - If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified...
Section 18(r) - Duplicate certificates shall be made, setting forth the adopted county...
Section 19 - Any city having more than five thousand inhabitants or any...
Section 19(a) - Any city which adopts or has adopted a charter for...
Section 20 - Amendments of any city charter adopted under the foregoing provisions...
Section 21 - Laws may be enacted, and any city or county operating...
Section 22 - No law shall be enacted creating or fixing the powers,...
Section 23 - No county, city or other political corporation or subdivision of...
Section 23(a) - By vote of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof voting...
Section 24 - As prescribed by law all counties, cities, other legal subdivisions...
Section 25 - No county, city or other political corporation or subdivision of...
Section 26(a) - No county, city, incorporated town or village, school district or...
Section 26(b) - Any county, city, incorporated town or village or other political...
Section 26(C) - Any county or city, by a vote of the qualified...
Section 26(D) - Any city, by vote of the qualified electors thereof voting...
Section 26(e) - Any city, by vote of the qualified electors thereof voting...
Section 26(f) - Before incurring any indebtedness every county, city, incorporated town or...
Section 26(g) - All elections under this article may be contested as provided...
Section 27 - (1) Revenue producing water, sewer, gas or electric light works,...
Section 27(a) - (1) revenue producing water, gas or electric light works, heating...
Section 27(b) - Any county, city or incorporated town or village in this...
Section 27(C) - As used in article VI, sections 27(a) and 27(b), the...
Section 28 - For the purpose of refunding, extending, and unifying the whole...
Section 29 - The moneys arising from any loan, debt, or liability contracted...
Section 30(a) - within ten days after the certification, the county supervisor shall,...
Section 30(b) - Upon certification of the filing of such similar petitions by...
Section 31 - The city of St. Louis, as now existing, is recognized...
Section 32(a) - The charter of the city of St. Louis now existing,...
Section 32(b) - In the event of any amendment or revision of the...
Section 32(C) - An amendment or revision adopted pursuant to section 32(a) of...
Section 33 - Copies of any new or revised charter of the city...
Article VII: public officers
Section 1 - All elective executive officials of the state, and judges of...
Section 2 - The house of representatives shall have the sole power of...
Section 3 - Judgment of impeachment shall not extend beyond removal from office,...
Section 4 - Except as provided in this constitution, all officers not subject...
Section 5 - Contested elections for governor, lieutenant governor and other executive state...
Section 6 - Any public officer or employee in this state who by...
Section 7 - Except as provided in this constitution, the appointment of all...
Section 8 - No person shall be elected or appointed to any civil...
Section 9 - No person holding an office of profit under the United...
Section 10 - No person shall be disqualified from holding office in this...
Section 11 - Before taking office, all civil and military officers in this...
Section 12 - Except as provided in this constitution, and subject to the...
Section 13 - The compensation of state, county and municipal officers shall not...
Section 14 - The legislative body which stipulates by law the amount and...
Article VIII: suffrage and elections
Section 1 - The general election shall be held on the Tuesday next...
Section 2 - All citizens of the United States, including occupants of soldiers’...
Section 3 - All elections by the people shall be by ballot or...
Section 4 - Voters shall be privileged from arrest while going to, attending...
Section 5 - Registration of voters may be provided for by law.
Section 6 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed...
Section 7 - Qualified electors of the state who are absent, whether within...
Section 15 - The people of Missouri hereby state our intention that this...
Section 16 - (d) This article shall have no time limit within which...
Section 17 - (3) The information “DISREGARDED VOTERS’ INSTRUCTION ON TERM LIMITS” shall...
Section 18 - I support term limits and pledge to use all my...
Section 19 - (7) The Supreme Court shall hear the appeal provided for...
Section 20 - At such time as the Congressional Term Limits Amendment set...
Section 21 - Any legal challenge to this Amendment shall be filed as...
Section 22 - If any portion, clause, or phrase of this Amendment is,...
Section 23 - 8. The provisions of this section are self-executing. All of...
Article IX: education
Section 1(a) - A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to...
Section 1(b) - Specific schools for any contiguous territory may be established by...
Section 2(a) - The supervision of instruction in the public schools shall be...
Section 2(b) - The board shall select and appoint a commissioner of education...
Section 3(a) - All appropriations by the state for the support of free...
Section 3(b) - In event the public school fund provided and set apart...
Section 3(C) - No school district which permits differences in wages of teachers...
Section 4 - All certificates of indebtedness of the state to the public...
Section 5 - The proceeds of all certificates of indebtedness due the state...
Section 6 - The proceeds of all certificates of indebtedness due the seminary...
Section 7 - All real estate, loans, and investments now belonging to the...
Section 8 - Neither the general assembly, nor any county, city, town, township,...
Section 9(a) - State university—government by board of curators—number and appointment.—The government of...
Section 9(b) - The general assembly shall adequately maintain the state university and...
Section 10 - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the...
Article X: taxation
Section 1 - The taxing power may be exercised by the general assembly...
Section 2 - The power to tax shall not be surrendered, suspended or...
Section 3 - Taxes may be levied and collected for public purposes only,...
Section 4(a) - All taxable property shall be classified for tax purposes as...
Section 4(b) - Property in the subclasses of class 1 may be defined...
Section 4(C) - All taxes on property in class 3 and its subclasses,...
Section 4(D) - In enacting any law imposing a tax on or measured...
Section 5 - All railroad corporations in this state, or doing business therein,...
Section 6 - 4. As used in this section, the terms "revenues lost"...
Section 6(a) - The general assembly may provide that a portion of the...
Section 6(b) - (1) Individuals; or (2) Labor, agricultural or horticultural organizations; or...
Section 7 - For the purpose of encouraging forestry when lands are devoted...
Section 8 - The state tax on real and tangible personal property, exclusive...
Section 9 - Private property shall not be taken or sold for the...
Section 10(a) - Except as provided in this constitution, the general assembly shall...
Section 10(b) - Nothing in this constitution shall prevent the enactment of general...
Section 10(C) - The general assembly may require by law that political subdivisions...
Section 11(a) - Taxes may be levied by counties and other political subdivisions...
Section 11(b) - For municipalities—one dollar on the hundred dollars assessed valuation; For...
Section 11(C) - In all municipalities, counties and school districts the rates of...
Section 11(D) - The city of St. Louis may levy for county purposes,...
Section 11(e) - The foregoing limitations on rates shall not apply to taxes...
Section 11(f) - Nothing in this constitution shall prevent the enactment of any...
Section 11(g) - The school board of any school district whose operating levy...
Section 12(a) - In addition to the rates authorized in section 11 for...
Section 12(b) - Nothing in this section shall prevent the refund of taxes...
Section 13 - No real property shall be sold for state, county or...
Section 14 - The general assembly shall establish a commission, to be appointed...
Section 15 - The term “other political subdivision,” as used in this article,...
Section 16 - Property taxes and other local taxes and state taxation and...
Section 17 - (1) “Total state revenues” includes all general and special revenues,...
Section 18 - (d) If responsibility for funding a program or programs is...
Section 18(e) - 5. Any taxpayer or statewide elected official may bring an...
Section 19 - (1) The governor requests the general assembly to declare an...
Section 20 - No expenses of state government shall be incurred in any...
Section 21 - 2. Notwithstanding the foregoing prohibitions, before December 31, 2026, the...
Section 22 - (b) The limitations of this section shall not apply to...
Section 23 - Notwithstanding other provisions of this constitution or other law, any...
Section 24 - (b) The provisions contained in sections 16 through 23, inclusive,...
Section 25 - After the effective date of this section, the state, counties,...
Article XI: corporations
Section 1 - The term “corporation,” as used in this article, shall be...
Section 2 - Corporations shall be organized only under general laws. No corporation...
Section 3 - The exercise of the police power of the state shall...
Section 4 - The exercise of the power and right of eminent domain...
Section 6 - In all elections for directors or managers of any corporation,...
Section 7 - No corporation shall issue stock, or bonds or other obligations...
Section 8 - No stockholder or subscriber to stock of a corporation shall...
Section 9 - All railways in this state are hereby declared public highways,...
Section 10 - If any railroad corporation organized under the laws of this...
Section 11 - No law shall grant the right to construct and operate...
Section 12 - No discrimination in charges or facilities in transportation shall be...
Section 13 - Exclusion of state from banking.—No state bank shall be created,...
article XII: amending the constitution
Section 1 - The constitution of 1875 and all amendments thereto except as...
Section 2(a) - Constitutional amendments may be proposed at any time by a...
Section 2(b) - All amendments proposed by the general assembly or by the...
Section 3(a) - At the general election on the first Tuesday following the...
Section 3(b) - The delegates so elected shall be convened at the seat...
Section 3(C) - Any proposed constitution or constitutional amendment adopted by the convention...
Section 2 - All laws in force at the time of the adoption...
Section 3 - The terms of all persons holding public office to which...
Section 4 - All courts of common pleas now existing, the St. Louis...
Section 5 - All rights, claims, causes of action and obligations existing and...
Section 6 - The general assembly shall appropriate out of the general revenue...
Article XIII: public employees
Section 1 - Other provisions of this constitution to the contrary notwithstanding, the...
Section 2 - Other provisions of this constitution to the contrary notwithstanding, the...
Section 3 - 13. No compensation schedule filed by the commission after the...
Article XIV: medical marijuana -