SJR 47 Missouri Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Modifies provisions relating to constitutional amendments

Based on the provided title and abstract, SJR 47 is a legislative bill that proposes changes to the existing rules and procedures for amending the state's constitution. However, the specific details of how it modifies these provisions, what those modifications entail, and who would be directly affected by these changes are not available in the given information.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 1, 2024 Last action May 14, 2025
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Introduced Senate Committee Substitute · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to combine three related joint resolutions (47, 30, and 10) and renumbered sections to clarify the constitutional amendments being proposed. The most significant substantive change is the addition of new restrictions on foreign nationals and their connected sources from sponsoring, funding, or influencing constitutional amendments and initiatives. The bill also modified the approval threshold for constitutional amendments, changing the requirement from three-quarters of Congressional districts to a majority of state House of Representatives districts.
Scope change
The bill's scope now encompasses three joint resolutions instead of one, and the applicability of the new foreign influence restrictions extends to all proposed constitutional amendments and initiatives, including those from constitutional conventions.
TECHNICAL

The bill title was changed from a single Senate Joint Resolution No. 47 to include Senate Joint Resolutions Nos. 47, 30, and 10, and the section numbering was adjusted accordingly.

FISCAL

New provisions prohibit foreign nationals and sources connected to them from sponsoring initiative petitions, making contributions or donations, making expenditures related to electioneering communications, or soliciting contributions for constitutional amendment elections.

ENFORCEMENT

Added a provision stating that if an amendment proposed by initiative petition violates the foreign influence restrictions, the amendment is deemed void even if it received the requisite votes for approval.

DEFINITION

New definitions were added for 'foreign national' (including non-US citizens, foreign governments, foreign political parties, and foreign-owned entities) and 'source connected to a foreign national' (entities that knowingly accepted over $10,000 from foreign nationals in the preceding four years).

REQUIREMENT

The approval threshold for constitutional amendments was changed from requiring a majority in at least three-quarters of Congressional districts to requiring a majority in more than half of the state House of Representatives districts.

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Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee w/SCS
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCS SJRs 47, 30 & 10) Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee (0462S.11C)
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Hearing Conducted S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
upper
Dec 1, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Jill Carter
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