30-2025: INITIATIVES.INITIATIVE PETITIONS.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI
ANDREW BAILEY
Supreme Court Building
207 W. High Street
P.O. Box 899
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-3321
Fax: (573) 751-0774
www.ago.mo.gov
February 4, 2025
OPINION LETTER NO. 30-2025
The Honorable Denny Hoskins
Missouri Secretary of State
James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center
600 West Main Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Dear Secretary Hoskins:
This opinion letter responds to your request dated January 23, 2025 for our
review under § 116.334, RSMo of a proposed summary statement prepared for the
petition submitted by Submitted By, 2026-014. The proposed summary statement is as
follows:
Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:
• 	prohibit the legislature from weakening citizens' direct lawmaking power;
• 	prohibit the legislature from attempting to change any citizen-initiated law
or citizen-initiated amendment, except in the event that eighty percent of the
House and Senate approve the change;
• 	require that every ballot measure be decided at a general election, except in
the event that eighty percent of the House and Senate approve a special
election for the measure; and
• 	require that every ballot summary be clear, unbiased, fair, and accurate, and,
when possible, use only language found in the ballot measure??
Pursuant to § 116.334, RSMo, we approve the legal content and form of the
proposed statement. Because our review of the statement is mandated by statute, no
action that we take with respect to such review should be construed as an endorsement
of the petition, nor as the expression of any view regarding the objectives of its
proponents.
Very truly yours,
ANDREW BAILEY
Attorney General
OP-2025-030