56-2025: 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
May 12, 2025
OPINION LETTER NO. 56-2025
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 May 2, 2025 for our review
under § 116.334, RSMo of a proposed summary statement prepared for the petition
submitted by Bradley Ketcher, 2026-038. The proposed summary statement is as
follows:
Do you want to amend Missouri law to:
• define any location operated by a motor vehicle manufacturer that markets and
processes or takes orders for new motor vehicles as a dealership subject to
franchise laws;
• state that the intent of the law is to prevent manufacturers from circumventing
dealership regulations; and
• remove an existing exemption that allows manufacturers to sell directly to
consumers without using franchised dealers?
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-2025-062