37-2025: 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 27, 2025
OPINION LETTER NO. 37-2025
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 revised request dated February 24, 2025 for
our review under § 116.334, RSMo of a proposed summary statement prepared for the
petition submitted by Katherine Floyd, 2026-018. The proposed summary statement is
as follows:
Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to change the definition of marriage:
• 	From “A valid marriage in the state of Missouri shall exist only between a man and a
woman:”
• 	To “the right to marry is a fundamental right for any two consenting adults…All such
marriages are valid and recognized in this state?”
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-2025-037