Bill > SJR57

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment for Missouri that would define gender and sex as biological characteristics determined at conception, specifically as male or female. If approved by voters in the 2026 general election, the amendment would establish new rights related to sex-segregated spaces in publicly funded institutions. These spaces include bathrooms, locker rooms, athletic teams, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, prisons, and other areas where privacy, safety, and biological differences are considered significant. The resolution aims to ensure that individuals can use such spaces exclusively with members of their same biological sex, to the maximum extent allowed by the U.S. Constitution and federal law. By adding this provision to Article I of the Missouri Constitution, the resolution seeks to create a legal framework that recognizes biological sex as a fixed, immutable characteristic and provides protections for sex-specific spaces based on that understanding.

Health and Social Services

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