Bill > SB1615

This bill amends existing Missouri law concerning ballot measures, which are proposals for new laws or constitutional changes that voters decide on. Primarily, it increases the word limit for the official summary statement of a ballot measure from fifty to one hundred words, ensuring a more comprehensive yet concise description for voters. It also clarifies that signatures collected for a ballot measure petition remain valid even if the ballot title is challenged in court and subsequently changed, as long as the signatures were gathered after the initial certification of the ballot title. Additionally, the bill modifies the timelines and procedures for court challenges to ballot measure titles and fiscal notes, aiming to expedite the resolution of these disputes before ballots are printed, and specifies that appeals in such cases may be limited to remanding the issue back to a lower court unless certain timeframes are met.

Government Affairs

https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=3237101