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-SECOND REGULAR SESSION
-HOUSE JOINT
-RESOLUTION NO. 166
-103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
-INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE BUR TON.
-4663H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
-JOINT RESOLUTION
-Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing Section 33 of Article I
-of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating
-to valid marriages.
-Be it r esolved by the House of Repr esentatives, the Senate concurring ther ein:
-That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on T uesday next
-2 following the first Monday in November , 2026, or at a special election to be called by the
-3 governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for
-4 adoption or rejection, the following amendment to Article I of the Constitution of the state of
-5 Missouri:
-Section A. Section 33, Article I, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new
-2 section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as Section 33, to read as follows:
-Section 33. That to be valid and recognized in this state, a marriage shall exist [ only ]
-2 between [ a man and a woman ] two persons rega rdless of their genders .
-✔
-EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
-intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
+HJR 166 -- VALID MARRIAGES
+SPONSOR:  Burton
+Currently, the Missouri Constitution states that a valid and
+recognized marriage in this State must be between a man and a
+woman.
+Upon voter approval, this proposed constitutional amendment would
+make a valid and recognized marriage in this State between two
+persons regardless of their genders.
+This bill is similar to HJR 70 (2025) and HJR 121 (2024).