HJR86 - Amends the Constitution to require a 2/3rds majority to approve initiative petitions that harm, restrict, or regulate the right to raise domesticated animals

HJR 86

Amends the Constitution to require a 2/3rds majority to approve initiative petitions that harm, restrict, or regulate the right to raise domesticated animals

Sponsor:	Stouffer
LR Number:	4617S.11C	Fiscal Note:	4617-11N.ORG
Committee:	Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources
Last Action:	5/14/2010 - S Inf Calendar H Bills for Third Reading--HCS for HJR 86, with SCS & SS#4 for SCS (pending) (Stouffer)	Journal Page:
Title:	SCS HCS HJR 86	Calendar Position:
Effective Date:	upon voter approval
House Handler:	Loehner

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Current Bill Summary

SS/SCS/HCS/HJR 86 - If approved by the voters, this constitutional amendment adds a section to Article I of the Missouri Constitution to declare that agriculture is the foundation and stabilizing force of the state's economy and that in order to protect the agricultural sector and the state's heritage, any initiative petition that would harm, restrict, or regulate the right of agricultural producers, ranchers or farmers to raise domesticated animals shall only take effect if it receives a 2/3rds majority of the voters.

ERIKA JAQUES