2026 Missouri Amendment 4
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August 4, 2026
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Require Approval in Each Congressional District for Citizen-Initiated Constitutional Amendments and Add Provisions on Petition Fraud and Foreign Contributions Amendment |
Missouri Amendment 4, officially the Require Approval in Each Congressional District for Citizen-Initiated Constitutional Amendments and Add Provisions on Petition Fraud and Foreign Contributions Amendment, is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that will appear on the ballot in the U.S. state of Missouri on August 4, 2026, concurrent with the 2026 United States elections.
Background
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Currently in Missouri, citizen-initiated constitutional amendments may be approved by voters with 50% of the vote. The amendment to require these citizen-led amendments to be approved in each of Missouri's eight congressional districts was approved for the ballot in September 2025.[1] Some measures, such as Medicaid expansion in 2020, abortion rights in 2024, and a minimum wage expansion in 2024 would have failed if this proposal was in effect.[2]
Endorsements
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- State legislators
- John Simmons, state representative from the 109th district (2019–2023, 2025–present) (Republican)[3]
- Matthew Overcast, state representative from the 155th district (2025–present) (Republican)[3]
- Cathy Jo Loy, state representative from the 163rd district (2025–present) (Republican)[3]
- Bishop Davidson, state representative from the 130th district (2021–present) (Republican)[3]
- Ed Lewis, state representative from the 6th district (2021–present) (Republican)[4]
- Bill Lucas, state representative from the 115th district (Republican)[5]
- State legislators
- Lincoln Hough, state senator from the 30th district (2019–present) (Republican)[6]
- Doug Beck, state senator from the 1st district (2021–present) (Democratic)[3]
- Stephen Webber, state senator from the 19th district (2025–present) (Democratic)[3]
- Emily Weber, state representative from the 24th district (2021–present) (Democratic)[3]
- Marty Joe Murray, state representative from the 78th district (2025–present) (Democratic)[5]
- Jonathan Patterson, speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives (2025–present) from the 30th district (2019–present) (Republican)[4]
- Kathy Steinhoff, state representative from the 45th district (2023–present) (Democratic)[5]
- Local officials
- Quinton Lucas, mayor of Kansas City (2019–present) (Democratic)[4]
- Labor unions
- Organizations
References
[edit]- ↑ Hancock, Jason (September 12, 2025). "Missouri lawmakers pass gerrymandered congressional map, initiative petition limits". Missouri Independent. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- ↑ Keller, Rudi (September 22, 2025). "Missouri voters likely to deliver final verdict on congressional map, initiative changes". Missouri Independent. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Missouri Amendment 4, Require Approval in Each Congressional District for Citizen-Initiated Constitutional Amendments and Add Provisions on Petition Fraud and Foreign Contributions Amendment (2026), Supporters and Opponents". Ballotpedia.
- 1 2 3 Sabino, Pascal (September 18, 2025). "Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri's Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed". Bolts. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- 1 2 3 Rosenbaum, Jason (September 9, 2025). "Missouri House passes measure making it harder for voters to change state constitution". KCUR. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- ↑ McGee, Jack (September 13, 2025). "Hough ousted as state budget chair after opposing gerrymander, initiative petition limits". Springfield Daily Citizen. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- ↑ Park, Kay (September 2025). "The League of Women Voters of Missouri Strongly Opposes HJR3 Which Requires a Majority in all 8 Districts to Pass a Citizen-Led Initiative Petition". League of Women Voters of Missouri. Retrieved September 26, 2025.