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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.155 (2026)

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  *116.155.  Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, summary to be official ballot title if included. — 1.  The general assembly may include the official summary statement and a fiscal note summary in any statewide ballot measure that it refers to the voters.

  2.  The official summary statement approved by the general assembly shall, taken together with the approved fiscal note summary, be the official ballot title and such summary statement shall contain no more than one hundred words, excluding articles.  The title shall be a true and impartial statement of the purposes of the proposed measure in language neither intentionally argumentative nor likely to create prejudice either for or against the proposed measure.

  3.  The fiscal note summary approved by the general assembly shall contain no more than fifty words, excluding articles, which shall summarize the fiscal note prepared for the measure in language neither argumentative nor likely to create prejudice for or against the proposed measure.

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(L. 1999 H.B. 676, A.L. 2025 S.B. 22)

*Revisor's Note:  This section was declared unconstitutional in Nicholson v. State of Missouri, et al. (see 2026 annotation below).

(2026)  Provisions of S.B. 22 from 2025 declared unconstitutional as violating the original purpose requirement of Article III, § 21 of the Missouri Constitution.  Finding the offending provisions cannot be severed, the Court declared S.B. 22 invalid in its entirety.  Nicholson v. State of Missouri, et al., No. SC101308, January 23, 2026 (Mo.banc).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2002–2024 · leading case: Dotson v. Kander, 464 S.W.3d 190 (Mo. 2015).
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Dotson v. Kander, 464 S.W.3d 190 (Mo. 2015). · cites it 4× “2013, with section 116.155. Pre-election review under ■ section 116.”
Overfelt v. McCaskill, 81 S.W.3d 732 (Mo. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “Except as provided in section 116.155, upon receipt from the secretary of state’s office of any petition sample sheet, joint resolution or bill, the auditor shall assess the fiscal impact of the proposed measure.”
Missouri Mun. League v. Carnahan, 303 S.W.3d 573 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “Except as provided in section 116.155, upon receipt from the secretary of state’s office of any petition sample sheet, join resolution or bill, the auditor shall assess the fiscal impact of the proposed measure.”
D. Samuel Dotson III & Rebecca Morgan v. Missouri Sec'y of State Jason Kander, Tom Dempsey, Timothy Jones, Ron Richard, Kurt Schaefer, & Missourians Protecting the 2nd Amendment, Intervenors., No. SC94482 (Mo. June 30, 2015). · cites it 4× “While this Court has yet to examine in what ways these standards may differ, the challengers claim that the summary statement in SJR 36 was insufficient and unfair in that it did not meet the standards of section 116.155. 3 proposed amendment without any review of the ballot…”
State of Missouri ex rel. Dr. Anna Fitz-James v. Andrew Bailey, In His Off. Capacity, & Scott Fitzpatrick, 670 S.W.3d 1 (Mo. 2023). · cites it 2× “Except as provided in section 116.155, upon receipt from the secretary of state’s office of any petition sample sheet, joint resolution or bill, the auditor shall assess the fiscal impact of the proposed measure.”
Quinton Lucas v. Missouri Sec'y of State John R. Ashcroft & Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick, 688 S.W.3d 204 (Mo. 2024). “§§ 116.155, 116.170. For Amendment No. 4, the general assembly prepared the summary statement, and the auditor prepared the fiscal note and the fiscal note summary.”
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