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Did Missouri approve the fiscal note summary for local tobacco tax petition 2026-008?
Yes. The attorney general approved the summary's legal content and form. It estimated no direct government costs or savings, while noting that local tobacco tax changes could affect revenue and electi…
Did Missouri approve the fiscal note summary for local tobacco tax petition 2026-007?
Yes. The attorney general approved the summary's legal content and form. It estimated no direct government costs or savings, while noting that local tobacco tax changes could affect revenue and electi…
Did Missouri approve the fiscal note summary for local tobacco tax petition 2026-006?
Yes. The attorney general approved the summary's legal content and form. It estimated no direct government costs or savings, while noting that local tobacco tax changes could affect revenue and electi…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of James Owen's initiative petition to amend Chapter 393, RSMo (2020-142)?
Yes, as to form only. AG Eric Schmitt approved the sufficiency as to form of James Owen's initiative petition under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.332. The letter notes that the Secretary of State retains final…
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Winston Apple's state-run health cooperative initiative (2020-141)?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. The Apple petition (2020-141) proposed amending Chapter 192, RSMo, to create …
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Winston Apple's initiative to restructure the Missouri legislature (2020-140)?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. The Apple petition (2020-140) proposed amending Article III to cut the House …
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Mary Anne Sedey's voter registration initiative version 2020-136?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. This Sedey petition (2020-136, version 8) proposed amending Article VIII to e…
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Mary Anne Sedey's voter registration initiative version 2020-131?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. This Sedey petition (2020-131, version 3) proposed amending Article VIII to e…
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Mary Anne Sedey's automatic voter registration initiative version 2020-139?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. This Sedey petition (2020-139, version 11) proposed amending Article VIII to …
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Mary Anne Sedey's automatic voter registration initiative version 2020-138?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. This Sedey petition (2020-138, version 10) proposed amending Article VIII to …
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Mary Anne Sedey's automatic voter registration initiative version 2020-137?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. This Sedey petition (2020-137, version 9) proposed amending Article VIII to e…
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Mary Anne Sedey's voter registration initiative version 2020-135?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. This Sedey petition (2020-135, version 7) proposed amending Article VIII to e…
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Mary Anne Sedey's voter registration initiative version 2020-134?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. This Sedey petition (2020-134, version 6) proposed amending Article VIII to e…
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Mary Anne Sedey's voter registration initiative version 2020-133?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. This Sedey petition (2020-133, version 5) proposed amending Article VIII to e…
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Mary Anne Sedey's voter registration initiative version 2020-132?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. This Sedey petition (2020-132, version 4) proposed amending Article VIII to e…
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Mary Anne Sedey's voter registration initiative version 2020-130?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. This Sedey petition (2020-130, version 2) proposed amending Article VIII to e…
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Mary Anne Sedey's automatic voter registration initiative version 2020-129?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. This Sedey petition (2020-129) proposed amending Article VIII of the Missouri…
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Deirdre Hirner's recreational marijuana initiative version 2020-128?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. This Hirner petition (2020-128) proposed amending Article XIV of the Missouri…
Did the Missouri AG approve the Secretary of State's summary statement for Deirdre Hirner's recreational marijuana legalization initiative (2020-127)?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the proposed summary statement under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.334. The Hirner petition (2020-127) proposed amending Article XIV of the Missouri …
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of the State Auditor's fiscal note summary for Winston Apple's initiative petition 2020-141?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.175.4. The summary projected that costs would equal savings for state entities, with poss…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of the State Auditor's fiscal note summary for Winston Apple's initiative petition 2020-140?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.175.4. The letter does not describe the initiative's subject; it reproduces the cost proj…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of the State Auditor's fiscal note summary for Mary Ann Sedey's initiative petition 2020-139?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.175.4. The letter does not describe what the initiative would do; it reproduces only the …
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of the State Auditor's fiscal note summary for Mary Ann Sedey's initiative petition 2020-138?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.175.4. The letter does not describe what the initiative would do; it reproduces only the …
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of the State Auditor's fiscal note summary for Mary Ann Sedey's initiative petition 2020-132?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.175.4. The letter does not describe the initiative's subject; it reproduces the projectio…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of the State Auditor's fiscal note summary for Mary Ann Sedey's initiative petition 2020-131?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.175.4. The letter does not describe the initiative's subject; it reproduces the projectio…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of the State Auditor's fiscal note summary for Mary Ann Sedey's initiative petition 2020-130?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.175.4. The letter does not describe the initiative's subject; it reproduces the projectio…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of the State Auditor's fiscal note summary for Mary Ann Sedey's initiative petition 2020-129?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.175.4. The letter does not describe the initiative's subject; it reproduces the projectio…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of the State Auditor's fiscal note summary for Deirdre Hirner's initiative petition 2020-128?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.175.4. The letter does not describe the initiative's subject; it reproduces the projectio…
What did the Missouri AG approve as the official ballot question for the 2020 Hirner marijuana legalization initiative (petition 2020-126)?
AG Schmitt approved the form of Secretary of State Ashcroft's proposed ballot summary statement for petition 2020-126. The statement asked voters whether to amend the Missouri Constitution to legalize…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Winston Apple's 2019 initiative petition to amend Chapter 192 RSMo (petition 2020-141)?
Yes, but only as to legal form. AG Eric Schmitt approved petition 2020-141 (Winston Apple's proposal to amend Chapter 192 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the state's public-health-and-senior-serv…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Winston Apple's 2019 initiative petition to amend Article III of the Missouri Constitution (petition 2020-140)?
Yes, but only as to legal form. AG Eric Schmitt approved petition 2020-140 (Winston Apple's proposal to amend Article III, the legislative branch article of the Missouri Constitution) under § 116.332 …
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of the State Auditor's fiscal note summary for Deirdre Hirner's initiative petition 2020-127?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.175.4. The letter does not describe the initiative's subject; it reproduces the projectio…
Did the Missouri AG approve the ballot summary for Deirdre Hirner's 2019 recreational marijuana initiative petition (2020-125)?
Yes, as to legal content and form. AG Schmitt approved the Secretary of State's draft summary statement for Hirner's Article XIV petition (2020-125), which would have legalized personal recreational m…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of the State Auditor's fiscal note summary for Deirdre Hirner's initiative petition 2020-126?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.175.4. The letter does not describe the initiative's subject; it reproduces the projectio…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Mary Anne Sedey's 2019 elections-article initiative petition (version 11, file 2020-139)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Sedey's petition 2020-139 (version 11) to amend Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution. Form approval under § 116.332 RSMo is procedural; it d…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Mary Anne Sedey's 2019 elections-article initiative petition (version 10, file 2020-138)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Sedey's petition 2020-138 (version 10) to amend Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution. Form approval under § 116.332 RSMo is procedural; it d…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Mary Anne Sedey's 2019 elections-article initiative petition (version 9, file 2020-137)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Sedey's petition 2020-137 (version 9) to amend Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution. Form approval under § 116.332 RSMo is procedural; it do…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Mary Anne Sedey's 2019 elections-article initiative petition (version 8, file 2020-136)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Sedey's petition 2020-136 (version 8) to amend Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution. Form approval under § 116.332 RSMo is procedural; it do…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Mary Anne Sedey's 2019 elections-article initiative petition (version 7, file 2020-135)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Sedey's petition 2020-135 (version 7) to amend Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution. Form approval under § 116.332 RSMo is procedural; it do…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Mary Anne Sedey's 2019 elections-article initiative petition (version 6, file 2020-134)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Sedey's petition 2020-134 (version 6) to amend Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution. Form approval under § 116.332 RSMo is procedural; it do…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Mary Anne Sedey's 2019 elections-article initiative petition (version 5, file 2020-133)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Sedey's petition 2020-133 (version 5) to amend Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution. Form approval under § 116.332 RSMo is procedural; it do…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Mary Anne Sedey's 2019 elections-article initiative petition (version 4, file 2020-132)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Sedey's petition 2020-132 (version 4) to amend Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution. Form approval under § 116.332 RSMo is procedural; it do…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Mary Anne Sedey's 2019 elections-article initiative petition (version 3, file 2020-131)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Sedey's petition 2020-131 (version 3) to amend Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution. Form approval under § 116.332 RSMo is procedural; it do…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Mary Anne Sedey's 2019 elections-article initiative petition (version 2, file 2020-130)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Sedey's petition 2020-130 (version 2) to amend Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution. Form approval under § 116.332 RSMo is procedural; it do…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Mary Anne Sedey's 2019 elections-article initiative petition (version 1, file 2020-129)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Sedey's petition 2020-129 (version 1) to amend Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution. Form approval under § 116.332 RSMo is procedural; it do…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Deirdre Hirner's 2019 Article XIV initiative petition (file 2020-128)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Hirner's petition 2020-128 to amend Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution (the article dealing with marijuana). Form approval under § 116.332 …
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of the State Auditor's fiscal note summary for Deirdre Hirner's initiative petition 2020-125?
Yes. AG Eric Schmitt approved the legal content and form of the fiscal note summary under Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.175.4. The letter does not describe the initiative's subject; it reproduces the projectio…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Deirdre Hirner's 2019 Article XIV initiative petition (file 2020-127)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Hirner's petition 2020-127 to amend Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution (the article dealing with marijuana). Form approval under § 116.332 …
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Deirdre Hirner's 2019 Article XIV initiative petition (file 2020-126)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Hirner's petition 2020-126 to amend Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution (the article dealing with marijuana). Form approval under § 116.332 …
Did the Missouri AG approve the ballot summary for DeeAnn Aull's 2019 Article IX education-funding initiative petition (version 1, file 2020-121)?
Yes, as to legal content and form. AG Schmitt approved the Secretary of State's summary statement for Aull's Article IX petition 2020-121 (version 1). The petition would have authorized the General As…
Did the Missouri AG approve the ballot summary for DeeAnn Aull's 2019 Article IX education-funding initiative petition (version 4, file 2020-120)?
Yes, as to legal content and form. AG Schmitt approved the Secretary of State's summary statement for Aull's Article IX petition 2020-120 (version 4). The petition would have authorized the General As…
Did the Missouri AG approve the ballot summary for DeeAnn Aull's 2019 Article IX education-funding initiative petition (version 3, file 2020-119)?
Yes, as to legal content and form. AG Schmitt approved the Secretary of State's summary statement for Aull's Article IX petition 2020-119 (version 3). The petition would have authorized the General As…
Did the Missouri AG approve the ballot summary for DeeAnn Aull's 2019 Article IX education-funding initiative petition (version 2, file 2020-118)?
Yes, as to legal content and form. AG Schmitt approved the Secretary of State's summary statement for Aull's Article IX petition 2020-118 (version 2). The petition would have authorized the General As…
Did the Missouri AG approve the ballot summary for DeeAnn Aull's 2019 Article IX education-funding initiative petition (version 1, file 2020-117)?
Yes, as to legal content and form. AG Schmitt approved the Secretary of State's summary statement for Aull's Article IX petition 2020-117 (version 1). The petition would have authorized the General As…
Did the Missouri AG approve the form of Deirdre Hirner's 2019 Article XIV initiative petition (file 2020-125)?
Yes, as to form. AG Schmitt approved the legal form of Hirner's petition 2020-125 to amend Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution (the article dealing with marijuana). Form approval under § 116.332 …
Did the Missouri AG approve the ballot summary for James Owen's 2019 Chapter 393 renewable-energy-standard initiative petition (version 4, file 2020-116)?
Yes, as to legal content and form. AG Schmitt approved the Secretary of State's summary statement for Owen's petition 2020-116 (version 4) to amend Chapters 393 & 386 RSMo. The petition would raise Mi…
Did the Missouri AG approve the ballot summary for James Owen's 2019 Chapter 393 renewable-energy-standard initiative petition (version 3, file 2020-115)?
Yes, as to legal content and form. AG Schmitt approved the Secretary of State's summary statement for Owen's petition 2020-115 (version 3) to amend Chapter 393 RSMo. The petition would raise Missouri'…
Did the Missouri AG approve the ballot summary for James Owen's 2019 Chapter 393 renewable-energy-standard initiative petition (version 2, file 2020-114)?
Yes, as to legal content and form. AG Schmitt approved the Secretary of State's summary statement for Owen's petition 2020-114 (version 2) to amend Chapter 393 RSMo. The petition would raise Missouri'…
Did the Missouri AG approve the ballot summary for James Owen's 2019 Chapter 393 renewable-energy-standard initiative petition (version 1, file 2020-113)?
Yes, as to legal content and form. AG Schmitt approved the Secretary of State's summary statement for Owen's petition 2020-113 (version 1) to amend Chapter 393 RSMo. The petition would raise Missouri'…
Did the Missouri AG approve Charles Hurth's 2019 Article VIII initiative petition (2020-124)?
No. AG Schmitt rejected the petition's form because it failed to bracket deleted matter and underline new matter as required by § 116.050 RSMo. The AG did not check for any other defects. Under § 116.…
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