2026 Missouri Amendment 4
2026 referendum
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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 an 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.
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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 |
Background
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
- 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