Missouri Definition of Marriage Amendment (2024)

Missouri Definition of Marriage Amendment

Election date November 5, 2024
Topic Constitutional language and LGBT issues
Status Not on the ballot
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

The Missouri Definition of Marriage Amendment did not appear on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.

The amendment would have repealed Article 1, Section 33 of the Missouri Constitution, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman.^[1]

Text of measure

The versions of the text of this amendment are available here.

The petition, submitted by Madeline Smith, was approved to circulate by the secretary of state on May 26, 2023.^[2]

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