Missouri Parental Rights over Minor Children Initiative (2022)

Missouri Parental Rights over Minor Children Initiative

Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
Constitutional rights
Status
Cleared for signature gathering
Type
Constitutional amendment| Origin
Citizens

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The Missouri Parental Rights over Minor Children Initiative may appear on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.

The amendment would define parental rights over minor children in the state constitution. It would state that parents have a right to direct education and moral upbringing, access school records, make healthcare decisions, and review medical records of their minor children.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Text of measure
* 1.1 Ballot title
* 1.2 Full text
* 2 Path to the ballot
* 2.1 The state process
* 2.2 Details about this initiative
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

## Text of measure[edit]

### Ballot title[edit]

The ballot title is as follows:[2]

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Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:

* establish parental rights for parents of minor children without obstruction or interference from the state, political subdivisions, governmental entities or any other institutions;
* allow parents to direct minor children’s education and care including religious and moral upbringing;
* provide parents access and review all school records related to minor children; and
* allow parents to make health care decisions and access and review of medical records related to minor children unless prohibited by law or if the parent is the subject of an investigation of a crime committed against the minor child?

State governmental entities estimate no savings and increased annual costs of at least $1.6 million. Local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.[3]

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### Full text[edit]

* The full text of the measure is available here.

## Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri

### The state process[edit]

In Missouri, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for governor in the previous gubernatorial election in six of the eight state congressional districts. Signatures must be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election.

The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2022 ballot:

* Signatures: The smallest possible requirement is 160,199 valid signatures.[4] The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures are collected.
* Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures is May 8, 2022.

Once the signatures have been filed with the secretary of state, the secretary copies the petition sheets and transmits them to county election authorities for verification. The secretary of state may choose whether the signatures are to be verified by a 5 percent random sample or full verification. If the random sampling projects between 90 percent and 110 percent of required signatures, a full check of all signatures is required. If more than 110 percent, the initiative is certified, and, if less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.

### Details about this initiative[edit]

* Austin Shaffer filed the initiative on December 6, 2021.[2]
* The secretary of state cleared for signature gathering on January 21, 2022.[2]

## See also[edit]

2022 measures

* 2022 ballot measures
* Constitutional rights on the ballot
* 2022 petition deadlines

Missouri

* Missouri ballot measures
* Missouri initiative laws

News and analysis

* Ballot measure lawsuits
* Ballot measure readability
* Ballot measure polls
* Ballot measure signature costs

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## External links[edit]

* Full text

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Missouri Secretary of State's Office, "Full text," accessed January 21, 2022
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Missouri Secretary of State's Office, "List of petitions," accessed January 21, 2022
3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
4. ↑ This signature requirement is a projected estimate based on increased turnout in 2020. The official turnout within each of the eight congressional districts required to calculate the precise requirement was unavailable as of December 24, 2020.

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