Citizen Initiative Petition Bills

HJR 43 (Changes Missouri’s Initiative Petition law to establish an insurmountable threshold for any future Initiative Petition)

• 30 Minute Matters: Email your opposition to this bill to your State Senator and members of the Senate Local Government and Elections Committee. Committee members can be found HERE. Deadline: Committee meets February 13th at 1:00pm, but send your emails even after this deadline.

SB 102, SB 113, SJR 2, SJR 5, SJR 10, SJR 12, SJR 17, SJR 28 (All make changes to Missouri's Initiative Petition process)

• 30 Minute Matters: Email your opposition to this bill to your State Senator and members of the Senate Local Government and Elections Committee. Committee members can be found HERE. Deadline: Committee meets February 13th at 1:00pm, but send your emails even after this deadline.

HJR 28, HJR 29 (Make changes to Missouri's Initiative Petition process)

• 5 for Democracy: **SUBMIT WRITTEN TESTIMONY HERE**  Click on the 2 Initiative Petition bills, affirm, and submit. You should receive an email to confirm your submitted testimony. Make sure to click the link in the email you receive to confirm your testimony is submitted!

Voting Rights Bills

SJB 44 (Makes removing registered voters from the voter roles easier)

• 5 for Democracy: Contact your senator and urge them to vote NO on SB 44.

Education Bills

SS#2 SCS SBs 4, 42 & 89 (Hands over curriculum control to the state legislature)

• 30 Minute Matters: Send an email to each member of the Fiscal Oversight Committee and urge them to oppose this bill. Committee members can be found HERE. Contact your senator and urge him to vote against the bill on the senate floor. Legislator Lookup
• Links to further reading:  Missouri Independent Article

Social Justice Bills

SB 82 (Ensures access to assistance like SNAP, TANF, and child care to persons working to establish self-sufficiency and "get off welfare" without putting them at risk of net losses due to assistance withdrawal)

• 5 for Democracy: Call or email your senator to urge them to support SB 82. Legislator Lookup
• 30 Minute Matters: Ask your friends to take action with you!