2026 Missouri Amendment 4

2026 Missouri Amendment 4

November 3, 2026

Require Approval in Each Congressional District for Citizen-Initiated Constitutional Amendments and Add Provisions on Petition Fraud and Foreign Contributions Amendment

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 November 3, 2026, concurrent with the 2026 United States elections.

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

Yes

State legislators

• Ed Lewis, state representative from the 6th district (2021–present) (Republican) ^[3]
• Bill Lucas, state representative from the 115th district (Republican) ^[4]

No

State legislators

• Lincoln Hough, state senator from the 30th district (2019–present) (Republican) ^[5]
• Marty Joe Murray, state representative from the 78th district (2025–present) (Democratic) ^[4]
• Jonathan Patterson, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives (2025–present), from the 30th district (2019–present) (Republican) ^[3]
• Kathy Steinhoff, state representative from the 45th district (2023–present) (Democratic) ^[4]

Local officials

• Quinton Lucas, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (2019–present) (Democratic) ^[3]

Organizations

• League of Women Voters of Missouri ^[6]

References

1. Hancock, Jason (September 12, 2025). "Missouri lawmakers pass gerrymandered congressional map, initiative petition limits". Missouri Independent. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
2. Keller, Rudi (September 22, 2025). "Missouri voters likely to deliver final verdict on congressional map, initiative changes". Missouri Independent. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
3. Sabino, Pascal (September 18, 2025). "Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri's Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed". Bolts. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
4. Rosenbaum, Jason (September 9, 2025). "Missouri House passes measure making it harder for voters to change state constitution". KCUR. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
5. McGee, Jack (September 13, 2025). "Hough ousted as state budget chair after opposing gerrymander, initiative petition limits". Springfield Daily Citizen. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
6. Park, Kay (September 2025). "The League of Women Voters of Missouri Strongly Opposes HJR3 Which Requires a Majority in all 8 Districts to Pass a Citizen-Led Initiative Petition". League of Women Voters of Missouri. Retrieved September 26, 2025.