Missouri HB3209 modifies the process for creating and challenging ballot summary statements for statewide measures.

Missouri HB3209 modifies the process for creating and challenging ballot summary statements for statewide measures. The bill mandates that the official summary statement, combined with the fiscal note summary, must be a true and impartial statement of the proposed measure's purposes, containing no more than one hundred words. The fiscal note summary must summarize the fiscal note in no more than fifty words. The attorney general must approve the legal content and form of the proposed statement.

Missouri HB3209 modifies the process for creating and challenging ballot summary statements for statewide measures.

Missouri HB3209 modifies the process for creating and challenging ballot summary statements for statewide measures. The bill mandates that the official summary statement, combined with the fiscal note summary, must be a true and impartial statement of the proposed measure's purposes, containing no more than one hundred words. The fiscal note summary must summarize the fiscal note in no more than fifty words. The attorney general must approve the legal content and form of the proposed statement.