SJR 33 - Emery, Ed
Requires the Senate, beginning January 1, 2021, to try all impeachments and modifies what constitutes grounds for impeachment
Bill Details
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LR Number
3248S.04C
Title
SCS SJR 33
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Effective Date
Upon Voter Approval
Current Status
Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection--SJR 33-Emery, with SCS
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CURRENT BILL SUMMARY
SCS/SJR 33 - This proposed constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, would require that, beginning January 1, 2021, all impeachments be tried by the Senate, rather than before the Missouri Supreme Court. When the Governor or Lieutenant Governor is being tried, the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court shall preside. No person shall be convicted without a two-thirds vote of all Senators elected.
This amendment modifies the grounds for impeachment found in current provisions of the Missouri Constitution by repealing the current grounds of crime, misconduct, habitual drunkenness, and offenses involving oppression and adding bribery, mental incompetency, and corrupt or criminal conduct in office.
This amendment is similar to SS/SCS/SJR 2 (2019) and similar to SJR 22 (2018), SCS/SJR 5 (2017), SJR 24 (2016), SJR 4 (2015), SJR 34 (20140, SJR 9 (2013), and HJR 82 (2010).
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