Ballot measure · Missouri · November 3, 2026
Amendment 3
On Missouri's statewide ballot on November 3, 2026.1,
- How it got there
- Referred by the legislature
- Kind of measure
- Constitutional amendment
- To pass
- A majority of the votes on it
- Researched
- October 27, 2026
Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.
§1What your vote means
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
A yes vote
A yes vote would repeal the reproductive freedom section voters added in 2024 (Article I, Section 36) and replace it with one that permits abortion for a medical emergency, a fetal anomaly, or rape or incest (through 12 weeks for rape or incest), allows laws regulating abortion, requires a parent's or guardian's written consent for a minor's abortion, and bars gender transition surgery, cross-sex hormones and puberty-blocking drugs for people under 18.2 Where in the source: Section 36(a), subsections 2, 3, 6 and 9
A no vote
A no vote would keep Article I, Section 36, added by voters in 2024, which bars the state from denying or infringing a right to make decisions about reproductive health care, including abortion, and lets the legislature regulate abortion after fetal viability, and the constitution would gain no provision on gender transition procedures for minors.2 Where in the source: Repealed Section 36, subsections 2 to 4
More about it
The amendment would also bar public money for abortion except for a medical emergency, rape or incest, and would require lawsuits challenging state reproductive health care laws to be filed in the Circuit Court of Cole County.2 Where in the source: Section 36(a), subsections 5 and 10 The Secretary of State certified a second revised ballot title for this amendment on December 19, 2025, following an opinion of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.3
§2How it got on the ballot
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Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,
Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,
The General Assembly placed this amendment on the ballot in 2025 as House Committee Substitute for House Joint Resolution No. 73.1,
It is on Missouri's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1 One of these official sources itself calls the list certified or final. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Missouri's measures.
§3What it needs to pass
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A majority of the votes on it. The amendment passes if a majority of the votes cast on it are yes, and it takes effect 30 days after the election.4 Where in the source: Mo. Const. art. XII, § 2(b)