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MO HCR107
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/1/2016
Primary Sponsor
Mike Colona
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AI Summary
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Authorizes a referendum for Missouri voters to decide whether to separate the City of St. Louis from the rest of Missouri to create two separate states
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Cites Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which requires consent of both state legislatures and Congress to form new states from existing states
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Urges Congress to pass legislation consenting to the division and urges the President to sign such legislation if the referendum passes
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Directs the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to U.S. Senate leadership, House leadership, the House Judiciary Committee Chairman, and all members of Missouri's Congressional delegation
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Justifies the proposed separation by asserting that St. Louis residents and residents of the rest of Missouri hold fundamentally different political, social, and economic views
Legislative Description
Urges the United States Congress to pass a bill that consents to the division of the City of St. Louis and the rest of Missouri into two separate states and urges the President to sign such bill into law.
Last Action
Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
5/13/2016