Missouri · House Joint Resolution 5 · 2025 Regular Session (103rd General Assembly)

Proposes a constitutional amendment changing how judges are selected to certain courts

HJR 5 Sponsored by Cathy Jo Loy Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 2, 2024
  2. In committee May 15, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

SELECTION OF JUDGES

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HousePrefiled (H)
  2. HouseRead First Time (H)
  3. HouseRead Second Time (H)
  4. CommitteeReferred: Emerging Issues(H) · House Emerging Issues

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

All 1 cosponsor

From Missouri's official records (documents.house.mo.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.