Missouri Constitution
Article III - Legislative Department
Section 20 Regular sessions of assembly—quorum—compulsory at ten dance— public sessions—limitation on power to adjourn.

Universal Citation: MO Const art III § 20
The general assembly shall meet on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January following each general election. The general assembly may provide by law for the introduction of bills during the period between the first day of De cember and the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January.

The general assembly shall reconvene on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January after adjournment at midnight on May thirtieth of the preceding year. A majority of the elected members of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. The sessions of each house shall be held with open doors, except in cases which may require secrecy but not in cluding the final vote on bills, resolutions and confirmations. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than ten days at any one time, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses may be sitting.

Source: Const. of 1875, Art. III, Secs. 18, 19, 20, 23. (Amended November 3, 1970) (Amended November 8, 1988)

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