Updated on Sunday at 4:50 p.m. with a new letter from Secretary of State Denny Hoskins about the referendum proposal.

The Missouri Senate finished off a bitter and consequential special session on Friday by passing a new congressional map aimed at ousting U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Kansas City, and a proposal that could make it much harder to pass some constitutional amendments.

But both of Gov. Mike Kehoe’s special session agenda items, which passed only after Republicans cut off a Democratic filibuster, may never go into effect – especially after a group announced it will gather signatures to place the new map up for a statewide vote.

Senators voted 21-11 to pass redrawn congressional lines aimed at converting Cleaver’s Kansas City-based district into a GOP-leaning seat.

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