The reversal reflected a growing struggle over the use of ballot measures to answer policy questions in Republican-led states.

Business groups lobbied heavily to overturn Proposition A, passed by 58% of Missouri voters in November 2024, arguing it would cost jobs. The bill also repeals annual inflation adjustments for the minimum wage,

The repeal of the sick leave provisions in Senate Bill 567 was among the highest profile fights in the General Assembly this spring, triggering lengthy filibusters and the deployment of a rarely used maneuver by Republicans to muscle it through the Senate after negotiations faltered.