Section A.  Article I, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding thereto one new section, known as section 34, which reads:

Section 34. That English shall be the language of all official proceedings in this state.  Official proceedings shall be limited to any meeting of a public governmental body at which any public business is discussed, decided, or public policy formulated, whether such meeting is conducted in person or by means of communication equipment, including, but not limited to, conference call, video conference, Internet chat, or Internet message board.  The term “official proceeding” shall not include an informal gathering of members of a public governmental body for ministerial or social purposes, but the term shall include a public vote of all or a majority of the members of a public governmental body, by electronic communication or any other means, conducted in lieu of holding an official proceeding with the members of the public governmental body gathered at one location in order to conduct public business.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN MISSOURI

4,961,741	English
264,281	All languages other than English combined
110,752	Spanish or Spanish Creole
30,680	German
19,547	French (incl. Patois, Cajun)
11,631	Chinese
9,420	Vietnamese
8,350	Serbo-Croatian
6,710	Italian
5,469	Russian
5,137	Arabic
5,117	African languages
4,753	Korean
4,645	Tagalog
3,062	Japanese
2,294	Polish
2,104	Hindi
2,040	Greek
1,987	Urdu
1,693	Persian
1,311	Thai
1,259	Portuguese or Portuguese Creole
1,238	Other Native North American languages
1,231	Gujarathi
1,002	Hebrew
966	Scandinavian languages
964	Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
892	Laotian
853	Yiddish
700	Hungarian
656	French Creole
201	Armenian
156	Navajo
70	Miao, Hmong