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Amendments on the ballot must be approved by 60% of voters to pass. The constitutional amendment was filed in the Florida State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 129 (HJR 129) on January 9, 2023. The House of Representatives voted 74-35 to pass HJR 129 on April 28, 2023.
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What would Amendment 2 have done?
1. 1.1. See also: Text of measure This measure would have abolished the Florida Constitution Revision Commission. The Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) is a 37-member commission provided for in the state constitution that convenes every 20 years to review and propose changes to the Florida Constitution. The CRC refers constitutional amendments directly to the ballot for a public vote, which makes the commission unique amongst the states. Florida is the only state with a commissio...
Why was this amendment on the ballot?
1. 1.1. See also: Path to the ballot and Background This amendment was introduced by Senator Jeff Brandes (R) on December 7, 2020. It was passed by the Florida State Senateby a vote of 27-12. All 24 Senate Republicans voted in favor of the measure. Of the 16 Senate Democrats, 12 voted against, three voted in favor, and one did not vote but later voted against the measure after the official vote was tallied. The measure was passed in the House by a vote of 86-28 with six members not voting. Of...
What did supporters and opponents say about this measure?
1. 1.1. See also: Support, and Opposition Amendment sponsor, Republican Senator Jeff Brandessaid, "The CRC meets once every 20 years and they place amendments onto the ballot for everyone to vote on. They’re one of the only methods of constitutional amendment that allow compounding—that is placing unrelated propositions in one amendment that the voter has to vote up or down on." Brandes said the CRC "has no rules, players have no experience, once it starts it can’t stop, crazy things pop out,...
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Constitutional changes
1. 1.1. See also: Article II, Florida Constitution and Article XI, Florida Constitution The measure would have repealed Section 2 of Article XI and amend Section 5 of Article II and 5 of Article XI of the Florida Constitution. The following struck-through text would have been deleted and underlinedtext would have been added. Note: Use your mouse to scroll over the below text to see the full text.
Opponents
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Constitution Revision Commission
1. 1.1. See also: Florida Constitution Revision Commission The Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) is a 37-member commission provided for in the state constitution that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution. The CRC refers constitutional amendments directly to the ballot for a public vote. Florida is the only state with a commission that can refer constitutional amendments to the ballot. The CRC was established in 1968 and was set to convene every 20 years on the...
2018 CRC proposals
The Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) convened most recently in 2017-2018. The CRC received 2,013 proposals from the public and 103 from the commission's members and referred eight measures—addressing 20 proposals—to the ballot for the election on November 6, 2018. All of the amendments were approved except for Amendment 8, which was blocked from the ballot by a court ruling. Plaintiffs argued that the measure combined three separate and unrelated measures and that the ballot lan...
Referred amendments on the ballot
1. 1.1. See also: List of Florida ballot measures In Florida, a total of 63 legislatively referred constitutional amendmentsappeared on the statewide ballot in Florida during even-numbered years between 1986 and 2020, of which, 47 were approved and 16 were defeated.
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Nov 9, 2022 · Groups such as Common Cause Florida urged voters to reject the ballot measure. Members of the 37-member commission are overwhelmingly appointed by the governor and legislative leaders. Formed in the late 1960s, the panel last met in 2017-18, when it placed seven proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot.
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