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Florida Constitution Revision Commission

CS/P 61: LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Counties; Municipalities; home rule

PROPOSAL by Local Government ; Chris Smith

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Counties; Municipalities; home rule; Sections 1 and 2 of Article VIII of the State Constitution to provide that any law enacted by the Legislature that restricts the home rule powers granted to counties and municipalities must meet certain criteria.

Last Action: 5/11/2018 - Died in Legislative
Location: Laid on Table
Proposal Text: Web Page | PDF
Committee References:
  1. Local Government (LO)
  2. Legislative (LE)

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  • Proposal History

    Date Action
    10/31/2017 • Filed
    11/10/2017 • Referred to Local Government; Legislative
    11/16/2017 • On Committee agenda-- Local Government, 11/29/17, 8:30 am, 401 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida --Temporarily Postponed
    1/19/2018 • On Committee agenda-- Local Government, 01/26/18, 9:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida
    1/26/2018 • CS by Local Government; YEAS 4 NAYS 3
    • Now in Legislative
    • On Committee agenda-- Legislative, 02/02/18, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida
    2/2/2018 • Unfavorable by Legislative, laid on Table; YEAS 2 NAYS 2
    5/11/2018 • Died in Legislative

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  • CS/P 61, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Proposal Version) Posted 1/26/2018 at 5:19 PM

    Proposal Text:   Web Page PDF
    Analyses:   Legislative (Pre-Meeting) 2/1/2018 (pdf)

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/2/2018 9:00 AM Legislative 2 Yeas - 2 Nays

    Citations - Constitution (2)

    Article Section Location in Proposal Location In Proposal Help
    Article VIII Section 1 Page 1 (pdf)
    Article VIII Section 2 Page 4 (pdf)

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  • P 61, Original Filed Version Posted 10/31/2017 at 1:20 PM

    Proposal Text:   Web Page PDF
    Analyses:   Local Government (Pre-Meeting) 11/22/2017 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (4)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    137780 - Amendment
    Delete lines 10 - 12 and insert:     		Local Government
    (Solari)     		11/28/2017
    11:28 AM     		Withdrawn
    1/26/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    408508 - Amendment
    Delete lines 10 - 13 and insert:     		Local Government
    (Solari)     		11/28/2017
    11:28 AM     		Withdrawn
    1/26/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    451392 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Local Government
    (Timmann)     		1/24/2018
    1:46 PM     		Favorable
    1/26/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 367410 - Amendment to Amendment (451392)
    Delete lines 5 - 8 and insert:     		Local Government
    (Solari)     		1/24/2018
    1:46 PM     		Favorable
    1/26/2018     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/26/2018 9:00 AM Local Government 4 Yeas - 3 Nays

    Citations - Constitution (1)

    Article Section Location in Proposal Location In Proposal Help
    Article VIII Section 2 Page 1 (pdf)

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