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Florida Constitution Revision Commission

P 97: AMENDMENTS, Amendment or revision election; vote required to approve constitutional amendment or revision

PROPOSAL by Belinda Keiser

AMENDMENTS, Amendment or revision election; vote required to approve constitutional amendment or revision; Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution to require that any proposed amendment to or revision of the State Constitution be approved by a vote of not fewer than 60 percent of the voters voting in the election in which the proposed amendment or revision is considered.

Last Action: 5/11/2018 - Died on Calendar
Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar
Proposal Text: Web Page | PDF
Committee References:
  1. General Provisions (GP)
  2. Ethics and Elections (EE)

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  • Proposal History

    Date Action
    11/7/2017 • Filed
    11/27/2017 • Referred to General Provisions; Ethics and Elections
    12/7/2017 • On Committee agenda-- General Provisions, 12/14/17, 8:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida
    12/14/2017 • Favorable by General Provisions; YEAS 5 NAYS 2
    12/15/2017 • Now in Ethics and Elections
    1/19/2018 • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/26/18, 8:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida
    1/26/2018 • Favorable by- Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 2
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    3/15/2018 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/18
    3/19/2018 • Retained on Special Order Calendar
    3/20/2018 • Retained on Special Order Calendar
    3/21/2018 • Retained on Calendar
    5/11/2018 • Died on Calendar

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  • P 97, Original Filed Version (Current Proposal Version) Posted 11/7/2017 at 12:11 PM

    Proposal Text:   Web Page PDF
    Analyses:   General Provisions (Pre-Meeting) 12/11/2017 (pdf)
    Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 1/22/2018 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    717644 - Amendment
    Delete lines 45 - 53 and insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Gaetz)     		1/24/2018
    4:35 PM     		Withdrawn
    1/26/2018     		Web Page
    PDF

    Floor Amendments (5)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    435946 - Amendment
    After line 53 insert:     		Carlton 3/13/2018
    3:34 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/20/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    611438 - Amendment
    After line 53 insert:     		Carlton 3/19/2018
    5:24 PM
    (Late Filed)     		Failed
    3/20/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    534474 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the proposal clause and insert:     		Keiser 3/14/2018
    9:40 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/19/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 365360 - Amendment to Amendment (534474)
    After line 45 insert:     		Carlton 3/16/2018
    10:14 PM     		Not Considered
    3/19/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 496286 - Amendment to Amendment (534474)
    After line 45 insert:     		Carlton 3/19/2018
    4:37 PM
    (Late Filed)     		Not Considered
    3/19/2018     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    12/14/2017 8:00 AM General Provisions 5 Yeas - 2 Nays
    1/26/2018 8:00 AM Ethics and Elections 7 Yeas - 2 Nays

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    3/19/2018 5:55 PM Senate - Amendment 611438 24 Yeas - 7 Nays

    Citations - Constitution (1)

    Article Section Location in Proposal Location In Proposal Help
    Article XI Section 5 Page 1 (pdf)

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