Excessive fines, cruel and unusual punishment, execution, attainder, forfeiture of estate, indefinite imprisonment, and unreasonable detention of witnesses are forbidden. The death penalty is an authorized punishment for capital crimes designated by the legislature. The prohibition against cruel or unusual punishment, and the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, shall be construed in conformity with decisions of the United States Supreme Court which interpret the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment provided in the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Any method of execution shall be allowed, unless prohibited by the United States Constitution. Methods of execution may be designated by the legislature, and a change in any method of execution may be applied retroactively. A sentence of death shall not be reduced on the basis that a method of execution is invalid. In any case in which an execution method is declared invalid, the death sentence shall remain in force until the sentence can be lawfully executed by any valid method. This section shall apply retroactively.

Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife two people over the age of 18 years, except as provided in s. 741.0405, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.

1. English is the official language of the State of Florida. The officialization and requirement of other languages, in addition to English, for public acts and transactions shall be delegated to county and municipal governments.
2. The legislature shall have the power to enforce this section by appropriate legislation.

1. No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil rights or removal of disability. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this subsection, any disqualification from voting arising from a felony conviciton shall terminate and voting rights shall be restored upon completion of all terms of sentence including parole or probation.
2. No person convicted of murder or a felony sexual offense shall be qualified to vote until restoration of civil rights.
3. No person may appear on the ballot for re-election to any of the following offices:
   1. Florida representative,
   2. Florida senator,
   3. Florida Lieutenant governor,
   4. any office of the Florida cabinet,
   5. U.S. Representative from Florida, or
   6. U.S. Senator from Florida
   
   if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in that office for eight consecutive years.

The term "felony" as used herein and in the laws of this state shall mean any criminal offense that is punishable under the laws of this state, or that would be punishable if committed in this state, by death or by imprisonment in the state penitentiary.