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A constitutional amendment allowing the state to issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring land for conservation and outdoor recreation use [116] Passed [117] 1,284,817 (73.03%) 474,514 (26.97%) Amendment 3 A constitutional amendment allowing citizen initiatives to modify multiple parts of the Florida Constitution [116] Passed [117] 1,157,648 ...
The bill’s house sponsor is Rep. Lawrence McClure, R-Plant City, who last year was the sponsor of a bill that would allow the Florida Department of Transportation to study the use of ...
Senate Bill 266 advanced in the Florida state senate's appropriations committee on April 13, 2023. The Florida Senate passed the bill on April 28, 2023, by a margin of 27-12. [19] The House version of the bill passed by a vote of 81-34 on May 3, 2023. [20] Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bill concurrently with Florida House Bill 931 on May 15 ...
The Florida Legislature is authorized by the Florida Constitution to create and amend the laws of the state of Florida, subject to the governor's power to veto legislation. To do so, legislators propose legislation in the forms of bills drafted by a nonpartisan, professional staff.
Late-filed amendments on two controversial labor bills led to a back and forth between the Florida Senate and House of Representatives in the last hours of the 2024 legislative session.
But a parents' rights provision that would have let failing third graders move on to fourth was stricken.
2022 Florida Amendment 3 was a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution, which failed on November 8, 2022.Through a statewide referendum, the amendment achieved only 58.7% support among voters in the U.S. state of Florida, short of the 60% majority required by state law, [1] although higher than the 2006 amendment which created the 60% requirement.
By the time the Florida Legislature kicked off its 2023 session Tuesday, Republican lawmakers had already pre-filed a trio of bills that would expand a recently enacted education law that ...