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Three statewide ballot measures were certified for the ballot in Florida in 2022. All three measures were defeated.
On the ballot
| Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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| Amendment 1 | Authorize the Legislature to prohibit flood resistance improvements from being taken into consideration when determining a property's assessed value for tax purposes |
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4,016,022 (57%) |
2,997,158 (43%) |
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| Amendment 2 | Abolish the Florida Constitution Revision Commission |
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3,744,930 (54%) |
3,206,762 (46%) |
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| Amendment 3 | Authorize the Legislature to provide an additional homestead property tax exemption for certain public service workers |
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4,215,601 (59%) |
2,968,734 (41%) |
Referral of 2022 ballot measures
The following table illustrates the vote requirements for the legislative referrals certified for the ballot, the votes that the referrals received, and how Democrats and Republicans voted on the referrals in each legislative chamber:
| Florida Amendment 2, Abolish the Constitution Revision Commission Measure | Democrats | Republicans | |||
| Senate: | Required: 24 | Yes votes: 27 (67.5%) | No votes: 12 (30.0%) | Yes: 3; No: 12 | Yes: 24; No: 0 |
| House: | Required: 72 | Yes votes: 86 (71.66%) | No votes: 28 (23.33%) | Yes: 11; No: 28 | Yes: 75; No: 0 |
| Florida Amendment 1, Disregard Flood Resistance Improvements in Property Value Assessments Measure | Democrats | Republicans | |||
| Senate: | Required: 24 | Yes votes: 40 (100.00%) | No votes: 0 (0.00%) | Yes: 16; No: 0 | Yes: 24; No: 0 |
| House: | Required: 72 | Yes votes: 118 (98.33%) | No votes: 0 (0.00%) | Yes: 42; No: 0 | Yes: 76; No: 0 |
| Florida Amendment 3, Additional Homestead Property Tax Exemption for Certain Public Service Workers Measure | Democrats | Republicans | |||
| Senate: | Required: 24 | Yes votes: 37 (94.87%) | No votes: 1 (2.56%) | Yes: 13; No: 1 | Yes: 24; No: 0 |
| House: | Required: 72 | Yes votes: 115 (96.63%) | No votes: 0 (0.00%) | Yes: 41; No: 0 | Yes: 74; No: 0 |
Getting measures on the ballot
Citizens:
Florida allows citizens to initiate constitutional amendments. Sponsors must first register as a political committee with the Florida Division of Elections and submit the proposed initiative petition to the Division of Elections. If the petition format is approved by the Division of Elections, a serial number will be assigned and proponents may begin collecting signatures.
The total number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment to qualify for the ballot is equal to 8% of the votes cast in the preceding presidential election. To qualify an initiative for the 2022 ballot, initiative proponents needed to collect 891,589 valid signatures. Florida also has a signature distribution requirement, which requires that signatures equaling at least 8% of the district-wide vote in the last presidential election be collected from at least half (14) of the state's 27 congressional districts. Signatures remain valid until February 1 of even-numbered years and must be verified by February 1 of the general election year the initiative aims to appear on the ballot.
Proposed measures are reviewed by the state attorney general and state supreme court after proponents collect 25% of the required signatures across the state in each of one-half of the state's congressional districts (222,898 signatures for 2022 ballot measures). After these preliminary signatures have been collected, the secretary of state must submit the proposal to the Florida Attorney General and the Financial Impact Estimating Conference (FIEC). The attorney general is required to petition the Florida Supreme Court for an advisory opinion on the measure's compliance with the single-subject rule, the appropriateness of the title and summary, and whether or not the measure "is facially invalid under the United States Constitution."[1]
Initiative signatures must be verified by February 1, 2022 and, thus, must be submitted to county officials long enough before that date to allow for the verification process. County supervisors of elections have a maximum of 30 days to verify signatures and submit them to the secretary of state, which means to guarantee that local officials verify and submit signatures, they should be submitted by January 2, 2022.
Legislature:
During the 2021 and 2022 state legislative sessions, the Florida Legislature could put constitutional amendments on the ballot through a 60% vote in both the Florida State Senate and the Florida House of Representatives.
Historical facts
In Florida, a total of 131 ballot measures appeared on statewide ballots between 1985 and 2020. One hundred one ballot measures were approved, and 30 ballot measures were defeated.
| Florida statewide ballot measures, 1985-2020 | |||||||
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| Total number | Annual average | Annual minimum | Annual maximum | Approved | Defeated | ||
| # | % | # | % | ||||
Ballot initiative certification rates
The following table shows the rate of certification for ballot initiatives in Florida between 2010 and 2020:
| Florida statewide ballot initiatives filed and certified, 2010-2020 | |||
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| Year | Ballot initiatives filed | Certified | |
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| Averages | |||
Local ballot measures
- See also: Florida 2022 local ballot measures
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Not on the ballot
| Type | Number | Title | Subject | Description | Sponsor | Status |
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| LRCA | HJR 1461 | Eight-Year Term Limits for School Board Members Amendment | Term limits | Establishes eight-year term limits for school board members | Sam Garrison (R) | 
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| CICA | #16-02 | Marijuana Legalization Initiative | Marijuana | Legalizes possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by residents 21 years of age and older | Sensible Florida, Inc. |
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| CICA | #18-08 | Voting and Signing Petitions by Internet Initiative | Elections and campaigns | Allows Florida voters to vote or sign petitions online through secure websites provided by the Florida Division of Elections | Florida For Change |
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| CICA | #19-01 | Ban on Semiautomatic Rifles and Shotguns Initiative | Firearms | Bans possession of semiautomatic rifles and shotguns (defined) | Ban Assault Weapons Now |
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| CICA | #19-05 | Two-thirds Supermajority Vote Requirement for Amending State Constitution Initiative | Direct democracy | Changes vote requirement to amend the state constitution to a two-thirds (66.67%) vote of the voters who vote in the election rather than 60 percent of voters who vote on the amendment | Keep Our Constitution Clean PC |
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| CICA | #19-11 | Marijuana Legalization and Medical Marijuana Treatment Center Sales Initiative | Marijuana | Legalizes the personal use of marijuana and allows Medical Marijuana Treatment Center to sell marijuana for personal use | Make It Legal Florida |
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| CICA | #19-12 | Require State Legislature to Ratify Equal Rights Amendment Initiative | Constitutional rights | Requires the Florida Legislature to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment during its next legislative session | Floridians For Equality and Fairness Coalition, Inc. |
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| CICA | #19-13 | State-Funded Online Investing Courses Initiative | Education | Requires Florida to provide free online courses on investing to citizens who make less than $50 per hour or $100,000 annually | Florida For Change |
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| CICA | #20-01 | Florida Parole Programs for Elderly Inmates Initiative | Prisons | Directs the Florida Commission on Offender Review (FCOR) to develop a parole program for inmates over age 50 who have served at least 25 years of their sentence | Exodus Project of Florida |
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| CICA | #21-01 | General Election Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative | Elections and campaigns | Establishes a ranked-choice voting system for all general elections | Floridians for Free and Fair Elections |
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| CICA | #21-08 | Prohibit Denial of Voting Rights Restoration for Debt or Legal Financial Obligations Initiative | Suffrage | Prohibits denying the restoration of voting rights due to outstanding debt or legal financial obligations | Fair Vote Florida |
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| CICA | #21-09 | Same-Day Voter Registration Initiative | Suffrage | Provides for same-day voter registration in which an individual could register to vote and vote at polling places on the day of an election | Florida Votes Matter |
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| CICA | #21-10 | Automatic Voter Registration Initiative | Suffrage | Provides that a person would be registered to vote or have their voter registration updated when their driver's license or ID card is given, renewed, updated, or replaced | Our Votes Matter |
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| CICA | #21-11 | Trust Funds for Housing Programs Initiative | Housing | Creates funds for "affordable housing access and availability" | Floridians for Housing |
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| CICA | #21-13 | Sports Betting Initiative | Gambling and Education | Authorizes sports betting at venues, pari-mutuel facilities, and online conducted by entities that have existed for at least one year and that have conducted sports betting in at least 10 other states; requires sports betting with all tax revenue dedicated to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund | Florida Education Champions |
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| CICA | #21-17 | Marijuana Use and Growth Legalization Initiative | Marijuana | Legalizes personal use, growth, transport, and possession of marijuana for individuals 21 years of age and older; allows individuals to grow up to nine marijuana plants with 18 maximum per household | Sensible Florida |
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| CICA | #18-02 | Medical Marijuana for Mental Health Disorders Initiative | Marijuana | Allows medical marijuana for mental health disorders | Peaceful Minds for Medical Marijuana |
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| CICA | #18-05 | Medical Marijuana Plants Initiative | Marijuana | Allows medical marijuana patients or caregivers to grow up to nine mature marijuana plants | Peaceful Minds for Medical Marijuana |
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| CICA | #18-15 | Acknowledgement of God Pledge in Schools Initiative | Religion and Education | Provides for a daily pledge in public schools for the purpose of acknowledging the role of God in America's founding | Pledge of Acknowledgement |
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| CICA | #18-16 | Medicaid Expansion Initiative | Healthcare | Expands Medicaid to individuals over age 18 and under age 65 with incomes at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level | Florida Decides Healthcare |
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| CICA | #19-02 | Community Service In Lieu of Traffic and Parking Ticket Fines Initiative | Transportation | Allows drivers to complete community service at any nonprofit organization instead of paying fines associated with traffic or parking tickets | Drivers Ready To Improve, Vote and Empower (D.R.I.V.E.) |
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| CICA | #19-04 | Reentry Program and Supervised Release for Criminal Offenders Initiative | Prisons | Directs the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop a re-entry program for criminal offenders and place qualifying offenders on supervised release | Floridians for Redeemable People |
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| CICA | #19-06 | Top-Two Open Primary for Federal Office Initiative | Elections and campaigns | Establishes a top-two open primary system for U.S. Senate and U.S. House primary elections | All Voters Vote, Inc. |
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| CICA | #19-09 | Forced Sale of Private Property Initiative | Property | States that it is the policy of Florida to prohibit the state from compelling businesses or individuals to sell their property to a third party | Florida Coalition for Private Property Rights |
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| CICA | #19-14 | Abortion Ban After Detectable Heartbeat Initiative | Abortion | Prohibits abortion after a fetus' heartbeat is detectable | Protect Human Life Florida |
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| CICA | #20-02 | Prayer in Schools Initiative | Religion and Education | Concerns prayer in schools | Write the Vision PC |
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| CICA | #21-03 | Right to Clean Water Initiative Initiative | Constitutional rights and Water | States that "every Floridian has a right to clean water" in the state constitution; gives legal standing to residents, non-governmental organizations, or government entities to sue in order to enforce or defend such rights | FL5.org |
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| CICA | #21-04 | Prohibit Dredging, Filling, and Degradation of Wetlands Initiative | Water and Environment | Prohibits dredging, filling, and degradation (defined) of wetlands; makes such activities a third-degree felony | FL5.org |
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| CICA | #21-05 | Prohibit Construction and Expansion of Toll Roads on Rural and Conservation Lands | Environment and Transportation | Prohibits construction and expansion of toll roads on conservation lands and rural lands (defined) | FL5.org |
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| CICA | #21-06 | Preservation Efforts and Hunting Bans for Certain Florida Animals | Hunting and fishing and Environment | Defines Florida Iconic Species, prohibits commercial and recreational hunting of such species; provides that such species "have a legal right to exist, thrive, and evolve" | FL5.org |
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| CICA | #21-07 | Prohibit Captive Wildlife Hunting and Game Farms Initiative | Hunting and fishing and Treatment of animals | Prohibits captive wildlife hunting (defined), also knows as game farm hunting; provides that such activities would result in a third-degree felony | FL5.org |
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| CICA | #21-12 | Change the Commissioner of Education to a Cabinet Position Initiative | State executive official measures | Changes the Florida Commissioner of Education to a cabinet position | Let Florida Vote |
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| CICA | #21-14 | Legislative Approval for Executive Orders Restricting Religious Gatherings Initiative | Religion | Requires approval from the Florida State Legislature for any executive orders limiting religious gatherings for longer than 21 days | Florida Right to Pray Together | 
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| CICA | #21-16 | Casino Gaming Expansion Initiative | Gambling | Expands casino gaming in Florida; defines casino gaming; limits new casinos to 100 miles (under version 21-15) or 130 miles (under version 21-16) from a Seminole tribal casino | Florida Voters in Charge |
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| CICA | #21-18 | Debt and Financial Obligation Requirements for Voting Rights Restoration Initiative | Suffrage | Provides that restoration of voting rights shall not be denied due to debt or legal financial obligations | Fair Vote Florida |
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See also
- 2022 ballot measures
- List of Florida ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Florida
- Laws governing the initiative process in Florida
- Florida State Legislature
- Florida Constitution Revision Commission
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