Florida 2028 ballot measures

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As of September 29, 2025, zero statewide ballot measures were certified for the ballot in Florida in 2028.

Potential measures

Initiatives

Type Number Title Subject Description
CICA #18-16 Medicaid Expansion Initiative Healthcare Requires the state to expand Medicaid coverage to individuals age 18-65 with incomes at or below 138% of the federal poverty level


Getting measures on the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Florida and Laws governing the initiative process in Florida

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 2026 ballot, initiative proponents needed to collect 891,523 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 28 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 (222,881 signatures for 2024 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, 2028, 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 1, 2028.

Legislature:

During the 2027 and 2028 state legislative sessions, the Florida Legislature may put constitutional amendments on the ballot through a 60% vote in both the Florida State Senate and the Florida House of Representatives.

Historical facts

See also: List of Florida ballot measures

Florida statewide ballot measures

In Florida, a total of 140 ballot measures appeared on statewide ballots between 1986 and 2024. Voters approved 103 ballot measures, and 37 ballot measures were defeated.

Florida statewide ballot measures, 1986-2024
Total number Annual average Annual minimum Annual maximum Approved Defeated
# % # %
140
3.59
0
13
103
73.57%
37
26.43%


Ballot initiative certification rates

See also: Ballot initiatives filed for the 2024 ballot

The following table shows the rate of certification for ballot initiatives in Florida between 2010 and 2024:

Florida statewide ballot initiatives filed and certified, 2010-2024
Year
Ballot initiatives filed
Certified #
Certified %
2010
49
3
6.1%
2012
41
0
0.0%
2014
20
2
10.0%
2016
28
2
7.1%
2018
8
2
25.0%
2020
28
4
14.3%
2022
34
0
0.0%
2024
20
2
10.0%
Averages
25.3
1.7
9.1%

See also

Florida

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