Florida Amendment 1, Legislative Sessions Amendment (1994)

Florida Amendment 1
Election date November 8, 1994
Topic State legislatures measures
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 8, 1994. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported establishing annual 60-day regular sessions that start the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March.

A “no” vote opposed establishing annual 60-day regular sessions that start the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March.

Election results

Florida Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		2,713,189	73.96%
No		955,223	26.04%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution, effective upon approval, to provide that the annual 60-day regular sessions of the Legislature begin on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.

See also

1994 Measures

• 1994 Measures
• State legislatures measures on the ballot
• 1994 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Florida Division of Elections, "Initiatives / Amendments / Revisions Database"