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Florida Amendment 4, Speech and Debate of Legislators Amendment (1984)

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Florida Amendment 4

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Election date

November 6, 1984

Topic
State legislatures measures
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Florida Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 6, 1984. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported establishing that legislators' speech and debate relating to their legislative duties is privileged and that they can not be questioned on it in any place other than the legislature.

A “no” vote opposed establishing that legislators' speech and debate relating to their legislative duties is privileged and that they can not be questioned on it in any place other than the legislature.


Election results

Florida Amendment 4

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 1,110,743 33.38%

Defeated No

2,216,910 66.62%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to provide that legislators' speech or debate relating to legislative duties is privileged and that legislators shall not be questioned in any other place with respect thereto.

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.

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