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The Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) of 2017-2018 received 2,013 proposals from the public and 103 from the commission's members. The CRC referred eight measures—addressing 20 proposals—to the ballot for the election on November 6, 2018.

The commission's 10 standing committees, each assigned subjects associated with the 12 articles of the Florida Constitution, passed 36 proposals to the full 37-member CRC. Between March 19 and March 21, 2018, the full CRC committed 25 proposals to the Style & Drafting Committee. One proposal was withdrawn on April 2, bringing the total down to 24. The Style & Drafting Committee proposed combining the 24 proposals into 12 ballot measures.

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Timeline

• March 13, 2018: Calendar was adopted for the 37-member CRC to consider 36 proposals that the 10 standing committees had passed.
• March 19, 2018: The full CRC began the process voting on proposals to send to the S&D Committee. The commission voted on 10 proposals, with eight of them moving to the S&D Committee. One—Proposal 50—was withdrawn during the floor discussion. One—Proposal 47—was rejected.
• March 20, 2018: The full CRC continued the process of voting on proposals to send to the S&D Committee. The commission voted on 13 proposals, with nine of them moving to the S&D Committee. Three—Proposals 33, 72, and 88—were withdrawn during the floor discussion. One—Proposal 66—was rejected.
• March 21, 2018: The full CRC continued the process of voting on proposals to send to the S&D Committee and adjourned until after the S&D Committee addresses the approved proposals. The commission voted on 10 proposals, with eight of them moving to the S&D Committee. Two—Proposals 45 and 55—were withdrawn during the floor discussion. Commissioners Martinez, Smith, and Coxe attempted to strike and amend Proposal 4 to address the regulation of firearms. The attempts failed as the commission, through a two-thirds voice vote, decided not to override the rules to consider the changes. Three—Proposals 4, 94, and 97—were postponed and not voted on before the CRC adjourned.
• April 2, 2018: Commissioner Frank Kruppenbacher withdrew Proposal 54, which received a 19-14 vote, from final consideration.
• April 4, 2018: The Style & Drafting Committee proposed combining the 24 proposals into 12 ballot measures.
• April 16, 2018: The full CRC referred eight measures—addressing 20 proposals—to the ballot. The commission rejected three measures and one measure was withdrawn.

Process

The full CRC needed to pass each proposal by a simple majority—19 votes if all commissioners vote—to send a proposal to the Style and Drafting Committee (S&D Committee). The S&D Committee recommended amendments to the proposals to clarify, arrange, and group the proposals into ballot measures. To get the final proposal on the 2018 general election ballot, the full CRC needed to pass each proposal by a vote of at least 22 of 37 (59.5 percent) commissioners.

Proposals, first-round votes

The following table includes the 36 proposals that went before the full CRC. Proposals that passed by a simple majority went to the Style & Drafting Committee, proposed changes to clarify, codify, and group proposals, and then back to the full CRC. The full CRC needs to give a final approval of 22 votes to a proposal for it to make the ballot.

Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 2018 proposals
Proposal	Commission subject	Description	Simple majority vote
Proposal 3	Religious, Economic, Property	Deletes provision allowing laws to prohibit residents ineligible for citizenship to own, inherit, and possess real property	27-0 a
Proposal 4	Religious, Economic, Property	Removes provision prohibiting the use of public resources to aid a religious denomination or sectarian institution	Dead d
Proposal 6	Administration of Justice	Prohibits state courts from deferring to an administrative agency’s interpretation of a state statute or rule in lawsuits	28-4 a
Proposal 9	Government Organization	Adds a state Department of Veterans’ Affairs to constitution	29-4 a
Proposal 10	Education	Requires the promotion of civic literacy in public education	25-7 a
Proposal 11	Public Ethics and Elections	Allows any voter to vote in a partisan primary if all candidates in general election will have same party affiliation, excluding write-ins	21-12 a
Proposal 12	Technical Revisions	Deletes obsolete provision requiring a high speed ground transportation system	30-0 a
Proposal 13	Public Ethics and Elections	Prohibits counties from abolishing certain local offices and requires elections for certain local offices	26-7 a
Proposal 20	Administration of Justice	Provides that the repeal of a criminal statute does not affect the prosecution of any crime committed before the repeal	29-2 a
Proposal 26	Government Organization	Creates a state Office of Domestic Security and Counter-Terrorism	22-11 a
Proposal 29	Religious, Economic, Property	Requires employers to use the federal E-Verify program to check if a potential employee is eligible to work in the U.S.	19-13 a
Proposal 33	Education	Requires that school district superintendents be appointed by a school board, not elected by voters	Withdrawn d
Proposal 37	Government Organization	Prohibits the state and local governments from naming public buildings and programs after an official who is currently serving	20-13 a
Proposal 39	Public Ethics and Elections	Prohibits legislators, statewide elected officials, and judges from personally representing another person for compensation before the legislature or government agencies, other than judicial tribunals, and prohibits political subdivisions from having lobbyists to advocate for or against an appropriation from the legislature or executive budget request to benefit that subdivision	28-5 a
Proposal 41	Administration of Justice	Increases judicial retirement age from 70 to 75	30-3 a
Proposal 43	Education	Establishes a term limit of eight years for school board members	27-6 a
Proposal 44	Education	Requires a nine-member vote of the board of trustees and 12-member vote of the board of governors to increase a college fee	29-4 a
Proposal 45	Education	Specifies that nothing in the state constitution limits the legislature from making provisions for other education services in addition to public schools	Withdrawn d
Proposal 47	Administration of Justice	Requires persons to have been members of a state or territorial bar association of the U.S. for 10 years to serve as a circuit court judge	12-21 d
Proposal 49	Public Employees	Requires death benefits for the survivors of specified first responders and military members	25-7 a
Proposal 50	Legislature	Requires a state legislative candidate to reside in the district from which the candidate seeks election, except at the election following a reapportionment	Withdrawn d
Proposal 54	Healthcare	Prohibits the state from forbidding hospitals to enter a county if any existing hospital has an infection rate above the statewide average	Withdrawn d
Proposal 55	Administration of Justice	Requires legislature to provide law for payment of filing fees, serving charges, and other costs for certain circuit and county court judicial proceedings	Withdrawn d
Proposal 65	Healthcare	Prohibits vapor-generating electronic devices in enclosed indoor workplaces.	26-6 a
Proposal 66	Government Organization	Allows lieutenant governor to serve as the head of a department as assigned by governor without Senate confirmation	12-20 d
Proposal 67	Religious, Economic, Property	Prohibits wagering on greyhound and other dog races	18-14 a
Proposal 71	Education	Provides that school boards control all public schools established by the school district, not all public schools	27-8 a
Proposal 72	Religious, Economic, Property	Requires two-third vote of legislature to raise taxes or fees	Withdrawn d
Proposal 83	Education	Adds to constitution that there is a state college system for all public community and state colleges and that each college has a local board of trustees	26-8 a
Proposal 88	Healthcare	Establishes state rights for residents of assisted living facilities and nursing home facilities	Withdrawn d
Proposal 91	Environment	Prohibits the drilling for exploration and extraction of oil and natural gas in certain coastal waters	32-1 a
Proposal 93	Education	Allows a high-performing school district to become an innovation school district exempt from certain provisions of education code	24-9 a
Proposal 94	Healthcare	Requires cancer research be included in the statewide tobacco education and prevention program funds	Dead d
Proposal 96	Administration of Justice	Adds a Marsy's Law crime victims rights amendment	30-4 a
Proposal 97	Public Ethics and Elections	Requires constitutional amendments to receive 60 percent of total vote in election, not just vote on amendment	Dead d
Proposal 103	Legislature	Requires legislature to convene regular session on the second Tuesday of January of even-numbered years	32-1 a

Proposals, second-round votes

The following table includes the 12 proposed ballot measures that went before the full CRC after receiving initial approval and going through the Style & Drafting Committee. Proposals that passed by a simple majority went to the Style & Drafting Committee, which proposed changes to clarify, codify, and group proposals, and then back to the full CRC. The full CRC needs to give a final approval of 22 votes to a proposal for it to make the ballot.

Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 2018 proposals
Measure	Proposals	Ballot title	22-member vote
Proposal 6001	Proposal 6, Proposal 41, Proposal 96	Rights of Crime Victims; Judges	34-3 a
Proposal 6002	Proposal 44, Proposal 49, Proposal 83	First Responder and Military Member Survivor Benefits; Public Colleges and Universties	30-7 a
Proposal 6003	Proposal 10, Proposal 43, Proposal 71	School Board Term Limits and Duties; Public Schools	27-10 a
Proposal 6004	Proposal 65, Proposal 91	Prohibits Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling; Prohibits Vaping in Enclosed Indoor Workplaces	33-3 a
Proposal 6005	Proposal 9, Proposal 13, Propodal 26, Proposal 103	State and Local Government Structure and Operation	29-8 a
Proposal 6006	Proposal 3, Proposal 12, Proposal 20	Property Rights; Removal of Obsolete Provision; Criminal Statutes	36-1 a
Proposal 6007	Proposal 39	Lobbying and Abuse of Office by Public Officers	30-4 a
Proposal 6008	Proposal 93	Innovation School Districts	13-23 d
Proposal 6009	Proposal 11	Primary Elections	19-17 d
Proposal 6010	Proposal 29	Employment Eligibility Verification	12-24 d
Proposal 6011	Proposal 37	Restrictions on Naming of Government Programs and Property	Withdrawn d
Proposal 6012	Proposal 67	Dog Racing	27-10 a

See also

• Florida 2018 ballot measures
• Florida Constitution Revision Commission
• Florida Constitution
• Commission-referred ballot measure

External links

• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 2017-2018