Florida Eight-Year Term Limits for School Board Members Amendment (2022)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Florida Eight-Year Term Limits for School Board Members Amendment
Flag of Florida.png
Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
Term limits
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment		Origin
State legislature

The Florida Eight-Year Term Limits for School Board Members Amendment (HJR 1461) was not on the ballot in Florida as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.

This measure would have established eight-year term limits for school board members.[1]

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title would have been as follows:[1]

“ LIMITATION ON TERMS OF OFFICE FOR MEMBERS OF A DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD.[2] ”

Ballot summary

The ballot summary would have been as follows:[1]

“ Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to limit terms for school board members by prohibiting incumbent members who have held the office for the preceding eight years from appearing on a ballot for reelection to that office, which applies only to terms of office beginning on or after November 8, 2022.[2] ”

Full text

The full text can be accessed here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a 60 percent vote is required in both the Florida State Senate and the Florida House of Representatives.

This amendment was introduced as House Joint Resolution 1461 by Rep. Sam Garrison (R) on February 26, 2021. The amendment was passed by the House on April 21, 2021, by a vote of 87-30 with two Democratic representatives and one Republican representative absent or not voting. The amendment died in committee.[1]

Vote in the Florida House of Representatives
April 21, 2021
Requirement: Three-fifths (60 percent) vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 72  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total87303
Total percent72.50%25.00%2.50%
Democrat11292
Republican7611

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Florida State Senate, "House Joint Resolution 1461," accessed April 26, 2021
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
v • e
2022 ballot measures
I&R States
 • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Florida • Idaho • Illinois • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Mexico • North Dakota • Ohio • Oregon • South Dakota • Utah • Washington • Wyoming
Non I&R States
 • Alabama • Connecticut • Georgia • Hawaii • Iowa • Kentucky • Kansas • Louisiana • New Hampshire • New York • Rhode Island • South Carolina • Tennessee • Texas • Vermont • West Virginia
Political topics
Abortion policy • 

Absentee and mail voting •  Administrative organization •  Administrative powers and rulemaking •  Age limits for officials •  Agriculture policy •  Alcohol laws •  American Indian issues •  Ballot measure process •  Ballot measure supermajority requirements •  Banking policy •  Bond issues •  Business regulations •  Business taxes •  Campaign finance •  Citizenship voting requirements •  Civil and criminal trials •  Civil service •  Collective bargaining •  Constitutional rights •  Constitutional wording changes •  County and municipal governance •  Crime victims' rights •  Criminal trials •  Death penalty •  Drug crime policy •  Early childhood education •  Early voting •  Election administration and governance •  Environment •  Ethics rules and commissions •  Executive official term limits •  Federal government issues •  Firearms policy •  Gambling policy •  Healthcare governance •  Higher education funding •  Highways and bridges •  Housing •  Immigration policy •  Impeachment rules •  Income taxes •  Initiative and referendum process •  Insurance policy •  LGBTQ issues •  Law enforcement •  Law enforcement funding •  Law enforcement officers and departments •  Local government officials and elections •  Local wages and pay •  Marijuana laws •  Military service policy •  Minimum wage laws •  Open meetings and public information •  Parks, land, and natural area conservation •  Primary election systems •  Private health insurance •  Property •  Psychedelic substances laws •  Public assistance programs •  Public economic investment policy •  Public education funding •  Public education governance •  Public health insurance •  Public transportation •  Race and ethnicity issues •  Ranked-choice voting •  Recall process •  Redistricting policy •  Religion-related policy •  Revenue allocation •  Revenue and spending limits •  Right-to-work laws •  Salaries of government officials •  Sex and gender issues •  State National Guard and militia •  State and local government budgets, spending, and finance •  State constitution ratification •  State constitutional conventions •  State executive branch structure •  State executive elections •  State executive official measures •  State executive powers and duties •  State judicial selection •  State judiciary •  State judiciary structure •  State legislative authority •  State legislative elections •  State legislative processes and sessions •  State legislative structure •  State legislative term limits •  Tax and revenue administration •  Taxes •  Telecommunications infrastructure •  Tobacco laws •  Transportation •  Utility policy •  Vehicle and driver regulations •  Veterans policy •  Voter ID policy •  Water •  Wildfire management

Other
Flag of Florida
v • e
State of Florida
Tallahassee (capital)
Elections

What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures

Government

Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy

Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Florida_Eight-Year_Term_Limits_for_School_Board_Members_Amendment_(2022)&oldid=8445878"