Florida Employment Eligibility Verification Amendment (2018)
| Florida Employment Eligibility Verification Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Immigration | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Commission-referral | Origin Legislative commission |
The Florida Employment Eligibility Verification Amendment was not on the ballot in Florida as a commission referral on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have required employers to use an employment eligibility verification process to ensure that employees are authorized to work under federal immigration law. The measure would have also stated that an "unauthorized alien may not work in this state contrary to federal immigration law."[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[1]
| “ | EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION.—Requires legislature to establish an employment eligibility verification process and to enact a random auditing program to enforce the existing prohibition on unauthorized aliens working in Florida in violation of federal immigration law.[2] |
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Constitutional changes
- See also: Florida Constitution
The measure would have added a new section to Article X of the Florida Constitution. The following text would have been added:[1]
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Employment eligibility verification.—
(a) An unauthorized alien may not work in this state contrary to federal immigration law.
(b) By general law, the legislature shall:
- (1) Establish an employment eligibility verification process to ensure that all employees in this state are legally authorized to work under federal immigration law. Employment verification must be completed in a manner consistent with federal law, including within the established timeframe following the hire date of each new employee.
- (2) Enact a statewide random auditing program administered by an executive department to ensure compliance with the employment eligibility verification process and prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
- (c) The legislature shall implement this section by July 1, 2020, and the provisions of subsection (b) shall apply only to employees hired to work in this state after the date of implementation.[2]
Path to the ballot
The Florida Constitution Revision Commission rejected the constitutional amendment.[3] The Florida CRC is a 37-member commission provided for in the state constitution that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution. The CRC refers constitutional amendments directly to the ballot for a public vote, which makes the commission unique amongst the states. Florida is the only state with a commission empowered to refer constitutional amendments to the ballot. The CRC convenes every 20 years.
Proposal 6010
In the CRC, the ballot measure was known as Proposal 6010. The measure needed to receive the vote of 22 commissions. The measure failed to receive enough votes. On April 16, 2018, a total of 12 members (32.43 percent) voted "yes" on Proposal 6010. Twenty-four members (64.87 percent) voted "no" on the proposal. One member (2.70 percent) did not vote.[3]
Proposal 6010 was a revision of Proposal 29.[3]
The following table illustrates how individual commissioners voted on Proposal 6010:[4]
| Commissioner | Appointed by | Occupation | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Marie Hernandez Gamez | Senate president | Former President, Cuban American Bar Association; Attorney |  |
| Arthenia Joyner | Chief Justice | Former State Senator; Attorney | |
| Belinda Keiser | Governor | Vice Chancellor, Keiser University | |
| Bob Solari | Senate president | County Commissioner, Indian River County; Former President and Manager, RMS Financial Services; Former President and Director, International Citrus Corporation and Incitco Realty, Inc. | |
| Brecht Heuchan | Governor | CEO, ContributionLink, LLC; Owner, The Labrador Company |  |
| Carlos Beruff (Chair) | Governor | CEO, Medallion Homes | |
| Carolyn Timmann | Senate president | Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller of Martin County | |
| Chris Nocco | House speaker | Sheriff of Pasco County | |
| Chris Smith | Senate president | Former State Senator; Attorney | |
| Chris Sprowls | House speaker | State Representative | N/A |
| Darlene Jordan | Governor | Executive Director, Gerald R. Jordan Foundation; Former Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts | |
| Darryl Rouson | House speaker | State Senator | |
| Don Gaetz | Senate president | Former State Senator; Retired Vice Chairman, VITAS Healthcare Corporation | |
| Emery Gainey | Governor | Director of Law Enforcement, Victim Services & Criminal Justice, Florida Department of Legal Affairs | |
| Erika Donalds | House speaker | Member, Collier County School Board; CFO, CCO, and Partner, Dalton, Greiner, Hartman, Maher & Co., LLC | |
| Frank Kruppenbacher | Governor | Chairman, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority; Attorney | |
| Fred Karlinsky | Governor | Co-Chair, Greenberg Traurig’s Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Practice Group | |
| Gary Lester | Governor | Developer and VP, The Villages for Community Relations; President, The Villages Charter School | |
| Hank Coxe | Chief Justice | Former President, The Florida Bar; Attorney | |
| Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch | Senate president | Former Mayor of Sewall's Point; Realtor | |
| Jeanette Nuñez | House speaker | State Representative | |
| John Stemberger | House speaker | President & General Counsel, Florida Family Policy Council | |
| John Stargel[5] | Governor | Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit Court | |
| Jose Felix Diaz | House speaker | State Representative | |
| Lisa Carlton | Governor | Former State Senator; Co–Owner and Manager, Mabry Carlton Ranch | |
| Marva Johnson | Governor | Chair, Florida State Board of Education; Regional VP of State Government Affairs, Charter Communications | |
| Nicole Washington | Governor | State Policy Consultant, Lumina Foundation | |
| Pam Bondi | Automatic | Attorney General | |
| Pam Stewart | Governor | Commissioner, Department of Education | |
| Patricia Levesque | Senate president | Executive Director, Foundation for Florida’s Future; CEO, Foundation for Excellence in Education | |
| Rich Newsome | House speaker | Senior Partner, Newsome Melton | |
| Roberto Martinez | Chief Justice | Former U.S. Attorney for South Florida; Attorney | |
| Sherry Plymale | Senate president | Former Member, State Board of Community Colleges | |
| Timothy Cerio | Governor | Former General Counsel to Governor Scott; Attorney | |
| Tom Grady | Governor | Former State Representative; CEO, Continental Equities Group and GradyLaw | |
| Tom Lee | House speaker | State Senator; VP and Director, Sabal Homes of Florida | |
| William “Bill” Schifino, Jr. | Senate president | President, The Florida Bar; Attorney | |
Proposal 29
Commissioner Rich Newsome was the lead sponsor of Proposal 29. The proposal was designed to require employers to use the federal E-Verify program to check if a potential employee is eligible to work in the U.S. On March 20, 2018, Proposal 29 was approved 19 to 13 with five commissioners not voting.[6] Proposal 29 needed to receive a simple majority vote of the commissioners to move forward.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Proposal 6010," accessed April 20, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Proposal 6010 Overview," accessed April 16, 2018
- ↑ Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Proposal 6010 Vote," April 16, 2018
- ↑ Stargel was a subsititute commissioner for Jose “Pepe” Armas
- ↑ Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Proposal 29," accessed April 16, 2018
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