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Florida Increase Supermajority Requirement to Approve Constitutional Amendments Measure (2024)
| Florida Increase Supermajority Requirement to Approve Constitutional Amendments Measure | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Direct democracy measures and Elections and campaigns | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Florida Increase Supermajority Requirement to Approve Constitutional Amendments Measure was not on the ballot in Florida as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
The ballot measure would have increased the supermajority voter approval requirement for constitutional amendments from 60% to 66.67%.[1]
Text of measure
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The full text of the ballot measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Florida Constitution
A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 72 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 24 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot must be approved by 60% of voters to pass.
The constitutional amendment was filed in the Florida State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 129 (HJR 129) on January 9, 2023. The House of Representatives voted 74-35 to pass HJR 129 on April 28, 2023. The measure was not passed in the Senate before the legislature adjourned the 2023 legislative session.[1]
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State of Florida Tallahassee (capital) |
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