constitutional amendments

A coalition of groups formally began a drive to try to pass a constitutional amendment in 2024 to ensure abortion rights in Florida.

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments Aug. 31 in a closely watched case about whether a 2018 constitutional amendment known as “Marsy’s Law” can shield the identities of police officers.

The clause can be found in Section 23 of the state constitution, It reads, in part: “Every natural person has the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into the person’s private life."

The Florida House approved a campaign-finance bill that would make it more difficult for groups to place proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot. The measure would also prevent local governments from sending mailers promoting or opposing proposed referendums, ballot initiatives or issues.

Conservationists have a 5-amendment rights of nature ballot drive going on right now. This is the fifth in a series looking at each of the rights of nature amendments. Today's story is about the proposed captive wildlife hunting ban

Conservationists have a 5-amendment rights of nature ballot drive going on right now. This is the fourth in a series looking at each of the proposed ballot amendments. Today's story is about the proposed right to clean water amendment.

Conservationists have a 5-amendment rights of nature ballot drive going on right now. This is the third in a series looking at each of the rights of nature amendments. Today's story is about the Florida Wetlands Protection Amendment.

Conservationists have a five-amendment rights of nature ballot drive going on right now. This is the second in a series looking at each of the rights of nature amendments. Today's story is about the Florida Iconic Species Amendment.

Delivering a second punch to the Florida Legislature in two days, a federal judge on Thursday blocked a new law that would cap contributions to political committees backing ballot initiatives, saying the law runs afoul of the First Amendment. The law, passed by the Republican-dominated Legislature this spring and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, would impose a $3,000 limit on contributions to political committees collecting petition signatures to place proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot.

A legal battle about whether a 2018 constitutional amendment known as “Marsy’s Law” can shield the identities of police officers went to the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday.

But a pair of proposals approved Monday by a House committee would make it harder for organizations to get future constitutional amendments on the ballot — and to pass them. The proposals, approved by the House Public Integrity and Elections Committee, are the latest attempts in years of efforts by Republican lawmakers to clamp down on the ballot initiative process.

Florida became the eighth state and the first in the South to adopt a $15 minimum wage. Replicating this in other states and on the federal level remains a challenge.