Florida Constitution

The House Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee approved a proposal (HJR 129) that seeks to require approval from 66.67 percent of voters to amend the Florida Constitution, up from the current 60 percent.

The appeal keeps the law in effect — for now. The appeal was expected following Judge John Cooper's ruling, in which he said the law violated the state constitution's privacy protections.

A Florida judge temporarily blocked a new 15-week abortion ban days after it took effect in the state, an expected move following an oral ruling last week in which he said the law violated the state constitution.

Lobbying restrictions that Florida voters approved in 2018 are ready to take effect.

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."

Following its last meeting in 2018, the Constitution Revision Commission, often called the CRC, met criticism when it bundled topics like vaping and oil drilling, or took up subjects lawmakers had long been working to address, like dog racing.

The Republican-controlled Legislature has taken a series of steps in recent years to make it harder to amend the Constitution.

Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, said the problem with the commission, whose members are mostly appointed by the governor, House speaker and Senate president, is that it isn’t directly accountable to voters.

Broward teachers can expect a pay raise and they might also be expected to come into the classroom next month. Plus, a measure on the November ballot that could dramatically change how voters update the state constitution. And how small businesses are making it through the pandemic.

A proposed change to the state Constitution that would alter the way Floridians get their electricity came before the state Supreme Court Wednesday. The...

Siding with the Florida Retail Federation and upholding the constitutionality of state laws, an appeals court Wednesday rejected a 2016 move by the city…

With state lawmakers also considering the idea, a political committee has filed a proposed ballot measure that could make it harder to amend the Florida…