CS/HB 437: Appropriations/Amendments/Initiative
JOINT RESOLUTION by Johnson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Cantens ; Littlefield ; Sansom
Appropriations/Amendments/Initiative; constitutional amendment to specify that appropriations power is exclusively legislative power & to prohibit other branches of government from appropriating funds or directing appropriation of funds by Legislature or requiring Legislature to increase any particular tax, fine, or fee & to require that amendments proposed by initiative must be revenue neutral. Amends s. 3, Art. II, s. 3, Art. XI.
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/18/2003 | House |
• Prefiled |
| 2/26/2003 | House |
• Referred to Ethics & Elections (PR); Procedures; Finance & Tax; Appropriations |
| 3/4/2003 | House |
• Introduced, referred to Ethics & Elections (PR); Procedures; Finance & Tax; Appropriations -HJ 00049 |
| 3/18/2003 | House |
• On Subcommittee agenda-- Ethics & Elections (PR), 03/20/03, 2:00 pm, 404-H |
| 3/20/2003 | House |
• Recommendation: Favorable by Ethics & Elections (PR); YEAS 4 NAYS 3 |
| 3/31/2003 | House |
• Now in Procedures |
| 4/8/2003 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Procedures, 04/10/03, 10:00 am, 212-K |
| 4/10/2003 | House |
• Favorable with CS amendment by Procedures; YEAS 17 NAYS 14 -HJ 00385 |
| 4/11/2003 | House |
• Pending review of CS under Rule 6.3(b) |
| 4/14/2003 | House |
• Now in Finance & Tax -HJ 00385; On Committee agenda-- Finance & Tax, 04/14/03, 4:00 pm, Reed Hall; Favorable by Finance & Tax; YEAS 17 NAYS 7 -HJ 00397; Now in Appropriations -HJ 00397 |
| 5/2/2003 | House |
• Died in Committee on Appropriations |