The Florida Senate

SB 1494: Proposed Constitutional Amendments/Public Measures [WPSC]

GENERAL BILL by Deutch

Proposed Constitutional Amendments/Public Measures [WPSC]; Requires ballots to include headings for amendments to the State Constitution and for other measures. Requires ballot summaries for constitutional amendments and other public measures to be written at the eighth grade reading level. Requires the Financial Impact Estimating Conference to provide a financial impact statement for amendments and revisions proposed by initiative or joint resolution, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/27/2010	Senate	• Filed
  2/3/2010	Senate	• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Finance and Tax; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means; Policy & Steering Committee on Governmental Operations; Rules
  3/2/2010	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Finance and Tax; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means; Policy & Steering Committee on Governmental Operations; Rules -SJ 00106
  4/30/2010	Senate	• Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections

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• SB 1494, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/27/2010 at 11:14 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Citations - Statutes (5)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  16.061	Initiative petitions.
  100.371	Initiatives; procedure for placement on ballot.
  100.375
  101.151	Specifications for ballots.
  101.161	Referenda; ballots.

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