Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1794
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: OO            .                                
                  01/29/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Rodriguez) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 455 and 456
    4  insert:
    5         Section 7. To account for the Department of State’s
    6  implementation problems that caused delays in registering
    7  petition circulators as required in s. 100.371, Florida
    8  Statutes, the deadline for supervisors of elections to validate
    9  and verify signed initiative forms for constitutional amendments
   10  proposed by initiative for the 2020 general election ballot is
   11  extended through 30 days after the effective date of this act.
   12  Notwithstanding the timeframe prescribed in s. 100.371(1),
   13  Florida Statutes, the Secretary of State shall accept any
   14  petitions verified pursuant to this section for filing so long
   15  as the secretary determines that valid and verified petition
   16  forms have been signed by the constitutionally required number
   17  and distribution of electors required under the Florida Election
   18  Code. This section shall operate retroactively.
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   21  And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete line 44
   23  and insert:
   24         providing applicability; revising deadlines for
   25         signature verification on petition forms for the 2020
   26         general election; providing for retroactive
   27         application; providing for severability;