Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1794
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  01/29/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Rodriguez) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (509936) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 414 and 415
    5  insert:
    6         Section 8. To account for the Department of State’s
    7  implementation problems that caused delays in registering
    8  petition circulators as required in s. 100.371, Florida
    9  Statutes, the deadline for supervisors of elections to validate
   10  and verify signed initiative forms for constitutional amendments
   11  proposed by initiative for the 2020 general election ballot is
   12  extended through 30 days after the effective date of this act.
   13  Notwithstanding the timeframe prescribed in s. 100.371(1),
   14  Florida Statutes, the Secretary of State shall accept any
   15  petitions verified pursuant to this section for filing so long
   16  as the secretary determines that valid and verified petition
   17  forms have been signed by the constitutionally required number
   18  and distribution of electors required under the Florida Election
   19  Code. This section shall operate retroactively.
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   22  And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Delete line 464
   24  and insert:
   25         applicability; revising deadlines for signature
   26         verification on petition forms for the 2020 general
   27         election; providing for retroactive application;
   28         providing for severability; providing