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SB 18-A: Petition Process

GENERAL BILL by Collins

Petition Process; Revising the criteria that the Attorney General uses when petitioning the Supreme Court for an advisory opinion related to a proposed revision or amendment to the State Constitution; requiring the Division of Elections to create a uniform petition form for candidates to gather signatures for a candidate petition; authorizing a supervisor of elections to verify certain signatures only if a certain petition form is used; requiring sponsors of an initiative amendment to register as political committees before circulating any initiative petition forms to voters; requiring the division to assign initiative petitions a petition number and create a certain form; authorizing that initiative petition forms approved by the Secretary of State may continue to be circulated, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 1/27/2025 Senate - Died in Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/26/2025 Senate • Filed
    1/27/2025 Senate • Introduced
    • Referred to Fiscal Policy
    • Died in Fiscal Policy

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  • SB 18-A, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/26/2025 at 1:05 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 21A Petition Process Caruso, Michael Identical Last Action: 1/27/2025 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (17)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    15.21 Initiative petitions; s. 3, Art. XI, State Constitution. Page 7 (pdf)
    16.061 Initiative petitions. Page 8 (pdf)
    97.021 Definitions. Page 8 (pdf)
    99.092 Qualifying fee of candidate; notification of Department of State. Page 8 (pdf)
    99.095 Petition process in lieu of a qualifying fee and party assessment. Page 11 (pdf)
    99.097 Verification of signatures on petitions. Page 11 (pdf)
    100.371 Initiatives; procedure for placement on ballot. Page 12 (pdf)
    100.373 Page 25 (pdf)
    100.375 Page 27 (pdf)
    100.377 Page 37 (pdf)
    101.161 Referenda; ballots. Page 37 (pdf)
    104.045 Vote selling. Page 40 (pdf)
    104.186 Initiative petitions; violations. Page 40 (pdf)
    106.031 Page 40 (pdf)
    106.08 Contributions; limitations on. Page 43 (pdf)
    106.19 Violations by candidates, persons connected with campaigns, and political committees. Page 45 (pdf)
    212.055 Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent; authorization and use of proceeds. Page 45 (pdf)

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