Florida Senate - 2026 SJR 1406
By Senator Smith
17-00062-26 20261406__
1 Senate Joint Resolution
2 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 5
3 of Article XI of the State Constitution to revise the
4 percentage of elector votes required for approval of
5 an amendment to or a revision of the State
6 Constitution from at least 60 percent to a simple
7 majority vote of the electors voting on the measure.
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9 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 That the following amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of
12 the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
13 the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
14 general election or at an earlier special election specifically
15 authorized by law for that purpose:
16 ARTICLE XI
17 AMENDMENTS
18 SECTION 5. Amendment or revision election.—
19 (a) A proposed amendment to or revision of this
20 constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the
21 electors at the next general election held more than ninety days
22 after the joint resolution or report of revision commission,
23 constitutional convention or taxation and budget reform
24 commission proposing it is filed with the custodian of state
25 records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by the affirmative vote
26 of three-fourths of the membership of each house of the
27 legislature and limited to a single amendment or revision, it is
28 submitted at an earlier special election held more than ninety
29 days after such filing.
30 (b) A proposed amendment or revision of this constitution,
31 or any part of it, by initiative shall be submitted to the
32 electors at the general election provided the initiative
33 petition is filed with the custodian of state records no later
34 than February 1 of the year in which the general election is
35 held.
36 (c) The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to
37 the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the
38 provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable
39 financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative
40 pursuant to section 3.
41 (d) Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week
42 immediately preceding the week in which the election is held,
43 the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of
44 election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall be
45 published in one newspaper of general circulation in each county
46 in which a newspaper is published.
47 (e) Unless otherwise specifically provided for elsewhere in
48 this constitution, if the proposed amendment or revision is
49 approved by a simple majority vote of at least sixty percent of
50 the electors voting on the measure, it shall be effective as an
51 amendment to or revision of the constitution of the state on the
52 first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following the
53 election, or on such other date as may be specified in the
54 amendment or revision.
55 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
56 placed on the ballot:
57 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
58 ARTICLE XI, SECTION 5
59 REVISING THRESHOLD FOR VOTER APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL
60 AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS.—Revising the percentage of elector
61 votes required to approve an amendment to or a revision of the
62 State Constitution from at least 60 percent to a simple majority
63 vote of the electors voting on the measure. This amendment does
64 not modify the requirement that an amendment imposing a new
65 state tax or fee be approved by two-thirds vote of the electors
66 voting in the election at which the amendment is considered.