constitutional amendment

The ruling wiped out roughly a third of the signatures submitted by the political committee backing the proposed constitutional amendment to allow recreational marijuana.

Elections officials sent the proposed constitutional amendment to the attorney general and advised Smart & Safe Florida that the measure was headed to the Florida Supreme Court for review.

Florida Decides Healthcare, which was trying to get the issue on the 2026 ballot, said the Legislature's new statute on ballot initiatives “deliberately undermined” its campaign.

The contributions during the first three months of 2025 went to the Smart & Safe Florida committee, which is gathering signatures to get a revised constitutional amendment on the 2026 ballot.

The proposed constitutional amendment would require the Legislature by March 2027 to appoint a commissioner of government efficiency, who would serve until the office is up for election in 2028.

The revamped proposal from the Smart & Safe Florida committee seeks to address issues raised by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who led a drive to defeat last year’s constitutional measure.

Ken Griffin, CEO of the firm Citadel, in an opinion piece in the Miami Herald, calls the proposed amendment “a terrible plan to create the nation’s most expansive and destructive marijuana laws.”

The “financial impact statement” would be presented to voters with a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to ensure abortion rights.

What did Florida politicians and others have to say after the Florida Supreme Court's rulings on the state's abortion law and ballot proposal?

Justices will take on the issue Feb. 7. Arguments will center on whether the court should approve the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment and allow it on the November ballot.

Attorneys for Floridians Protecting Freedom wrote that the meaning of “viability” in the context of abortion has long been understood. Attorney General Ashley Moody contents otherwise.

A state brief says the ballot summary of a proposed constitutional amendment is part of an “overall design to lay ticking time bombs" by abortion proponents intended to "hoodwink" voters.