This is Something to Think About 03.16.23 “It May Become Harder to Amend Florida Constitution”
Something to Think About
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Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About”
Air Date Thursday, March 16, 2023
“It May Become Harder to Amend Florida Constitution”
Citizens can amend the Florida Constitution directly without going through the Legislature. Doing so may be more challenging if the Legislature passes legislation that voters would later approve in 2024.
To get a citizens-led Florida Constitutional Amendment on the 2024 ballot, the Division of Elections must collect and certify over 891,000 verified signatures supporting that amendment. Currently, a proposed Florida constitutional amendment requires a minimum of 60% voter approval.
But under SB 1404 by Senator Joe Gruters and HJR 129 by the House Judiciary Committee, that approval would rise to 66.67%.
Many inappropriate items have been inserted into Florida’s Constitution by citizen petition drives.
A higher 66.7% voter approval would hamper inappropriate issues from making it into the Florida Constitution.
Bill Bunkley is a 17-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays across central Florida from 3 to 6 pm. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, which serves as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 27 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church.
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