Florida 2020 Regular Session Status: Died

HJR 7093 — Petition Threshold Requirements for Citizen Initiatives

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Summary

Petition Threshold Requirements for Citizen Initiatives; Proposes amendment to State Constitution to require that a specified number of signatures must be obtained in each congressional district to place an initiative on the ballot.

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HJR 7093 2020 House Joint Resolution A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 3 of Article XI of the State Constitution to increase the threshold requirements needed to amend the State Constitution by initiative.
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HJR 70, Engrossed 1 2020 House Joint Resolution A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 3 of Article XI of the State Constitution to increase the threshold requirements needed to amend the State Constitution by initiative.
hjr7093-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HJR 7093 2020 of the votes cast in each of such districts respectively and in the state as a whole in the last preceding election in which presidential electors were chosen.
hjr7093-01-e1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HJR 70, Engrossed 1 2020 of the votes cast in each of such districts respectively and in the state as a whole in the last preceding election in which presidential electors were chosen.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE XI, SECTION 3 PETITION THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIZEN INITIATIVES.— Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to require that a specified number of signatures must be obtained in each congressional district to place an initiative on the ballot.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE XI, SECTION 3 PROCEDURE FOR CITIZEN INITIATIVES;
SIGNATURES OF CITIZENS IN EACH DISTRICT RATHER THAN HALF OF DISTRICTS.—Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to require a petition for a citizen initiative to receive signatures from a certain percentage of electors in each congressional district, instead of one half of the congressional districts, before it can be placed on the ballot.
The State Constitution also currently requires a percentage of signatures of electors from the state as a whole and that percentage would remain unchanged.
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Action History

  1. Died in Judiciary

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Received

  4. Referred to Judiciary; Rules

  5. In Messages

  6. Passed as amended; YEAS 73 NAYS 45

  7. Read 3rd time

  8. Placed on 3rd reading

  9. Amendment(s) adopted (066033)

  10. Amendment(s) failed (008425, 157705, 158015) -HJ 897, 898

  11. Read 2nd time

  12. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20

  13. Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading

  14. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/03/20

  15. Referred to Calendar

  16. Introduced

  17. Filed

Sponsors

  • Judiciary Committee · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 159 not signed on · 14 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Judiciary Committee

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (159)

159 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Passage, Third Reading

Passed 73 Yea · 45 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 473202
Republican 25200
Democrat 11100
Total 734502
% of votes cast 61%38%0%2%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Alexander — Nay
Goff-Marcil — Nay
Aloupis — Yea
Good — Nay
Polo — Nay
Altman — Yea
Ponder — Yea
Grant, J. — Yea
Pritchett — Nay
Ausley — Nay
Grant, M. — Yea
Raschein — Yea
Renner — Yea
Bell — Yea
Grieco — Nay
Roach — Yea
Beltran — Yea
Hage — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Hart — Nay
Rodrigues, R. — Yea
Brown — Nay
Hattersley — Nay
Hill — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Bush — Nay
Ingoglia — Yea
Roth — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Sabatini — Yea
Caruso — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Casello — Nay
Jenne — Nay
Clemons — Yea
Silvers — Nay
Cortes — Nay
Cummings — Yea
Killebrew — Yea
Slosberg — Nay
Latvala — Yea
Sprowls — Yea
Diamond — Nay
Magar — Yea
Stevenson — Yea
Donalds — Yea
Stone — Yea
Drake — Yea
Mariano — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
DuBose — Nay
Toledo — Yea
Tomkow — Yea
Duran — Nay
McGhee — Nay
Eagle — Yea
Mercado — Nay
Valdes — Nay
Newton — Nay
Watson, B. — Nay
Fernandez — Nay
Oliva — Yea
Watson, C. — Nay
Fernandez-Barquin — Yea
Omphroy — Nay
Webb — Nay
Fetterhoff — Yea
Willhite — Nay
Fine — Yea
Payne — Yea
Williams — Nay
Fischer — Yea
Williamson — Yea
Fitzenhagen — Yea
Pigman — Yea
Geller — Nay
Zika — Yea
Jacobs — Not Voting
Jacquet — Not Voting
La Rosa — Yea
Thompson, Geraldine F. "Geri" — Nay
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Nay
Daley, Dan Democrat Nay
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Nay
Davis, Tracie Democrat Nay
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Nay
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Nay
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Nay
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Jones, Shevrin D. "Shev" Democrat Nay
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Nay
Polsky, Tina Scott Democrat Nay
Smith, Carlos Guillermo Democrat Nay
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Burton, Colleen Republican Yea
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Grall, Erin Republican Yea
Johnson, Chad Republican Nay
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Perez, Daniel Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Nay
Trumbull, Jay Republican Yea
Vacant Republican Yea
Yarborough, Clay Republican Yea

Favorable (Judiciary Committee)

Passed 11 Yea · 6 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7401
Republican 3000
Democrat 1200
Total 11601
% of votes cast 61%33%0%6%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Alexander — Nay
Beltran — Yea
Diamond — Nay
Fernandez-Barquin — Yea
Fitzenhagen — Not Voting
Geller — Nay
Grant, J. — Yea
Hill — Yea
Killebrew — Yea
Mercado — Nay
Renner — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Nay
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Nay
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HJR 7093 do?
Petition Threshold Requirements for Citizen Initiatives; Proposes amendment to State Constitution to require that a specified number of signatures must be obtained in each congressional district to place an initiative on the ballot.
Who sponsors HJR 7093?
HJR 7093 is sponsored by Judiciary Committee.
What is the current status of HJR 7093?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HJR 7093?
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