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House passes bill adding more hurdles for citizen-led ballot initiatives

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After an emotional two-hour debate, the House passed a bill with a 76-31 vote that would add new hurdles to citizen-led ballot initiatives, including requiring advocacy groups to pay a $1 million bond. Republicans argued these reforms are needed to protect the process of changing the state constitution. “We can’t ignore that evidence the initiative process is broken,” said Fort Myers Republican Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka, who sponsored the bill …

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House Approves Bill Imposing New Limits on Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives

The Florida House on Thursday passed a bill that would make it harder for citizen groups to place constitutional amendments on the ballot, approving a series of new rules and penalties for petition drives. The measure, HB 1205, passed in a 76-31 vote and would require groups sponsoring a proposed amendment to post a $1 million bond after collecting a quarter of the required voter signatures. The bill also restricts groups to sponsoring only one …

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The Florida House cracks down further on ballot initiatives

By Dara Kam ©2025 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Building on a years-long effort to make it harder to change the state Constitution, the Florida House on Thursday approved a controversial measure that would impose new requirements on the ballot-initiative process and increase penalties for wrongdoing. One of the most contentious parts of the bill (HB 1205) would shorten from 30 days to 10 days the length of time signature gatherers wo…

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Florida House cracks down on ballot initiatives

Building on a years-long effort to make it harder to change the state Constitution, the Florida House on Thursday approved a controversial measure that would impose new requirements on the ballot-initiative process and increase penalties for wrongdoing.

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House passes bill adding more hurdles for citizen-led ballot initiatives

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Lawmakers considering bill to change ballot initiative process

State lawmakers in Tallahassee are debating legislation that would make it harder to get an initiative on the ballot to change the state constitution.

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House cracks down on ballot initiatives | Santa Rosa Press Gazette

By Dara Kam One of the most-contentious parts of the bill (HB 1205) would shorten from 30 days to 10 days the length of time signature gatherers would have to submit petitions to supervisors of elections and would increase penalties for late-filed petitions. The proposal also would require voters to provide identifying information, such as their driver’s license numbers, when signing petitions. Democrats and voting-rights groups argue the propos…

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