TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - After months of committee meetings and public hearings, the State Constitution Revision Commission started narrowing a list of proposed constitutional amendments that could go on the November ballot.
The 37-member commission, which meets every 20 years, is considering nearly three dozen ballot proposals.
Among them? One that has attracted several amendments related to gun control, following the February 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Much of the discussion Monday, on various issues, was whether or not the ideas belong in the state constitution, regardless of their merit.
Commissioner Jose Felix Diaz, a former Republican state representative from Miami-Dade County, says putting too many of the three dozen proposals on the ballot will be confusing to voters this fall.
Proposals approved this week will go to the Style and Drafting Committee, which will play a key role in refining them and creating ballot titles.
Plans making it beyond that committee will return to the full commission, where they must receive at least 22 votes from the 37-member group to be placed on the November 2018 general election ballot.
