TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (The News Service of Florida) - After an election in which voters approved 11 constitutional amendments, legislation has been filed at the state capitol that would make it harder to pass future ballot measures.
The proposal would require support from two-thirds of voters for passage of constitutional amendments. That would be up from the current 60 percent threshold.
Voters this year approved 11 of 12 proposed constitutional amendments. The only proposal that failed would have increased the homestead property-tax exemption.
Republican Representative Rick Roth is sponsoring the measure. He feels amending the Constitution has become too easy.
“We are out of control. It’s really people spending lots of money to change the way we do business with the government in Florida, because they can’t get it done through the legislature," said Roth.
Roth’s proposal is filed for consideration during the 2019 legislative session, which starts in March. The current 60 percent threshold for passage of amendments was put into the Florida Constitution by voters in 2006.
If approved by lawmakers, Roth's proposal would go on the 2020 ballot.
