TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate unanimously passed a proposal that seeks to ban the state Constitution Revision Commission from "bundling" multiple topics in single constitutional amendments.
The proposal comes after the Constitution Revision Commission last year put seemingly unrelated issues in proposed constitutional amendments.
The highest-profile example was a constitutional amendment, which voters approved in November, that banned offshore oil drilling and banned vaping and use of electronic cigarettes in workplaces. State Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez voted for the legislation.
"When our revision commissions meet, they ought to be limited to a single subject. If they are not, what we saw during the 2018 election is likely to be repeated," said Rodriguez. "Voters get robbed of the ability to weigh in on what should and shouldn't be in our constitution because of bundling."
The measure would need approval from voters during the 2020 election, because putting a single-subject requirement on the commission would require a change to the Florida Constitution.
