FL S1494 | 2010 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Requires ballots to include headings for amendments to the State Constitution and for other measures. Requires ballot summaries for constitutional amendments and other public measures to be written at the eighth grade reading level. Requires the Financial Impact Estimating Conference to provide a financial impact statement for amendments and revisions proposed by initiative or joint resolution, etc.
Title
Proposed Constitutional Amendments/Public Measures [WPSC]
Sponsors
| Sen. Ted Deutch [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-04-30 | Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections | |
| 2010-03-02 | Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Finance and Tax; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means; Policy & Steering Committee on Governmental Operations; Rules -SJ 00106 | |
| 2010-02-03 | Referred to Ethics and Elections; Finance and Tax; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means; Policy & Steering Committee on Governmental Operations; Rules | |
| 2010-01-27 | Filed |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0016 | 061 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 0100 | 371 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 0100 | 375 | New Code | See Bill Text | |
| 0101 | 151 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 0101 | 161 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
