Florida SB 1406: Nicotine Products

Bill Text

1406 
Threshold for Voter Approval of Constitutional Amendments 
2026-01-08T03:30:04Z 
Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to revise the percentage of elector votes required for approval of an amendment to or a revision of the State Constitution from at least 60 percent to a simple majority vote of the electors voting on the measure, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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SJR 
Joint Resolution 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SJR 1406 

 By Senator Smith 

 17-00062-26 20261406__ 
 1 Senate Joint Resolution 
 2 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 5 
 3 of Article XI of the State Constitution to revise the 
 4 percentage of elector votes required for approval of 
 5 an amendment to or a revision of the State 
 6 Constitution from at least 60 percent to a simple 
 7 majority vote of the electors voting on the measure. 
 8 
 9 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 10 
 11 That the following amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of 
 12 the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to 
 13 the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next 
 14 general election or at an earlier special election specifically 
 15 authorized by law for that purpose: 
 16 ARTICLE XI 
 17 AMENDMENTS 
 18 SECTION 5. Amendment or revision election.— 
 19 (a) A proposed amendment to or revision of this 
 20 constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the 
 21 electors at the next general election held more than ninety days 
 22 after the joint resolution or report of revision commission, 
 23 constitutional convention or taxation and budget reform 
 24 commission proposing it is filed with the custodian of state 
 25 records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by the affirmative vote 
 26 of three-fourths of the membership of each house of the 
 27 legislature and limited to a single amendment or revision, it is 
 28 submitted at an earlier special election held more than ninety 
 29 days after such filing. 
 30 (b) A proposed amendment or revision of this constitution, 
 31 or any part of it, by initiative shall be submitted to the 
 32 electors at the general election provided the initiative 
 33 petition is filed with the custodian of state records no later 
 34 than February 1 of the year in which the general election is 
 35 held. 
 36 (c) The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to 
 37 the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the 
 38 provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable 
 39 financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative 
 40 pursuant to section 3. 
 41 (d) Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week 
 42 immediately preceding the week in which the election is held, 
 43 the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of 
 44 election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall be 
 45 published in one newspaper of general circulation in each county 
 46 in which a newspaper is published. 
 47 (e) Unless otherwise specifically provided for elsewhere in 
 48 this constitution, if the proposed amendment or revision is 
 49 approved by a simple majority vote of at least sixty percent of 
 50 the electors voting on the measure, it shall be effective as an 
 51 amendment to or revision of the constitution of the state on the 
 52 first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following the 
 53 election, or on such other date as may be specified in the 
 54 amendment or revision. 
 55 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be 
 56 placed on the ballot: 
 57 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 
 58 ARTICLE XI, SECTION 5 
 59 REVISING THRESHOLD FOR VOTER APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL 
 60 AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS.—Revising the percentage of elector 
 61 votes required to approve an amendment to or a revision of the 
 62 State Constitution from at least 60 percent to a simple majority 
 63 vote of the electors voting on the measure. This amendment does 
 64 not modify the requirement that an amendment imposing a new 
 65 state tax or fee be approved by two-thirds vote of the electors 
 66 voting in the election at which the amendment is considered.