Florida HB 23: Pub. Rec./Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program

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House Joint Resolution 1
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 2
16 of Article III of the State Constitution to revise 3
reapportionment methods and revise upward the number 4
of Senate and House districts. 5
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Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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That the following amendment to Section 16 of Article III 9
of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to 10
the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next 11
general election or at an earlier special election specifically 12
authorized by law for that purpose: 13
ARTICLE III 14
LEGISLATURE 15
SECTION 16. Legislative apportionment.— 16
(a) INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS. The state 17
shall be apportioned by three independent redistricting 18
commissions, one each for the senatorial, representative, and 19
congressional reapportionment process. 20
(1)a. Each redistricting commission will establish a 21
screening panel consisting of 37 members. The president of the 22
senate, speaker of the house of representatives, minority leader 23
of the house of representatives, and minority leader of the 24
senate shall each appoint nine members. The chief justice of the 25

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supreme court shall appoint one member. 26
b. To apply for the commissioner position, each applicant 27
must have voted in two out of the last three presidential 28
elections and two out of the last three gubernatorial elections. 29
The following persons may not apply for a commissioner position 30
or serve as commissioner: 31
1. Someone currently serving, or who has served, in an 32
office or position which is filled by vote of the electors. 33
2. Someone who, within the past 14 years, has been a party 34
officer, a registered lobbyist, paid while working as part of a 35
campaign staff, or has worked for the executive office of the 36
governor. 37
3. Someone who, within the past 18 years, has worked for 38
the Florida Legislature. 39
4. Any parent, spouse, child, sibling, parent-in-law, 40
child-in-law, or sibling-in-law of, or a cohabitating member of 41
a household, of those mentioned in sub-subparagraphs 1. through 42
3. 43
c. After review, the screening panel will select for 44
further consideration 15 applicants from each of the following 45
categories: 46
1. Applicants who are registered members of the political 47
party that received the most votes in the last statewide 48
election. 49
2. Applicants who are registered members of the political 50

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party that received the second-most votes in the last statewide 51
election. 52
3. Applicants who are registered as independent or minor 53
party affiliates. 54
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The screening panel shall ensure the selected applicants are, as 56
a whole, representative of the racial, ethnic, geographic, and 57
gender diversity of the state. 58
(2)a. The president of the senate, the speaker of the 59
house of representatives, the minority leader of the house of 60
representatives, and the minority leader of the senate may each 61
strike two applicants from each of the categories described in 62
sub-subparagraphs (1)b.1. through 3. 63
b. The screening panel shall then randomly draw five 64
applicants from each of the categories described in sub-65
subparagraphs (1)b.1 through 3. to create each final independent 66
redistricting commission. 67
(3) The initial group of commissioners shall start their 68
terms in 2027. Each commissioner shall serve a 10-year term and 69
may not serve consecutive terms. A person running for office may 70
not have served on the commission that drew the district for 71
that office during their term or within 10 years after the 72
promulgation of those maps. 73
(4) A member of the commission shall receive compensation 74
fixed at the legislative per diem rate during commission travel 75

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and meetings and shall be allowed all reasonable and necessary 76
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. 77
(5)a. All meetings shall take place in person and be 78
streamed on the Florida channel. 79
b. All records and documents of the commission, including 80
any individual or group performing delegated functions of the 81
commission or advising the commission, related to the 82
commission's work shall be considered public record. This 83
includes internal communications of the commission and 84
communicatio