Constitutional Amendments/Initiatives
Webpage last updated: May 30, 2025
General Information
Proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution may be made proposed by a legislative joint resolution, an initiative petition, or a proposal from the Constitution Revision Commission or the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission. A proposed amendment requires at least 60% approval from voters to pass [see Florida Constitution, Article XI, Section 5(e), Fla. Const.]. Visit database to find currently proposed constitutional amendments, initiatives, or revisions.
Statutory references:
- Article XI, Florida Constitution
- Chapter 2025-021, Laws of Florida which amends at a minimum, the following relevant provisions:
Initiative Petitions
The initiative petition process starts with a registered political committee who acts as the petition sponsor. The petition sponsor can only sponsor one initiative petition per election cycle.
In addition to other requirements, getting a proposed initiative on the ballot requires petitions to be signed by a minimum number of registered Florida voters. For placement on the 2026 General Election ballot, an initiative petition must be signed by 880,062 voters. These signatures must come from a number of voters in each of one half of the congressional districts of the state, and of the state as a whole, equal to eight percent of the votes cast in each of such districts respectively and in the state as a whole in the last preceding election in which presidential electors were chosen. Signature requirements by congressional districts can be found here.
Petition Circulators
The petition sponsor can use circulators to collect petitions. Petition circulators must be registered with the State. Starting July 1, 2025, petition circulators must take and successfully pass an online training program prior to registering with the State. Once registered, petition circulators can circulate petitions for more than one petition sponsor. For more information about initiative petitions, visit the Initiatives website.
Attention: Registering to circulate petitions as a petition circulator is different from registering to collect voter registration applications as a third-party voter registration organization (3PVRO). While a person can do both activities, the person must still register separately with the State. Please note only registered voters can sign an initiative petition. To register as a 3PVRO, visit our 3PVRO webpage.
Signature Verification Cost
Each Supervisor of Election must set and post online the actual cost of signature verification in their respective county for petition forms received more than 60 days and those received less than 60 days before February 1 of an even-numbered year. Any increase must be posted annually on March 1.
The petition sponsor must pay the Supervisor of Elections in advance before signed petitions can be verified unless an Affidavit of Undue Burden has been filed with the county
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