Florida 2024 ballot measures

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In 2024, six statewide ballot measures were on the ballot in Florida for the election on November 5.

On the ballot

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Change school board elections from nonpartisan to partisan beginning in 2026		5,492,993 (55%)	4,512,372 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Provide for a state constitutional right to hunt and fish	a	6,941,307 (67%)	3,365,987 (33%)
CICA	Amendment 3	Legalize the recreational or personal use of marijuana		5,950,589 (56%)	4,693,524 (44%)
CICA	Amendment 4	Provide for a state constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability		6,070,758 (57%)	4,548,379 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Provide for an annual inflation adjustment for the value of the homestead property tax exemption	a	6,687,238 (66%)	3,441,658 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Repeal a constitutional provision providing for public campaign financing for candidates who agree to spending limits		5,032,882 (50%)	4,955,737 (50%)

Potential measures

For 2024, measures that were certified for the ballot are available here, and measures that failed to make the ballot are available here.

Referral of 2024 ballot measures

The following table illustrates the vote requirements for the legislative referrals certified for the ballot, the votes that the referrals received, and how Democrats and Republicans voted on the referrals in each legislative chamber:

Florida Amendment 1, Partisan School Board Elections Amendment				Democrats	Republicans
Senate:	Required: 24	Yes votes: 29 (72.50%)	No votes: 11 (27.50%)	Yes: 1; No: 11	Yes: 28; No: 0
House:	Required: 72	Yes votes: 79 (66.38%)	No votes: 34 (28.57%)	Yes: 0; No: 34	Yes: 79; No: 0
Florida Repeal of Public Financing for Statewide Campaigns Amendment				Democrats	Republicans
Senate:	Required: 24	Yes votes: 28 (70.00%)	No votes: 11 (27.50%)	Yes: 1; No: 10	Yes: 27; No: 1
House:	Required: 72	Yes votes: 82 (68.33%)	No votes: 29 (24.16%)	Yes: 1; No: 29	Yes: 81; No: 0
Florida Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment				Democrats	Republicans
Senate:	Required: 24	Yes votes: 38 (95.00%)	No votes: 1 (2.50%)	Yes: 10; No: 1	Yes: 28; No: 0
House:	Required: 72	Yes votes: 116 (97.47%)	No votes: 0 (0.00%)	Yes: 35; No: 0	Yes: 81; No: 0
Florida Annual Inflation Adjustment for Homestead Property Tax Exemption Value Amendment				Democrats	Republicans
Senate:	Required: 24	Yes votes: 25 (62.50%)	No votes: 15 (37.50%)	Yes: 0; No: 12	Yes: 25; No: 3
House:	Required: 72	Yes votes: 86 (71.67%)	No votes: 29 (24.17%)	Yes: 5; No: 29	Yes: 81; No: 0

Getting measures on the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Florida and Laws governing the initiative process in Florida

Citizens:

Florida allows citizens to initiate constitutional amendments. Sponsors must first register as a political committee with the Florida Division of Elections and submit the proposed initiative petition to the Division of Elections. If the petition format is approved by the Division of Elections, a serial number will be assigned and proponents may begin collecting signatures.

The total number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment to qualify for the ballot is equal to 8% of the votes cast in the preceding presidential election. To qualify an initiative for the 2024 ballot, initiative proponents needed to collect 891,523 valid signatures. Florida also has a signature distribution requirement, which requires that signatures equaling at least 8% of the district-wide vote in the last presidential election be collected from at least half (14) of the state's 28 congressional districts. Signatures remain valid until February 1 of even-numbered years and must be verified by February 1 of the general election year the initiative aims to appear on the ballot.

Proposed measures are reviewed by the state attorney general and state supreme court after proponents collect 25% of the required signatures across the state in each of one-half of the state's congressional districts (222,881 signatures for 2024 ballot measures). After these preliminary signatures have been collected, the secretary of state must submit the proposal to the Florida Attorney General and the Financial Impact Estimating Conference (FIEC). The attorney general is required to petition the Florida Supreme Court for an advisory opinion on the measure's compliance with the single-subject rule, the appropriateness of the title and summary, and whether or not the measure "is facially invalid under the United States Constitution."

Initiative signatures must be verified by February 1, 2024, and, thus, must be submitted to county officials long enough before that date to allow for the verification process. County supervisors of elections have a maximum of 30 days to verify signatures and submit them to the secretary of state, which means to guarantee that local officials verify and submit signatures, they should be submitted by January 2, 2024.

Legislature:

During the 2023 and 2024 state legislative sessions, the Florida Legislature may put constitutional amendments on the ballot through a 60% vote in both the Florida State Senate and the Florida House of Representatives.

Local ballot measures

Pinellas County

See also: Pinellas County, Florida ballot measures

• Pinellas County, Florida, Tax Exemptions for New Businesses and Businesses Expansions Expected to Generate Jobs Referendum (August 2024):  ✔

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners to renew the ADVTE (ad valorem tax exemption) program, first approved by voters in 2014 for a period of 10 years, to grant property tax exemptions to new businesses and expansions of existing businesses expected to create new, full-time jobs with pay above the average wage in Pinellas County, for a period of 10 years.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners to grant property tax exemptions to new businesses and expansions of existing businesses expected to create new, full-time jobs in Pinellas County.

Not on the ballot

Type	Number	Title	Subject	Description	Status
CICA	#23-01	Medical Marijuana Home Cultivation Initiative	Marijuana	Allows home cultivation of medical marijuana for qualifying patients who are 21 years of age and older
CICA	#23-06	Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative	Abortion	Establishes a right to reproductive freedom in the state constitution
CICA	#21-14	Legislative Approval for Executive Orders Restricting Religious Gatherings Initiative	Religion	Requires approval from the Florida State Legislature for any executive orders limiting religious gatherings for longer than 21 days
CICA	#22-07	Voting Rights for Felons and Incarcerated Individuals Initiative	Prisons, Suffrage	Allows incarcerated persons to vote excluding those convicted of a felony sexual offense
LRCA	HJR 159	Homestead Tax Exemption Amendment	Taxes	Provide an additional homestead tax exemption for people aged 65 and older
LRCA	HJR 129	Increase Supermajority Requirement to Approve Constitutional Amendments Measure	Direct democracy and Elections and campaigns	Increases the voter approval requirement for constitutional amendments from 60% to 66.67%
LRCA	HJR 131	Recall of County Officers and Commissioners Amendment	Recall measures	Provide for the state legislature to recall county officers and commissioners
LRCA	HJR 7075	Tax Exemption Increase on Personal Tangible Property Amendment	Taxes and Property	Increase property tax exemption on personal tangible property from $25,000 to $50,000
LRCA	SJR 1560	Establish Tax Exemption on Personal Tangible Property on Agricultural Property Amendment	Taxes and Property	Exempt personal tangible property on land classified as agricultural from taxation
CICA	#22-02	Right to Clean Water Initiative Initiative	Constitutional rights and Water	Creates a "fundamental right to clean and healthy waters," (as defined) in the state constitution; gives legal standing to residents, non-governmental organizations, or government entities to sue in order to enforce or defend such rights
CICA	#22-03	Right to Life of Preborn Individual Initiative	Abortion	Provide that "the right to life of the preborn individual is God-given, thus unalienable and recognized accordingly"
CICA	#22-01	Prayer in Schools Initiative	Religion and Education	Concerns prayer in schools
CICA	#22-09	Executive Clemency Initiative	Civil and criminal trials, State executive measures	Requires applications for executive clemency to be considered individually and voted on during the term in which they were filed; requires the governor to give an annual address discussing the number of clemency applications filed and the number of clemency applications granted and denied
CICA	#22-11	Extend Legislative Sessions Initiative	State legislatures measures	Extends legislative session from 60 days to 300 days
CICA	#22-18	Offender Reintegration Program Initiative	Prisons	Extends the authority of the Florida Commission on Offender Review to create an offender reintegration program and grant supervised release to qualifying offenders who meet certain requirements
CICA	#22-14	Require Jury Recommendation on Mandatory Sentences Sought by State Initiative	Civil and criminal trials	Requires jury approval or disapproval for any mandatory sentence sought by the state; requires sentencing judge to consider the jury's recommendation and articulate reasons for accepting or refusing jury recommendation
CICA	#22-15	Prohibit Mandatory Sentences Initiative	Civil and criminal trials	Provides that the legislature may set sentencing guidelines in statute but that the legislature may not prescribe a mandatory sentence for any offense; provides that sentencing judges have discretion to impose sentences they deem appropriate; provides that individuals currently serving a mandatory sentence may request a rehearing to allow the sentencing judge to reconsider the sentence
CICA	#22-16	Require Votes on Bills from Both Chambers Before End of Legislative Session Initiative	State legislatures measures	Requires all bills filed to be voted on by both chambers of the legislature before the end of the legislative session; requires the legislative session to be extended until bills are voted on by both chambers
CICA	#23-02	Require Voter Approval to Dissolve a County, Municipality, District, Department, or Agency Initiative	County and municipal governance	Requires a two-thirds (66.67%) vote of the state legislature, the governor's signature, and local voter approval to dissolve any county, municipality, district, department, or agency
CICA	#23-03	Reedy Creek Improvement District Initiative	County and municipal governance	Establishes the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which encompasses and provides services for Disney World, in the state constitution
CICA	#23-05	Dedicate 40% of State Budget to Education Funding Initiative	State and local government budgets, spending and finance and Education	Requires 40% of the state budget to be dedicated to education
CICA	#23-08	Voting Rights Initiative	Civil rights, Voting policy	Provide that the right to vote shall not be abridged on account of race, ethnicity, religion, language, education, gender, sexual orientation, criminal conviction or sentence, incarceration, or legal financial obligation
CICA	#23-09	Define and Prohibit Political Retaliation Initiative	Administration of government and County and municipal governance	Defines and prohibits political retaliation; prohibits the removal of government officials without criminal conviction, requires two-thirds supermajority voter approval to dissolve a county, municipality, or district; and requires a recall election of any government official found by a court ruling to be engaged in political retaliation

Historical facts

See also: History of Initiative & Referendum in Florida and List of Florida ballot measures

• A total of 78 measures appeared on the statewide ballot between 2000 and 2020, including six measures that appeared on the statewide ballot in odd-numbered years.
• From 2000 to 2020, an average of about seven measures appeared on the ballot during even-numbered years in Florida.
• The number of measures appearing on the even-year statewide ballot between 2000 and 2020 ranged from three to 13.
• Between 2000 and 2020, 71.79% (56 of 78) of statewide measures were approved by voters and 28.21% (22 of 78) were defeated.
• In 2006, Florida Amendment 3 raised the requirement for approving a constitutional amendment to 60 percent. Between 2008 and 2020, five measures were approved by a simple majority, but failed to meet the supermajority requirement and thus were defeated.

Florida statewide ballot measures, 2000-2020
Years	Total number	Approved	Percent approved	Defeated	Percent defeated	Annual average	Annual median	Annual minimum	Annual maximum
2000-2020	78	56	71.79%	22	28.21%	4	3	0	12

See also

• 2024 ballot measures
• List of Florida ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Florida
• Laws governing the initiative process in Florida
• Florida State Legislature
• Florida Constitution Revision Commission

External links

• Active Initiatives in Florida
• Florida Division of Elections