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| Bill | Amendments to the State Constitution | Amendments to the State Constitution; Revises provisions relating to amendments to State Constitution including initiative petitions; handling petitions; sponsor & petition circulator registration; signature verification procedures; signature revocation; record retention; duties & responsibilities of supervisors of elections, Division of Elections, & DOS; Financial Impact Estimating Conference; certification of elections involving constitutional amendments; public funding; & criminal penalties. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2025 | HB 1205 | Florida HB 1205 (2025) |
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enacted | 2025-21 |
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5 | 62 | 6 | 2025-02-26 | 2025-05-05 | openstates | ocd-bill/7b8564dc-67e8-4c41-b961-749d1cdf5301 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1205/ByCategory | a45e5b221d2b3b6a8dbd3fd3fe40bbe150bc21dade9dc83842e746025ace8392 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 1205 (2025) — Amendments to the State Constitution
Amendments to the State Constitution; Revises provisions relating to amendments to State Constitution including initiative petitions; handling petitions; sponsor & petition circulator registration; signature verification procedures; signature revocation; record retention; duties & responsibilities of supervisors of elections, Division of Elections, & DOS; Financial Impact Estimating Conference; certification of elections involving constitutional amendments; public funding; & criminal penalties.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-21.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 1205 Filed (filed) — source
- H 1205 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 1205 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 1205 e2 (engrossed) — source
- H 1205 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 76–31 (pass) · lower
- Adoption — 27–82 (fail) · lower
- AA - 369878, Amendment, Second Reading — 10–26 (fail) · upper
- Returning Messages — 28–9 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 28–10 (pass) · upper
- Passage — 81–30 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Persons-Mulicka — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-26 Filed
filing - 2025-02-26 Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-02-26 Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2025-02-26 Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- 2025-03-04 Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- 2025-03-04 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2025-03-06 Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-06 Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- 2025-03-06 Now in State Affairs Committee
- 2025-03-24 PCS added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- 2025-03-26 Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-26 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- 2025-03-27 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2025-03-27 CS Filed
filing - 2025-03-27 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2025-03-27 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/3/2025)
- 2025-03-27 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2025-04-03 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-03 Amendment 211009 Failed
- 2025-04-03 Amendment 073391 Failed
- 2025-04-03 Amendment 796099 adopted
- 2025-04-03 Amendment 341105 Failed
- 2025-04-03 Amendment 914213 adopted
- 2025-04-03 Amendment 255831 Failed
- 2025-04-03 Amendment 379821 Failed
- 2025-04-03 Amendment 668427 Failed
- 2025-04-03 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2025-04-03 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2025-04-03 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-04-03 CS passed as amended; YEAS 76, NAYS 31
passage - 2025-04-03 In Messages
- 2025-04-07 Referred to Appropriations
referral-committee - 2025-04-08 Received
enrolled - 2025-04-30 Withdrawn from Appropriations
withdrawal - 2025-04-30 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2025-04-30 Substituted for CS/SB 7016
- 2025-04-30 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-30 Amendment(s) adopted (476344)
- 2025-04-30 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2025-05-01 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-05-01 CS passed as amended; YEAS 28 NAYS 10
passage - 2025-05-01 In Messages
- 2025-05-01 Senate Message List
- 2025-05-01 Amendment 376289 Failed
- 2025-05-01 Amendment 258567 adopted
- 2025-05-01 Amendment 315985 Failed
- 2025-05-01 Amendment 908689 Failed
- 2025-05-01 Amendment 988109 Failed
- 2025-05-01 Amendment 477913 Failed
- 2025-05-01 Amendment 247543 Failed
- 2025-05-01 Amendment 887783 Failed
- 2025-05-01 Amendment 438593 Failed
- 2025-05-01 Concurred in Senate amendment 476344 as amended
- 2025-05-01 CS passed as amended; YEAS 81, NAYS 30
passage - 2025-05-01 In returning messages
- 2025-05-02 Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (258567)
- 2025-05-02 CS passed as amended; YEAS 28 NAYS 9
passage - 2025-05-02 In Messages
- 2025-05-02 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
enrolled - 2025-05-02 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-05-02 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-05-05 Chapter No. 2025-21
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b8564dc-67e8-4c41-b961-749d1cdf5301. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).