Florida Senate - 2021 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SJR 1238 Ì524756CÎ524756 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 03/01/2021 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Bradley) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with directory, ballot, and title 2 amendments) 3 4 Between lines 61 and 62 5 insert: 6 ARTICLE XII 7 SCHEDULE 8 The amendment to section 5 of Article XI, and the creation 9 of this section, which increases the threshold for approving an 10 amendment or revision to this constitution from sixty percent of 11 the electors voting on the measure to sixty-six and two-thirds 12 percent, may only take effect if approved by sixty-six and two 13 thirds percent of the electors voting on the measure. This 14 section shall take effect upon approval of the electors. 15 16 ====== D I R E C T O R Y C L A U S E A M E N D M E N T ====== 17 And the directory clause is amended as follows: 18 Delete lines 14 - 15 19 and insert: 20 That the following amendment to Section 5 of Article XI and 21 the creation of a new section in Article XII of the State 22 Constitution are agreed to and shall be submitted to 23 24 ====== B A L L O T S T A T E M E N T A M E N D M E N T ====== 25 And the ballot statement is amended as follows: 26 Delete lines 64 - 73 27 and insert: 28 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 29 ARTICLE XI, SECTION 5 30 ARTICLE XII 31 PERCENTAGE OF ELECTOR VOTES REQUIRED TO APPROVE 32 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT OR REVISION.—Proposing an amendment to 33 the State Constitution to increase the percentage of elector 34 votes required to approve an amendment to or a revision of the 35 State Constitution from 60 percent to 66 and 2/3 percent, 36 including for the passage of this amendment, except that the 37 repeal of an amendment or revision need only be approved by the 38 same percentage of elector votes as was required at the time of 39 passage of such amendment or revision. 40 41 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 42 And the title is amended as follows: 43 Delete line 3 44 and insert: 45 of Article XI and the creation of a new section in 46 Article XII of the State Constitution to increase