Florida Senate - 2025                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/HB 1205, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senators Gaetz and Grall moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (842060) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 80 - 982
    5  and insert:
    6  delivers, or otherwise physically possesses no more than five
    7  signed petition forms in addition to his or her own signed
    8  petition form or a signed petition form belonging to the
    9  person’s spouse, or the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild,
   10  or sibling of the person or the person’s spouse.
   11         Section 5. Paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (4) of
   12  section 99.097, Florida Statutes, are amended, and paragraph (b)
   13  of subsection (1) of that section is reenacted, to read:
   14         99.097 Verification of signatures on petitions.—
   15         (1)
   16         (b) Rules and guidelines for petition verification shall be
   17  adopted by the Department of State. Rules and guidelines for a
   18  random sample method of verification may include a requirement
   19  that petitions bear an additional number of names and
   20  signatures, not to exceed 15 percent of the names and signatures
   21  otherwise required. If the petitions do not meet such criteria
   22  or if the petitions are prescribed by s. 100.371, the use of the
   23  random sample method of verification is not available to
   24  supervisors.
   25         (4)(a) The supervisor must be paid in advance the sum of 10
   26  cents for each signature checked or the actual cost of checking
   27  such signature, whichever is less, by the candidate or, in the
   28  case of a petition to have a local issue placed on the ballot,
   29  by the person or organization submitting the petition. In the
   30  case of a petition to place a statewide issue on the ballot, the
   31  person or organization submitting the petition must pay the
   32  supervisor in advance the cost posted by the supervisor pursuant
   33  to s. 100.371(14) s. 100.371(11) for the actual cost of checking
   34  signatures to place a statewide issue on the ballot.
   35         (d) Except as provided in s. 100.371(14)(d), petitions must
   36  be retained by the supervisors for a period of 1 year following
   37  the election for which the petitions were circulated.
   38         Section 6. Section 100.371, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   39  read:
   40         100.371 Initiatives; procedure for placement on ballot.—
   41         (1)(a) Constitutional amendments proposed by initiative
   42  shall be placed on the ballot for the general election, provided
   43  the initiative petition has been filed with the Secretary of
   44  State no later than February 1 of the year the general election
   45  is held. A petition shall be deemed to be filed with the
   46  Secretary of State upon the date the secretary determines that
   47  valid and verified petition forms have been signed by the
   48  constitutionally required number and distribution of voters
   49  electors under this code.
   50         (b)A sponsor of an initiative petition must obtain, at
   51  least every third election cycle, a letter pursuant to s.
   52  15.21(1)(c). Failure to obtain such letter results in expiration
   53  of the initiative petition’s signatures and disbanding of the
   54  sponsor’s political committee.
   55         (c)Initiative petition signatures expire and the sponsor’s
   56  political committee is disbanded if a constitutional amendment
   57  proposed by initiative submitted to the Secretary of State
   58  before February 1, 2022, fails to obtain a letter pursuant to s.
   59  15.21(1)(c) on or before February 1, 2026. This paragraph does
   60  not preclude such a sponsor from refiling the proposed amendment
   61  as a new petition.
   62         (2) The sponsor of an initiative amendment may not sponsor
   63  more than one amendment and must shall, before circulating any
   64  petition forms prior to obtaining any signatures, register as a
   65  political committee pursuant to s. 106.03 and submit the ballot
   66  title, ballot summary, article and section of the State
   67  Constitution being amended, and full text of the proposed
   68  amendment to the Secretary of State. The proposed amendment and
   69  all forms filed in connection with this section must, upon
   70  request, be made available in alternative formats, with the form
   71  on which the signatures will be affixed, and shall obtain the
   72  approval of the Secretary of State of such form. Upon receipt,
   73  the Secretary of State shall assign the initiative petition a
   74  petition number and submit a copy of the proposed amendment to
   75  the Financial Impact Estimating Conference for review, analysis,
   76  and estimation of the financial impact of the proposed
   77  amendment. After the review by the Financial Impact Estimating
   78  Conference, the division shall publish the forms with the
   79  information provided for in subsection (3) and on which
   80  signatures for the initiative petition will be affixed The
   81  Secretary of State shall adopt rules pursuant to s. 120.54
   82  prescribing the style and requirements of such form. Upon filing
   83  with the Secretary of State, the text of the proposed amendment
   84  and all forms filed in connection with this section must, upon
   85  request, be made available in alternative formats.
   86         (3)(a) Beginning July 1, 2025, the petition form must
   87  prominently display all of the following:
   88         1.The petition number.
   89         2.The ballot title.
   90         3.The ballot summary.
   91         4.A notice that the form becomes a public record upon
   92  receipt by the supervisor.
   93         5.A notice that it is a misdemeanor of the first degree to
   94  knowingly sign the petition more than once.
   95         6.A notice that the form will not be validated if all of
   96  the requested information is not completed.
   97         7.For a proposed amendment submitted to the Secretary of
   98  State after the effective date of this act, the financial impact
   99  statement.
  100         (b)The petition form must also include all of the
  101  following:
  102         1.The full text of the proposed amendment.
  103         2.The name and address of the sponsor.
  104         3.The date received by the Secretary of State.
  105         4.A bar code or serial number associated with the
  106  initiative petition.
  107         (c)The petition form must solicit and require all of the
  108  following information:
  109         1.The full name of the voter.
  110         2.The voter’s address and county of legal residence.
  111         3.The voter’s Florida voter registration number or date of
  112  birth.
  113         4.The voter’s Florida driver license number or the voter’s
  114  Florida identification card number issued pursuant to s.
  115  322.051, or the last four digits of the voter’s social security
  116  number.
  117         5.An attestation that the voter is a registered Florida
  118  voter and is petitioning the Secretary of State to place the
  119  proposed amendment on the ballot.
  120         6.The voter’s signature and the date on which the voter
  121  signed the form.
  122         (d)A petition form distributed by a petition circulator
  123  must also include all of the following:
  124         1.The Petition Circulator’s Affidavit with the
  125  circulator’s name, permanent address, and petition circulator
  126  number or barcode.
  127         2.The following statement, which must be signed and dated
  128  by the circulator:
  129  
  130         By my signature below, as petition circulator, I
  131         verify that the petition was completed and signed by
  132         the voter in my presence. Under penalty of perjury, I
  133         declare that I have read the foregoing Petition
  134         Circulator’s Affidavit, and that the facts stated in
  135         it are true, and that if I was paid to circulate or
  136         collect this petition, payment was not on a per
  137         signature basis.
  138  
  139         (e)A petition form distributed by a person other than a
  140  petition circulator must also include, in lieu of the Petition
  141  Circulator’s Affidavit, the following notice:
  142  
  143         This form is for PERSONAL USE only. Unless registered
  144         as a petition circulator, it is a third degree felony
  145         to collect, deliver, or otherwise physically possess
  146         more than five signed petition forms in addition to
  147         your own or those of immediate family members.
  148  
  149         (f)The petition form must be in a type not less than 10
  150  points, except for the full text of the proposed amendment,
  151  which may be in a type not less than 6 points if 10-point type
  152  would cause the length of the petition form to exceed one page
  153  front and back.
  154         (4)(a)Beginning July 1, 2025, unless registered as a
  155  petition circulator with the Secretary of State and issued a
  156  petition circulator number, a person may not collect, deliver,
  157  or otherwise physically possess more than five signed petition
  158  forms in addition to his or her own signed petition form or a
  159  signed petition form belonging to an immediate family member.
  160  This paragraph may not be construed to prohibit a person from
  161  distributing petition forms designated for personal use as
  162  described in paragraph (3)(e). For the purposes of this
  163  subsection, the term “immediate family” means a person’s spouse,
  164  or the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the
  165  person or the person’s spouse signatures or initiative petitions
  166  for compensation unless the person is registered as a petition
  167  circulator with the Secretary of State.
  168         (b)A person may not collect signatures or initiative
  169  petitions if he or she:
  170         1. Has been convicted of a felony violation and has not had
  171  his or her right to vote restored.
  172         2.Is not a citizen of the United States.
  173         3.Is not a resident of this state.
  174         (b) A citizen may challenge a petition circulator’s
  175  registration under this section by filing a petition in circuit
  176  court. If the court finds that the respondent is not a
  177  registered petition circulator, the court may enjoin the
  178  respondent from collecting signatures or initiative petitions
  179  for compensation until she or he is lawfully registered.
  180         (c)(4) An application for registration must be submitted in
  181  the format required by the Secretary of State and must include
  182  the following:
  183         1.(a) The information required to be on the petition form
  184  under s. 101.161, including the ballot summary and title as
  185  received approved by the Secretary of State.
  186         2.(b) The applicant’s name, permanent address, temporary
  187  address, if applicable, and date of birth, Florida driver
  188  license or Florida identification card number, and the last four
  189  digits of his or her social security number.
  190         3.(c) An address in this state at which the applicant will
  191  accept service of process related to disputes concerning the
  192  petition process, if the applicant is not a resident of this
  193  state.
  194         4.(d) A statement that the applicant consents to the
  195  jurisdiction of the courts of this state in resolving disputes
  196  concerning the petition process.
  197         5.(e) Any information required by the Secretary of State to
  198  verify the applicant’s identity or address.
  199         6.Whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony
  200  violation and has not had his or her right to vote restored, by
  201  including the statement, “I affirm that I am not a convicted
  202  felon, or, if I am, my right to vote has been restored,” and
  203  providing a box for the applicant to check to affirm the
  204  statement.
  205         7.Whether the applicant is a citizen of the United States,
  206  by asking the question, “Are you a citizen of the United States
  207  of America?” and providing boxes for the applicant to check
  208  whether the applicant is or is not a citizen of the United
  209  States.
  210         8.Whether the applicant is a Florida resident by asking
  211  the question, “Are you a resident of the state of Florida?” and
  212  providing boxes for the applicant to check whether the applicant
  213  is or is not a resident of the state of Florida.
  214         9.The signature of the applicant under penalty of perjury
  215  for false swearing pursuant to s. 104.011, by which the
  216  applicant swears or affirms that the information contained in
  217  the application is true.
  218         (d)A citizen may challenge a petition circulator’s
  219  registration under this section by filing a petition in circuit
  220  court. If the court finds that the respondent is not a
  221  registered petition circulator, the court may enjoin the
  222  respondent from collecting signatures or initiative petitions
  223  until he or she is lawfully registered.
  224         (e)The division may revoke a petition circulator’s
  225  registration upon the written request of the sponsor of the
  226  initiative petition or if the circulator violates this section.
  227         (f)A person may not register to collect signatures or
  228  initiative petitions until he or she has completed the training
  229  concerning the requirements for petition circulators. The
  230  training must be developed by the division and must be in an
  231  electronic format available on the division’s public website.
  232  The training must, at a minimum, include the following:
  233         1.An overview of the petition-gathering process.
  234         2.An overview of the petition circulator registration
  235  requirements.
  236         3.An explanation that the sponsor of an initiative
  237  amendment serves as a fiduciary to each voter who signs a
  238  petition.
  239         4.An explanation that the Florida Election Code prohibits
  240  compensation or provision of any benefit based on the number of
  241  petition forms gathered or the time within which a number of
  242  petition forms are gathered.
  243         5.The specific criminal penalties to which a petition
  244  circulator may be subject for violating the Florida Election
  245  Code.
  246         (g)The sponsor of the initiative amendment is liable for a
  247  fine in the amount of $50,000 for each person the sponsor
  248  knowingly allows to collect petition forms on behalf of the
  249  sponsor in violation of this subsection.
  250         (5) A sponsor may not compensate a petition circulator
  251  based on the number of petition forms gathered or the time
  252  within which a number of petition forms are gathered. This
  253  prohibition includes, but is not limited to, paying a specified
  254  amount per petition form gathered, basing an hourly rate on the
  255  number of petition forms gathered over a specified period of
  256  time, or providing any other benefit or form of compensation
  257  based on the number of petition forms gathered. All petitions
  258  collected by a petition circulator must contain, in a format
  259  required by the Secretary of State, a completed Petition
  260  Circulator’s Affidavit which includes:
  261         (a) The circulator’s name and permanent address;
  262         (b) The following statement, which must be signed by the
  263  circulator:
  264  
  265         By my signature below, as petition circulator, I
  266         verify that the petition was signed in my presence.
  267         Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have read
  268         the foregoing Petition Circulator’s Affidavit and the
  269         facts stated in it are true.
  270  
  271         (6) The division or the supervisor of elections shall make
  272  hard copy petition forms or electronic portable document format
  273  petition forms available to registered petition circulators. All
  274  such forms must contain information identifying the petition
  275  circulator to whom which the forms are provided. The division
  276  shall maintain a database of all registered petition circulators
  277  and the petition forms assigned to each. Each supervisor of
  278  elections shall provide to the division information on petition
  279  forms assigned to and received from petition circulators. The
  280  information must be provided in a format and at times as
  281  required by the division by rule. The division must update
  282  information on petition forms daily and make the information
  283  publicly available.
  284         (7)(a) A sponsor that collects petition forms or uses a
  285  petition circulator to collect petition forms serves as a
  286  fiduciary to the voter elector signing the petition form and
  287  shall ensure, ensuring that any petition form entrusted to the
  288  sponsor or petition circulator is shall be promptly delivered to
  289  the supervisor of elections in the county in which the voter
  290  resides within 10 30 days after the voter elector signs the
  291  form. If a petition form collected by the sponsor or any
  292  petition circulator is not promptly delivered to the supervisor
  293  of elections, the sponsor is liable for the following fines:
  294         1. A fine in the amount of $50 per each day late for each
  295  petition form received by the supervisor of elections in the
  296  county in which the voter resides more than 10 30 days after the
  297  voter elector signed the petition form or the next business day,
  298  if the office is closed. A fine in the amount of $2,500 $250 for
  299  each petition form received if the sponsor or petition
  300  circulator acted willfully.
  301         2. A fine in the amount of $100 per each day late, up to a
  302  maximum of $5,000, for each petition form collected by a sponsor
  303  or a petition circulator, signed by a voter on or before
  304  February 1 of the year the general election is held and received
  305  by the supervisor of elections in the county in which the voter
  306  resides after the deadline for such election. A fine in the
  307  amount of $5,000 for each such petition form received if the
  308  sponsor or petition circulator acted willfully.
  309         3. A fine in the amount of $500 for each petition form
  310  collected by a petition circulator which is not submitted to the
  311  supervisor of elections in the county in which the voter
  312  resides. A fine in the amount of $5,000 $1,000 for any petition
  313  form not so submitted if the sponsor or petition circulator
  314  acting on its behalf acted willfully.
  315         (b) A showing by the sponsor that the failure to deliver
  316  the petition form within the required timeframe is based upon
  317  force majeure or impossibility of performance is an affirmative
  318  defense to a violation of this subsection. The fines described
  319  in this subsection may be waived upon a showing that the failure
  320  to deliver the petition form promptly is based upon force
  321  majeure or impossibility of performance.
  322         (8)If a person collecting petition forms on behalf of a
  323  sponsor of an initiative petition signs another person’s name or
  324  a fictitious name to any petition, or fills in missing
  325  information on a signed petition, to secure a ballot position in
  326  violation of s. 104.185(2), the sponsor of the initiative
  327  petition is liable for a fine in the amount of $5,000 for each
  328  such petition.
  329         (9)If a person collecting petition forms on behalf of a
  330  sponsor of an initiative petition copies or retains a voter’s
  331  personal information, such as the voter’s Florida driver license
  332  number, Florida identification card number, social security
  333  number, or signature, for any reason other than to provide such
  334  information to the sponsor of the initiative petition, the
  335  person commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as
  336  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  337         (10)A sponsor of an initiative petition or a person
  338  collecting petition forms on behalf of a sponsor of an
  339  initiative petition may not mail or otherwise provide a petition
  340  form upon which any information about a voter has been filled in
  341  before it is provided to the voter. The sponsor of an initiative
  342  petition is liable for a fine in the amount of $50 for each
  343  petition form that is a violation of this subsection.
  344         (11)(8) If the Secretary of State reasonably believes that
  345  a person or entity has committed a violation of this section,
  346  the secretary may refer the matter to the Attorney General for
  347  enforcement. The Attorney General may institute a civil action
  348  for a violation of this section or to prevent a violation of
  349  this section. An action for relief may include a permanent or
  350  temporary injunction, a restraining order, or any other
  351  appropriate order. If the sponsor of an initiative petition
  352  discovers a violation of this section and reports the violation
  353  as soon as practicable to the secretary, the sponsor may not be
  354  fined for such violation.
  355         (12)(9) The division shall adopt by rule a complaint form
  356  for a voter an elector who claims to have had his or her
  357  signature misrepresented, forged, or not delivered to the
  358  supervisor. The division shall also adopt rules to ensure the
  359  integrity of the petition form gathering process, including
  360  rules requiring sponsors to account for all petition forms used
  361  by their agents. Such rules may require a sponsor or petition
  362  circulator to provide identification information on each
  363  petition form as determined by the department as needed to
  364  assist in the accounting of petition forms.
  365         (13)(10) The date on which a voter an elector signs a
  366  petition form is presumed to be the date on which the petition
  367  circulator received or collected the petition form.
  368         (14)(a)(11)(a) An initiative petition form circulated for
  369  signature may not be bundled with or attached to any other
  370  petition. Each signature shall be dated when made and shall be
  371  valid until the next February 1 occurring in an even-numbered
  372  year for the purpose of the amendment appearing on the ballot
  373  for the general election occurring in that same year, provided
  374  all other requirements of law are met. The sponsor shall submit
  375  signed and dated forms to the supervisor of elections for the
  376  county of residence listed by the person signing the form for
  377  verification of the number of valid signatures obtained.
  378         (b)The supervisor shall record the date each submitted
  379  petition is received. If a signature on a petition is from a
  380  registered voter in another county, the supervisor must shall
  381  notify the petition sponsor and the division of the misfiled
  382  petition. The supervisor shall promptly verify the signatures
  383  within 60 days after receipt of the petition forms and payment
  384  and processing of a fee for the actual cost of signature
  385  verification incurred by the supervisor. However, for petition
  386  forms submitted less than 60 days before February 1 of an even
  387  numbered year, the supervisor shall promptly verify the
  388  signatures within 30 days after receipt of the form and payment
  389  of the fee for signature verification.
  390         (c)Beginning July 1, 2025, the supervisor shall promptly
  391  record, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of State, the
  392  date each form is received by the supervisor, and the date the
  393  signature on the form is verified as valid. The supervisor may
  394  verify that the signature on a form is valid only if:
  395         1. The form contains the original signature of the
  396  purported voter elector.
  397         2. The purported voter elector has accurately recorded on
  398  the form the date on which he or she signed the form.
  399         3. The form sets forth the purported voter’s: elector’s
  400         a.Full name;,
  401         b. Address and, city, county of residence;, and
  402         c. Voter registration number or date of birth; and
  403         d.Florida driver license or Florida identification card
  404  number issued pursuant to s. 322.051 or the last four digits of
  405  the voter’s social security number.
  406         4. The purported voter elector is, at the time he or she
  407  signs the form and at the time the form is verified, a duly
  408  qualified and registered voter elector in the state.
  409         5. The signature was obtained legally, including that if a
  410  paid petition circulator was used, the circulator was validly
  411  registered under subsection (4) (3) when the signature was
  412  obtained.
  413  
  414  The supervisor shall retain all signature forms, separating
  415  forms verified as valid from those deemed invalid, for at least
  416  1 year following the election for which the petition was
  417  circulated.
  418         (d)1.(b)On the last day of each month, or on the last day
  419  of each week from December 1 of an odd-numbered year through
  420  February 1 of the following year, each supervisor shall
  421  electronically transmit all received petition forms to the
  422  division. The digital images of the scanned petition forms must
  423  be of high enough quality that division personnel are able to
  424  accurately discern elements contained in such forms. Forms must
  425  be identified as valid or as invalid.
  426         2.Each supervisor shall retain all petition forms,
  427  identifying forms verified as valid from those deemed invalid,
  428  until all petition forms have been processed following the
  429  February 1 deadline. As soon as practicable following the
  430  processing of the last timely submitted petition form, but not
  431  later than March 15 following the February 1 deadline, the
  432  supervisor shall deliver the physical forms to the division. The
  433  division shall retain all petition forms for 1 year following
  434  the election for which the petition was circulated.
  435         (e)Beginning October 1, 2025, when the signature on the
  436  petition form is verified as valid, the supervisor shall, as
  437  soon as practicable, notify the voter by mail at the mailing
  438  address on file in the Florida Voter Registration System.
  439         1. Such notice must be sent by forwardable mail with a
  440  postage prepaid preaddressed form, which may be returned to the
  441  Office of Election Crimes and Security. The notice must include
  442  contact information for the Office of Election Crimes and
  443  Security, including the telephone number, fax number, mailing
  444  address, and e-mail address. The notice must include all of the
  445  following statements or information in substantially the
  446  following form:
  447  
  448                               NOTICE                              
  449  
  450         A petition to place a proposed constitutional
  451         amendment on the ballot for the next general election,
  452         bearing your name and signature, has been received and
  453         verified by the Supervisor of Elections Office in ...
  454         (insert county)....
  455  
  456         The petition is for ...(insert the petition serial
  457         number and ballot title)... and was signed on
  458         ...(insert the date the voter signed the petition)....
  459  
  460         Check this box ☐, sign, and return this notice to the
  461         Office of Election Crimes and Security if you believe
  462         your signature has been misrepresented or forged on a
  463         petition. The petition form in question will be
  464         invalidated and will not be counted toward the number
  465         of signatures required to place this proposed
  466         constitutional amendment on the ballot.
  467  
  468         A notice being returned must be received by the Office
  469         of Election Crimes and Security on or before February
  470         1 ... (insert the year in which the general election
  471         is held)....
  472  
  473         ...(Insert the voter’s Florida voter registration
  474         number, and if applicable, the petition circulator’s
  475         number)....
  476  
  477         By signing below, I swear or affirm that my signature
  478         was misrepresented or forged on the petition form
  479         indicated in this notice.
  480  
  481         ...(Voter’s Signature)... ...(Date)...
  482  
  483         This notice becomes a public record upon receipt by
  484         the Office of Election Crimes and Security. It is a
  485         second degree misdemeanor, punishable as provided in
  486         s. 775.082, Florida Statutes, or s. 772.083, Florida
  487         Statutes, for a person to knowingly make a false
  488         official statement pursuant to s. 837.06, Florida
  489         Statutes.
  490  
  491         2.Upon receiving a completed notice, the Office of
  492  Election Crimes and Security shall transmit a copy of such
  493  notices to the division. The division shall deem the voter’s
  494  petition form invalid.
  495         (f) Each supervisor shall post the actual cost of signature
  496  verification for petition forms received more than 60 days
  497  before February 1 of an even-numbered year and for petition
  498  forms received less than 60 days before February 1 of an even
  499  numbered year on his or her website, and may increase such cost,
  500  as necessary, annually on March 1 February 2 of each even
  501  numbered year. These costs include operating and personnel costs
  502  associated with comparing signatures, printing and all postage
  503  costs related to the verification notice required by paragraph
  504  (e), and transmitting petition forms to the division. The
  505  division shall also publish each county’s current cost on its
  506  website. The division and each supervisor shall biennially
  507  review available technology aimed at reducing verification
  508  costs.
  509         (g)(c) On the last day of each month, or on the last day of
  510  each week from December 1 of an odd-numbered year through
  511  February 1 of the following year, each supervisor shall post on
  512  his or her website the total number of signatures submitted, the
  513  total number of invalid signatures, the total number of
  514  signatures processed, and the aggregate number of verified valid
  515  signatures and the distribution of such signatures by
  516  congressional district for each proposed amendment proposed by
  517  initiative, along with the following information specific to the
  518  reporting period: the total number of signed petition forms
  519  received, the total number of signatures verified, the
  520  distribution of verified valid signatures by congressional
  521  district, and the total number of verified petition forms
  522  forwarded to the Secretary of State. For any reporting period in
  523  which the percentage of petition forms deemed invalid by the
  524  supervisor exceeds a total of 25 percent of the petition forms
  525  received by the supervisor for that reporting period, the
  526  supervisor shall notify the Office of Election Crimes and
  527  Security. The Office of Election Crimes and Security shall
  528  conduct a preliminary investigation into the activities of the
  529  sponsor, one or more petition circulators, or a person
  530  collecting petition forms on behalf of a sponsor, to determine
  531  whether the invalidated petitions are a result of fraud or any
  532  other violation of this section. As authorized by ss. 97.012(15)
  533  and 97.022(1), the Office of Elections Crimes and Security may,
  534  if warranted, report findings to the statewide prosecutor or the
  535  state attorney for the judicial circuit in which the alleged
  536  violation occurred for prosecution.
  537         (h)A signed petition form submitted by an ineligible or
  538  unregistered petition circulator must be invalidated and may not
  539  be counted toward the number of necessary signatures for
  540  placement on the ballot.
  541         (15)(12) The Secretary of State shall determine from the
  542  signatures verified by the supervisors of elections the total
  543  number of verified valid signatures, less any signatures that
  544  were invalidated pursuant to subsection (14), and the
  545  distribution of such signatures by congressional districts, and
  546  the division shall post such information on its website at the
  547  same intervals specified in paragraph (14)(g) (11)(c). Upon a
  548  determination that the requisite number and distribution of
  549  valid signatures have been obtained, the secretary shall issue a
  550  certificate of ballot position for that proposed amendment and
  551  shall assign a designating number pursuant to s. 101.161. The
  552  secretary must rescind the certificate of ballot position if an
  553  advisory opinion issued by the Supreme Court pursuant to s.
  554  16.061(1) deems the initiative petition invalid.
  555         (16)(a)(13)(a)Upon receipt of a proposed revision or
  556  amendment from the Secretary of State, the coordinator of the
  557  Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall contact the
  558  person identified as the sponsor to request an official list of
  559  all persons authorized to speak on behalf of the named sponsor
  560  and, if there is one, the sponsoring organization at meetings
  561  held by the Financial Impact Estimating Conference. All other
  562  persons must be deemed interested parties or proponents or
  563  opponents of the initiative. The Financial Impact Estimating
  564  Conference shall provide an opportunity for any representative
  565  of the sponsor, interested parties, and proponents or opponents
  566  of the initiative to submit information and may solicit
  567  information or analysis from any other entities or agencies,
  568  including the Office of Economic and Demographic Research At the
  569  same time the Secretary of State submits an initiative petition
  570  to the Attorney General pursuant to s. 15.21, the secretary
  571  shall submit a copy of the initiative petition to the Financial
  572  Impact Estimating Conference.
  573         (b) Within 75 days after receipt of a proposed revision or
  574  amendment to the State Constitution by initiative petition from
  575  the Secretary of State, the Financial Impact Estimating
  576  Conference shall complete an analysis and financial impact
  577  statement to be placed on the ballot of the estimated increase
  578  or decrease in any revenues or costs to state or local
  579  governments and the overall impact to the state budget resulting
  580  from the proposed initiative. The 75-day time limit is tolled
  581  when the Legislature is in session. The Financial Impact
  582  Estimating Conference shall submit the financial impact
  583  statement to the Attorney General and Secretary of State. If the
  584  initiative petition has been submitted to the Financial Impact
  585  Estimating Conference but the validity of signatures has expired
  586  and the initiative petition no longer qualifies for ballot
  587  placement at the ensuing general election, the Secretary of
  588  State must notify the Financial Impact Estimating Conference.
  589  The Financial Impact Estimating Conference does is not required
  590  to complete an analysis and financial impact statement for an
  591  initiative petition that fails to meet the requirements of
  592  subsection (1) for placement on the ballot before the 75-day
  593  time limit, including any tolling period, expires, the ballot
  594  must include the statement required by s. 101.161(1)(e). The
  595  initiative petition may be resubmitted to the Financial Impact
  596  Estimating Conference if the initiative petition meets the
  597  requisite criteria for a subsequent general election cycle. A
  598  new Financial Impact Estimating Conference shall be established
  599  at such time as the initiative petition again satisfies the
  600  criteria in s. 15.21(1).
  601         (b) Immediately upon receipt of a proposed revision or
  602  amendment from the Secretary of State, the coordinator of the
  603  Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall contact the
  604  person identified as the sponsor to request an official list of
  605  all persons authorized to speak on behalf of the named sponsor
  606  and, if there is one, the sponsoring organization at meetings
  607  held by the Financial Impact Estimating Conference. All other
  608  persons shall be deemed interested parties or proponents or
  609  opponents of the initiative. The Financial Impact Estimating
  610  Conference shall provide an opportunity for any representatives
  611  of the sponsor, interested parties, proponents, or opponents of
  612  the initiative to submit information and may solicit information
  613  or analysis from any other entities or agencies, including the
  614  Office of Economic and Demographic Research.
  615         (c) The Financial Impact Estimating Conference may be
  616  convened only by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
  617  the House of Representatives, jointly. All meetings of the
  618  Financial Impact Estimating Conference shall be open to the
  619  public. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House
  620  of Representatives, jointly, shall be the sole judge for the
  621  interpretation, implementation, and enforcement of this
  622  subsection.
  623         1. The Financial Impact Estimating Conference is
  624  established to review, analyze, and estimate the financial
  625  impact of amendments to or revisions of the State Constitution
  626  proposed by initiative. The Financial Impact Estimating
  627  Conference shall be composed consist of four principals: one
  628  person from the professional staff of the Executive Office of
  629  the Governor or from a state agency, designated by the Governor;
  630  the coordinator of the Office of Economic and Demographic
  631  Research, or his or her designee; one person from the
  632  professional staff of the Senate, designated by the President of
  633  the Senate; and one person from the professional staff of the
  634  House of Representatives, designated by the Speaker of the House
  635  of Representatives. Each principal shall have appropriate fiscal
  636  expertise in the subject matter of the initiative. A Financial
  637  Impact Estimating Conference may be appointed for each
  638  initiative.
  639         2. Principals of the Financial Impact Estimating Conference
  640  shall reach a consensus or majority concurrence on a clear and
  641  unambiguous financial impact statement, no more than 150 words
  642  in length, and immediately submit the statement to the Attorney
  643  General. Nothing in this subsection prohibits the Financial
  644  Impact Estimating Conference from setting forth a range of
  645  potential impacts in the financial impact statement. Any
  646  financial impact statement that a court finds not to be in
  647  accordance with this section shall be remanded solely to the
  648  Financial Impact Estimating Conference for redrafting. The
  649  Financial Impact Estimating Conference shall redraft the
  650  financial impact statement within 15 days.
  651         3. If the Supreme Court has rejected the initial submission
  652  by the Financial Impact Estimating Conference and no redraft has
  653  been approved by the Supreme Court by 5 p.m. on the 75th day
  654  before the election, the following statement shall appear on the
  655  ballot: “The impact of this measure, if any, has not been
  656  determined at this time.”
  657         (d) The financial impact statement must be separately
  658  contained on the petition form and the ballot and be set forth
  659  after the ballot summary as required in s. 101.161(1).
  660         1. If the financial impact statement projects a net
  661  negative impact on the state budget, the ballot must include the
  662  statement required by s. 101.161(1)(b).
  663         2. If the financial impact statement projects a net
  664  positive impact on the state budget, the ballot must include the
  665  statement required by s. 101.161(1)(c).
  666         3. If the financial impact statement estimates an
  667  indeterminate financial impact or if the members of the
  668  Financial Impact Estimating Conference are unable to agree on
  669  the statement required by this subsection, the ballot must
  670  include the statement required by s. 101.161(1)(d).
  671         4.If the financial impact statement was not produced or if
  672  the Financial Impact Estimating Conference did not meet to
  673  produce the financial statement, the ballot must include the
  674  statement required by s. 101.161(1)(e).
  675         (e)1. Any financial impact statement that the Supreme Court
  676  finds not to be in accordance with this subsection shall be
  677  remanded solely to the Financial Impact Estimating Conference
  678  for redrafting, provided the court’s advisory opinion is
  679  rendered at least 75 days before the election at which the
  680  question of ratifying the amendment will be presented. The
  681  Financial Impact Estimating Conference shall prepare and adopt a
  682  revised financial impact statement no later than 5 p.m. on the
  683  15th day after the date of the court’s opinion. The sponsor of
  684  the initiative must refile the petition with the revised
  685  financial impact statement with the Secretary of State as a new
  686  petition.
  687         2. If, by 5 p.m. on the 75th day before the election, the
  688  Supreme Court has not issued an advisory opinion on the initial
  689  financial impact statement prepared by the Financial Impact
  690  Estimating Conference for an initiative amendment that otherwise
  691  meets the legal requirements for ballot placement, the financial
  692  impact statement shall be deemed approved for placement on the
  693  ballot.
  694         (f)3. In addition to the financial impact statement
  695  required by this subsection, the Financial Impact Estimating
  696  Conference shall draft an initiative financial information
  697  statement. The initiative financial information statement should
  698  describe in greater detail than the financial impact statement
  699  any projected increase or decrease in revenues or costs that the
  700  state or local governments would likely experience if the ballot
  701  measure were approved. If appropriate, the initiative financial
  702  information statement may include both estimated dollar amounts
  703  and a description placing the estimated dollar amounts into
  704  context. The initiative financial information statement must
  705  include both a summary of not more than 500 words and additional
  706  detailed information that includes the assumptions that were
  707  made to develop the financial impacts, workpapers, and any other
  708  information deemed relevant by the Financial Impact Estimating
  709  Conference.
  710         (g)4. The Department of State shall have printed, and shall
  711  furnish to each supervisor of elections, a copy of the summary
  712  from the initiative financial information statements. The
  713  supervisors shall have the summary from the initiative financial
  714  information statements available at each polling place and at
  715  the main office of the supervisor of elections upon request.
  716         (h)5. The Secretary of State and the Office of Economic and
  717  Demographic Research shall make available on the Internet each
  718  initiative financial information statement in its entirety. In
  719  addition, each supervisor of elections whose office has a
  720  website shall post the summary from each initiative financial
  721  information statement on the website. Each supervisor shall
  722  include a copy of each summary from the initiative financial
  723  information statements and the Internet addresses for the
  724  information statements on the Secretary of State’s and the
  725  Office of Economic and Demographic Research’s websites in the
  726  publication or mailing required by s. 101.20.
  727         (17)(14) The Department of State may adopt rules in
  728  accordance with s. 120.54 to implement this section carry out
  729  the provisions of subsections (1)-(14).
  730         (18)(15) No provision of this code shall be deemed to
  731  prohibit a private person exercising lawful control over
  732  privately owned property, including property held open to the
  733  public for the purposes of a commercial enterprise, from
  734  excluding from such property persons seeking to engage in
  735  activity supporting or opposing initiative amendments.
  736         Section 7. (1)By July 1, 2025, the Department of State
  737  shall update the forms as required by the amendments made to s.
  738  100.371(3), Florida Statutes, for any proposed amendments
  739  received before July 1, 2025.
  740         (2)(a)By June 1, 2025, the Department of State shall make
  741  available a new petition circulator application to incorporate
  742  the amendments made to s. 100.371(4), Florida Statutes.
  743         (b)1.Effective July 1, 2025, the registration of each
  744  petition circulator expires.
  745         2.No later than 7 days after this section becomes law, the
  746  Department of State shall notify each petition circulator that
  747  his or her registration expires on July 1, 2025, and that he or
  748  she may reregister by completing a new application that will be
  749  available before the current registration expires.
  750         (c)By June 1, 2025, the Department of State shall develop
  751  the training required by s. 100.371(4)(f), Florida Statutes.
  752         (3)No later than October 1, 2025, a supervisor of
  753  elections may increase the cost of signature verification
  754  pursuant to the amendments made to s. 100.371(14)(f), Florida
  755  Statutes. A supervisor shall post the cost of signature
  756  verification on his or her publicly available website as soon as
  757  such cost is determined.
  758         Section 8. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
  759  101.161, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (e) is
  760  added to that subsection, to read:
  761         101.161 Referenda; ballots.—
  762         (1) Whenever a constitutional amendment or other public
  763  measure is submitted to the vote of the people, a ballot summary
  764  of such amendment or other public measure shall be printed in
  765  clear and unambiguous language on the ballot after the list of
  766  candidates, followed by the word “yes” and also by the word
  767  “no,” and shall be styled in such a manner that a “yes” vote
  768  will indicate approval of the proposal and a “no” vote will
  769  indicate rejection. The ballot summary of the amendment or other
  770  public measure and the ballot title to appear on the ballot
  771  shall be embodied in the constitutional revision commission
  772  proposal, constitutional convention proposal, taxation and
  773  budget reform commission proposal, or enabling resolution or
  774  ordinance. The ballot summary of the amendment or other public
  775  measure shall be an explanatory statement, not exceeding 75
  776  words in length, of the chief purpose of the measure. In
  777  addition, for every constitutional amendment proposed by
  778  initiative, the ballot shall include, following the ballot
  779  summary, in the following order:
  780         (a) A separate financial impact statement concerning the
  781  measure prepared by the Financial Impact Estimating Conference
  782  in accordance with s. 100.371(16) s. 100.371(13).
  783         (e)If the financial impact statement was not produced or
  784  if the Financial Impact Estimating Conference did not meet to
  785  produce the financial impact statement, the following statement
  786  in bold print:
  787  
  788         THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THIS AMENDMENT, IF ANY, HAS
  789         NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.
  790  
  791  The ballot title shall consist of a caption, not exceeding 15
  792  words in length, by which the measure is commonly referred to or
  793  spoken of. This subsection does not apply to constitutional
  794  amendments or revisions proposed by joint resolution.
  795         Section 9. Subsection (2) of section 102.111, Florida
  796  Statutes, is amended to read:
  797         102.111 Elections Canvassing Commission.—
  798         (2) The Elections Canvassing Commission shall meet at 8
  799  a.m. on the 9th day after a primary election and at 8 a.m. on
  800  the 14th day after a general election to certify the returns of
  801  the election for each federal, state, and multicounty office and
  802  for each constitutional amendment. If a member of a county
  803  canvassing board that was constituted pursuant to s. 102.141
  804  determines, within 5 days after the certification by the
  805  Elections Canvassing Commission, that a typographical error
  806  occurred in the official returns of the county, the correction
  807  of which could result in a change in the outcome of an election,
  808  the county canvassing board must certify corrected returns to
  809  the Department of State within 24 hours, and the Elections
  810  Canvassing Commission must correct and recertify the election
  811  returns as soon as practicable.
  812         Section 10. Section 102.121, Florida Statutes, is amended
  813  to read:
  814         102.121 Elections Canvassing Commission to issue
  815  certificates.—The Elections Canvassing Commission shall make and
  816  sign separate certificates of the result of the election for
  817  federal officers, and state officers, and constitutional
  818  amendments, which certificates must shall be written and contain
  819  the total number of votes cast for and against each person for
  820  each office and the total number of votes cast for and against
  821  each constitutional amendment. The certificates, the one
  822  including the result of the election for presidential electors
  823  and representatives to Congress, and the other including the
  824  result of the election for state officers, shall be recorded in
  825  the Department of State in a book to be kept for that purpose.
  826         Section 11. Subsections (1), (3), and (4) of section
  827  102.168, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  828         102.168 Contest of election.—
  829         (1) Except as provided in s. 102.171, the certification of
  830  election or nomination of any person to office, or of the
  831  adoption of a constitutional amendment or the result on any
  832  question submitted by referendum, may be contested in the
  833  circuit court by any unsuccessful candidate for such office or
  834  nomination thereto or by any voter elector qualified to vote in
  835  the election related to such candidacy or constitutional
  836  amendment, or by any taxpayer, respectively.
  837         (3) The complaint must shall set forth the grounds on which
  838  the contestant intends to establish his or her right to such
  839  office; or set aside the result of the election on a submitted
  840  referendum or constitutional amendment. The grounds for
  841  contesting an election or a constitutional amendment under this
  842  section are:
  843         (a) Misconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any
  844  election official or any member of the canvassing board
  845  sufficient to change or place in doubt the result of the
  846  election.
  847         (b) Ineligibility of the successful candidate for the
  848  nomination or office in dispute or of the proposed
  849  constitutional amendment for placement on the ballot.
  850         (c) Receipt of a number of illegal votes or rejection of a
  851  number of legal votes sufficient to change or place in doubt the
  852  result of the election.
  853         (d) Proof that any voter elector, election official, or
  854  canvassing board member was given or offered a bribe or reward
  855  in money, property, or any other thing of value for the purpose
  856  of procuring the successful candidate’s nomination or election
  857  or determining the result on any question submitted by
  858  referendum or constitutional amendment.
  859         (4) The canvassing board responsible for canvassing the
  860  election is an indispensable party defendant in county and local
  861  elections. The Elections Canvassing Commission is an
  862  indispensable party defendant in federal, state, and multicounty
  863  elections, in elections for constitutional amendments, and in
  864  elections for justice of the Supreme Court, judge of a district
  865  court of appeal, and judge of a circuit court. The successful
  866  candidate is an indispensable party to any action brought to
  867  contest the election or nomination of a candidate. The sponsor
  868  of a constitutional amendment proposed by initiative petition,
  869  identified pursuant to s. 100.371, is an indispensable party to
  870  any action brought to contest such election.
  871         Section 12. Subsection (2) of section 104.185, Florida
  872  Statutes, is amended to read:
  873         104.185 Petitions; knowingly signing more than once;
  874  signing another person’s name or a fictitious name.—
  875         (2) A person who signs another person’s name or a
  876  fictitious name to any petition, or who fills in missing
  877  information on a signed petition, to secure ballot position for
  878  a candidate, a minor political party, or an issue commits a
  879  felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.
  880  775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  881         Section 13. Section 104.186, Florida Statutes, is amended
  882  to read:
  883         104.186 Initiative petitions; violations.—A person who
  884  compensates a petition circulator as defined in s. 97.021 based
  885  on the number of petition forms gathered, as prohibited by s.
  886  100.371(5), commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as
  887  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. This section
  888  does not prohibit employment relationships that do not base
  889  payment on the number of signatures collected.
  890         Section 14. Section 104.187, Florida Statutes, is amended
  891  to read:
  892         104.187 Initiative petitions; registration.—A person who
  893  violates s. 100.371(4)(a) s. 100.371(3) commits a misdemeanor of
  894  the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
  895  775.083.
  896         Section 15. Effective July 1, 2025, section 104.188,
  897  Florida Statutes, is created to read:
  898         104.188 Petition forms gathered from immediate family;
  899  violations.—
  900         (1)For the purposes of this section, the term “immediate
  901  family” means a person’s spouse or the parent, child,
  902  grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the person or the
  903  person’s spouse.
  904         (2)A person who collects, delivers, or otherwise
  905  physically possesses more than five signed petition forms in
  906  addition to his or her own signed petition form or a signed
  907  petition form belonging to an immediate family member, and who
  908  is not registered as a petition circulator pursuant to s.
  909  100.371(4)(a), commits a felony of the third degree, punishable
  910  as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  911         (3)This section may not be construed to prohibit a person
  912  from distributing petition forms designed for personal use as
  913  described in s. 100.371(3)(e).
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  916  And the title is amended as follows:
  917         Delete lines 1141 - 1294
  918  and insert:
  919         specified circumstances; providing construction;
  920         defining the term “immediate family”; prohibiting
  921         certain persons from collecting signatures or
  922         initiative petitions; requiring that applications for
  923         registration include specified information;
  924         authorizing citizens to challenge a petition
  925         circulator’s registration by filing a petition in
  926         circuit court; authorizing the court to enjoin the
  927         petition circulator from collecting signatures or
  928         petition forms until registered; authorizing the
  929         division to revoke a petition circulator’s
  930         registration under specified circumstances;
  931         prohibiting persons from registering to collect
  932         signatures or initiative petitions until they complete
  933         a required training; providing the requirements for
  934         such training; providing civil penalties for the
  935         sponsors of initiative amendments that knowingly allow
  936         persons to collect petition forms on their behalf and
  937         violate specified provisions; prohibiting a sponsor
  938         from compensating a petition circulator based on the
  939         number of petition forms gathered or the time within
  940         which such forms are gathered; providing construction;
  941         requiring the division to make forms available to
  942         registered petition circulators in a certain format;
  943         deleting a requirement that supervisors of elections
  944         provide the division information on petition forms
  945         assigned to them; requiring sponsors to deliver forms
  946         promptly to the supervisor of elections in the county
  947         in which a voter resides within a specified timeframe
  948         after the form is signed; revising the civil penalties
  949         for failing to deliver forms within the prescribed
  950         timeframes; providing civil penalties for the sponsors
  951         of petitions if the person collecting petition forms
  952         on behalf of the sponsor signs the name of another,
  953         signs a fictitious name, or fills in missing
  954         information on the signed petition form; providing
  955         criminal penalties for persons who, while collecting
  956         petition forms, copy or retain a voter’s personal
  957         identifying information for a reason other than to
  958         provide such information to the sponsor of an
  959         initiative petition; providing civil penalties for
  960         sponsors who mail or provide prefilled initiative
  961         petitions; providing that sponsors that discover and
  962         report a violation as soon as practicable may not be
  963         fined for such violation; requiring the supervisor to
  964         record the date a submitted petition is received;
  965         requiring the supervisor to notify the division of any
  966         misfiled petition; revising the conditions under which
  967         a supervisor verifies signatures to include processing
  968         of a certain fee; requiring supervisors, beginning on
  969         a specified date, to promptly record, in a specified
  970         manner, the date each form is received and the date
  971         the form is verified as valid; revising the conditions
  972         under which a supervisor may verify a signature on an
  973         initiative petition form; requiring supervisors to
  974         electronically transmit digital images, which must
  975         meet a specified standard, of all received petition
  976         forms to the division; requiring that such forms be
  977         identified as valid or invalid; requiring supervisors
  978         to retain all petition forms and identify those forms
  979         verified as valid from those deemed invalid until such
  980         forms are processed; requiring supervisors to deliver
  981         physical forms to the division; requiring the division
  982         to retain such forms for a specified timeframe;
  983         requiring supervisors to send a notice, which may be
  984         returned to the Office of Election Crimes and
  985         Security, to voters after their signature is verified,
  986         beginning on a specified date; providing requirements
  987         for such notice; requiring the Office of Election
  988         Crimes and Security to transmit copies of returned
  989         notices, upon receipt, to the division; requiring the
  990         division to deem the voter petition form invalid if a
  991         completed notice is received; providing that
  992         supervisors of elections are required to post on their
  993         websites the actual costs of signature verification
  994         for all petition forms, and that they may increase
  995         such costs annually by a specified date; specifying
  996         that such costs include costs related to certain
  997         actions; requiring supervisors to notify the Office of
  998         Election Crimes and Security under a specified
  999         condition; requiring the office to conduct specified
 1000         preliminary investigations; authorizing the office to
 1001         report findings of such investigations to the
 1002         statewide prosecutor or a certain state attorney;
 1003         providing that a signed petition form submitted by an
 1004         ineligible or unregistered petition circulator must be
 1005         invalidated; revising information related to signature
 1006         verification which must be posted on the division’s
 1007         website; requiring the Secretary of State to rescind
 1008         the certificate of ballot position if an advisory
 1009         opinion from the Supreme Court deems the initiative
 1010         petition invalid; requiring the Financial Impact
 1011         Estimating Conference to submit the financial impact
 1012         statement to the Secretary of State; requiring that a
 1013         certain statement be included on the ballot if the
 1014         conference does not complete an analysis and financial
 1015         impact statement within a specified timeframe;
 1016         providing that only the President of the Senate and
 1017         the Speaker of the House of Representatives, jointly,
 1018         may convene the conference; revising the membership of
 1019         the conference; deleting a provision authorizing the
 1020         court to remand the financial impact statement to the
 1021         conference to be redrafted; requiring that such
 1022         statement appear on the petition form and ballot;
 1023         requiring a sponsor to refile a petition as a new
 1024         petition under certain circumstances; deleting a
 1025         provision that deems financial impact statements
 1026         approved for placement on the ballot under certain
 1027         circumstances; requiring the Department of State to
 1028         update petition forms by a specified date; requiring
 1029         the department to make the petition circulator
 1030         application available by a specified date; providing
 1031         that each petition circulator registration expires on
 1032         a specified date; requiring the department to notify
 1033         such petition circulators of the expiration of their
 1034         registration by a specified date; requiring the
 1035         department to develop a certain training within a
 1036         specified timeframe; authorizing supervisors of
 1037         elections to increase the costs of signature
 1038         verification before a specified date; requiring the
 1039         supervisors to post such cost on their publicly
 1040         available websites as soon as the cost is determined;
 1041         amending s. 101.161, F.S.; requiring that a certain
 1042         statement be included on the ballot if a financial
 1043         impact statement was not produced or the Financial
 1044         Impact Estimating Conference did not meet to produce
 1045         one; conforming a cross-reference; amending s.
 1046         102.111, F.S.; requiring the Elections Canvassing
 1047         Commission to certify the returns of constitutional
 1048         amendments; amending s. 102.121, F.S.; requiring the
 1049         commission to make and sign separate certificates for
 1050         constitutional amendments; providing requirements for
 1051         such certificates; amending s. 102.168, F.S.;
 1052         providing for standing to contest the adoption of a
 1053         constitutional amendment by any qualified voter or
 1054         taxpayer; revising the grounds on which such parties
 1055         may contest an election or a constitutional amendment;
 1056         providing that the commission and the sponsor of the
 1057         amendment are indispensable parties in any such
 1058         action; amending s. 104.185, F.S.; providing criminal
 1059         penalties for persons who fill in missing information
 1060         on a signed petition form to secure a ballot position
 1061         for a candidate, a minor political party, or an issue;
 1062         amending s. 104.186, F.S.; providing criminal
 1063         penalties for persons who compensate others based on
 1064         the number of petition forms gathered, as prohibited
 1065         by a specified section; amending s. 104.187, F.S.;
 1066         conforming a cross-reference; creating s. 104.188,
 1067         F.S.; defining the term “immediate family”; providing
 1068         criminal penalties for certain persons who collect,
 1069         deliver, or otherwise physically possess more than a
 1070         certain number of signed petition forms other than
 1071         their own or forms belonging to an immediate family
 1072         member; providing construction; creating s. 106.151,
 1073         F.S.; defining the term