| YEAR | AMENDMENT | SUMMARY | STATUS | COMMENTS |
| Public Disclosure Initiative | Established a State Commission on Ethics and required certain public officers and candidates to file public disclosures of financial interests and campaign finances. |
Adopted: For:1,765,626 Against:461,940 |
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| 1978 | ||||
| (November 7, 1978) | 1978 CRC 1. Basic Document | Covered fifty-seven changes proposed by the 1978 Constitution Revision Commission. |
Rejected: For:623,703 Against:1,512,106 |
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| 1978 CRC 2. Declaration of Rights | Amended Article I, section 2 by including sex as a protected class, thereby prohibiting discrimination because of sex. |
Rejected: For:1,002,479 Against:1,326,497 |
At the time, this amendment was described as the "little equal rights proposal." | |
| 1978 CRC 3. Legislative (single-member districts and Reapportionment Commission) | Provides for (1) single-member legislative districts, (2) reapportionment standards, and (3) a seven-person bipartisan commission to prepare an apportionment plan. The provision also provided guidelines for creating districts. |
Rejected: For:982,847 Against:1,113,394 |
Provisions for a reapportionment commission are found in the Model State Constitution and the 1978 recommendations of the CRC. | |
| 1978 CRC 4. (abolition of cabinet) | Eliminated the six elected cabinet officers of Florida (Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Comptroller, and the State Treasurer). |
Rejected: For:540,979 Against:2,155,609 |