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Florida Constitution Revision Commission

CS/P 72: FINANCE AND TAXATION, Supermajority vote required to impose, authorize, or raise state taxes or fees

PROPOSAL by Finance and Taxation ; Fred Karlinsky ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Darlene Jordan ; Rich Newsome ; Jose Felix Diaz ; Tom Grady ; Marva Johnson ; Gary Lester ; Frank Kruppenbacher ; Chris Nocco ; Tom Lee ; Jeanette Nuñez ; Timothy Cerio ; Belinda Keiser

FINANCE AND TAXATION, Supermajority vote required to impose, authorize, or raise state taxes or fees; a new section in Article VII of the State Constitution to provide that no state tax or fee may be imposed, authorized, or raised by the legislature except through legislation approved by two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature and presented to the Governor for approval; providing for applicability; providing definitions; requiring any tax or fee imposed or raised under this section to be contained in a separate bill that contains no other subject.

Last Action: 3/20/2018 - Withdrawn from further consideration
Location: Withdrawn from consideration
Proposal Text: Web Page | PDF
Committee References:
  1. Finance and Taxation (FT)

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  • Proposal History

    Date Action
    11/1/2017 • Filed
    11/27/2017 • Referred to Finance and Taxation
    12/7/2017 • On Committee agenda-- Finance and Taxation, 12/12/17, 8:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida
    12/12/2017 • CS by- Finance and Taxation; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
    12/19/2017 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    3/15/2018 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/18
    3/19/2018 • Retained on Special Order Calendar
    3/20/2018 • Withdrawn from further consideration

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  • CS/P 72, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Proposal Version) Posted 12/19/2017 at 3:17 PM

    Proposal Text:   Web Page PDF
    Analyses:   Finance and Taxation (Post-Meeting) 2/26/2018 (pdf)

    Citations - Constitution (1)

    Article Section Location in Proposal Location In Proposal Help
    Article VII Page 1 (pdf)

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  • P 72, Original Filed Version Posted 11/1/2017 at 3:01 PM

    Proposal Text:   Web Page PDF
    Analyses:   Finance and Taxation (Pre-Meeting) 12/8/2017 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    426000 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the proposal clause and insert:     		Finance and Taxation
    (Karlinsky)     		12/10/2017
    12:31 PM     		Favorable
    12/13/2017     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    12/12/2017 8:00 AM Finance and Taxation 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Constitution (1)

    Article Section Location in Proposal Location In Proposal Help
    Article VII Page 1 (pdf)

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