Art. XI, § 2, Fla. Const. · Article XI. AMENDMENTS
Revision commission.
Text — As revised in 1968 and subsequently amended (Online Sunshine, retrieved 2026-10-04)
(a) Within thirty days before the convening of the 2017 regular session of the legislature, and each twentieth year thereafter, there shall be established a constitution revision commission composed of the following thirty-seven members:
(1) the attorney general of the state;
(2) fifteen members selected by the governor;
(3) nine members selected by the speaker of the house of representatives and nine members selected by the president of the senate; and
(4) three members selected by the chief justice of the supreme court of Florida with the advice of the justices.
(b) The governor shall designate one member of the commission as its chair. Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.
(c) Each constitution revision commission shall convene at the call of its chair, adopt its rules of procedure, examine the constitution of the state, hold public hearings, and, not later than one hundred eighty days prior to the next general election, file with the custodian of state records its proposal, if any, of a revision of this constitution or any part of it.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
Am. H.J.R. 1616, 1988; adopted 1988; Am. S.J.R. 210, 1996; adopted 1996; Ams. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision Nos. 8 and 13, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998.
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Art. XI, § 2, Fla. Const.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Florida Statutes
- § 112.3215, Fla. Stat.Lobbying before the executive branch or the Constitution Revision Commission; registration and reporting; investigation by commission.Printed as s. 2, Art. XI of the State Constitution
- § 286.035, Fla. Stat.Constitution Revision Commission; powers of chair; assistance by state and local agencies.Printed as s. 2, Art. XI of the State Constitution
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