- Article I, Section 21
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- Amendment provides that a person entitled to recover damages for bodily injuries in any action may not recover more than $100,000 for non-economic losses; defines non-economic losses to include pain and suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of capacity to enjoy life, loss of consortium and other non-pecuniary losses; provides by general law the maximum amount recoverable may be adjusted utilizing a consumer price index published by the United States Government; provides an effective date.
| Statewide total needed for judicial and financial impact review
(signed by 25% of voters required by s. 3, Art. XI of the State Constitution in one-half of the congressional districts):
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34,295
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| Statewide total needed to make ballot position
(signed by 8% of the voters in at least one-half of Florida's congressional
districts and in the state as whole as of the last presidential election): |
342,939
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| Statewide total currently valid: |
0*
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| Congressional district totals needed for judicial and economic reviews and ballot placement, with currently valid signatures: |
View by District by County
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- *Statewide and congressional district totals for ballot position are NOT OFFICAL until the Secretary of State determines the
requisite signatures have been obtained and issues a certificate of ballot position. Once an initiative petition is certified for ballot position,
total currently valid may exceed the official totals at time of certification. For status on ballot position, see Status Table below.
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- To find out the signature threshold required in each Congressional District for review and ballot position, the current number of verified signatures
in each Congressional District by county, and how many Congressional Districts may have met or exceeded signature thresholds, click the link above titled
"View by District by County".
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| Approval Date: |
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| Undue Burden: |
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| Made Review: |
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| Attorney General: |
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| Sent to Supreme Court: |
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| Supreme Court Ruling: |
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| SC Ruling Date: |
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| Made Ballot: |
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| Ballot Number: |
10 |
| Election
Date: | 11/08/1988 |
| Votes For: |
1,837,041 |
| Votes Against: |
2,394,932 |
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