- Reference
- Article IV, Section 8
- Summary
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Requires all clemency applications to be given individualized consideration and be voted on during the term in which they are filed and for governor to make annual public address concerning the total number of applications for executive clemency filed, the total number of each type of clemency requested, and the total number of applications granted and denied for each type of clemency, during the previous year.
- Sponsor
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- Contact: Pam Cassidy, Chairperson
Longwood, FL 32752-
- Signatures
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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):
220,016 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):
880,062 Statewide total currently valid:
0* Congressional district totals needed for judicial and economic reviews and ballot placement, with currently valid signatures:
View by District by County * The statewide and congressional totals are the totals reported to the Division of Elections by the Supervisors of Elections and do not reflect the Secretary’s determination of the total number of verified valid signatures. Supervisors of Elections are currently correcting their records pursuant to Smart & Safe v. Byrd, No.: 2025-ca-002001 (Fla. 2d Jud. Cir.), Smart & Safe v. Byrd, No.: 2026-ca-0098 (Fla. 2d Jud. Cir.), and other requirements (e.g., voter / circulator ineligibility, inactive voter, revoked circulator, voter notice of fraud). Such corrections may not yet be reflected.
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Status: Active
Approval Date: 09/15/2022 Undue Burden: 03/23/2023 Made Review: Attorney General: Sent to Supreme Court: Supreme Court Ruling: SC Ruling Date: Financial Impact Statement Date: SC Approval of Financial Impact Statement: Made Ballot: Ballot Number: 0 Election Year: 2026
