Reference
Article I, Created: Section 28
Summary

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This amendment creates an enforceable, fundamental right to clean and healthy waters, authorizing a person to sue for equitable relief when a State executive agency, by action or inaction, allows harm or threat of harm to Florida waters. This amendment provides for strict judicial scrutiny of such action or inaction; adds to available remedies; identifies affected constitutional provisions; provides for enforcement; defines terms; and requires attorney's fees and costs to prevailing plaintiffs.

Sponsor
FloridaRighttoCleanWater.org
Contact: Karl R Deigert, Chairperson
13300 South Cleveland Avenue
Suite 56
Fort Myers, FL 33907-
Signatures

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:

51,261*

Congressional district totals needed for judicial and economic reviews and ballot placement, with currently valid signatures:

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* 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.

 
Status: Active
Approval Date: 03/08/2024
Undue Burden: 04/13/2024
Made Review:
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Made Ballot:
Ballot Number: 0
Election Year: 2026