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Senate panel to consider amendment eliminating Constitution Revision Commission
The CRC is one of five methods to amend the Florida Constitution.
The CRC is one of five methods to amend the Florida Constitution.
Since the CRC placed seven amendments on the 2018 ballot, Republicans have sought to abolish it.
The bill was put forward by Republican state Rep. Brad Drake of House District 5.
Day two of the group's 40th annual meeting began Tuesday morning.
A similar measure isn't moving in the House.
The amendment passed last year with 69 percent of the vote.
It's not the first time Rodríguez has tackled the issue.
The controversial commission meets every 20 years to consider changes to the state constitution.
Jeff Brandes also filed legislation (SJR 142) for 2020 that would do away with the CRC.
Brandes filed a resolution that would let voters decide if the state should abolish the commission
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