Right to fish and hunt, homestead exemption to be added to Florida’s constitution. How all of Florida’s amendments fared

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Floridians voted on six proposed constitutional amendments on the November ballot. Passage of each proposal would require support from at least 60% of voters.

So far, according to the Associated Press:

Amendment 1, partisan school board elections, officially failed to get enough support to pass.

Amendment 2, the right to hunt and fish, has passed the threshold to become part of the Florida Constitution.

Amendment 3, allowing recreational marijuana, has officially failed to get enough support to pass.

Amendment 4, allowing abortion up to viability, failed to get enough support to pass.

Amendment 5, homestead exemption adjustments based on inflation, has passed the threshold to become part of the Florida Constitution.

Amendment 6, the amendment to repeal public campaign financing, failed to get enough support to pass.

Here’s where to find election results for the Florida constitutional amendments. Live results will start to become available in Central Florida after the polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day.

Below are brief descriptions of the six issues, along with links to more in-depth stories.

AMENDMENT 1: Partisan election of members of district school boards

With supporters seeking to do away with a requirement that candidates run without party labels, voters decided whether to hold partisan school board elections. Florida historically had partisan school board elections, but voters passed a constitutional amendment in 1998 to make the races non-partisan. Lawmakers, however, placed a measure on this year’s ballot that would return to partisan races starting in 2026. School board races in some areas have become battlegrounds in recent years.

Even though not all of the precincts are reporting, the Associated Press does not believe the amendment will see enough support to pass the 60% threshold.

• NEWS 6 COVERAGE: What passing Florida Amendment 1 would mean for school boards and elections

AMENDMENT 2: Right to fish and hunt

Fishing and hunting have been traditions for generations of Floridians. Voters in November decided whether to enshrine a right to fish and hunt in the state Constitution. With the backing of outdoors groups, lawmakers voted almost unanimously last year to place the measure on the ballot. In part, the proposal says hunting and fishing “shall be preserved forever as a public right and preferred means of responsibly managing and controlling fish and wildlife.”

The amendment passed with more than 60% of the vote.

• NEWS 6 COVERAGE: Everything to know about Florida Amendment 2 on fishing and hunting

AMENDMENT 3: Adult personal use of marijuana

Eight years after voters approved a constitutional amendment that broadly allowed medical marijuana, they had the chance to decide whether to give the go-ahead to recreational use of marijuana. The political committee Safe & Smart Florida, backed heavily by the Trulieve medical marijuana company, led the drive to put the measure on the ballot. It would allow people ages 21 and older to “possess, purchase, or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical personal consumption.”

Even though not all of the precincts are reporting, the Associated Press does not believe the amendment will see enough support to pass the 60% threshold.

• NEWS 6 IN-DEPTH COVERAGE: Here’s what to know about Florida Amendment 3 on recreational marijuana

AMENDMENT 4: Amendment to limit government interference with abortion

In what could be 2024′s biggest political issue in Florida, voters decided whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution. The vote came after Gov. Ron DeSantis and lawmakers approved preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The proposed constitutional amendment, in part, said: “No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.”

Amendment 4 failed to get enough votes to pass the 60% approval threshold and will not be added to the Florida Constitution.

• NEWS 6 IN-DEPTH COVERAGE: What you need to know about Florida Amendment 4 on abortion on the November ballot

AMENDMENT 5: Annual adjustments to the value of certain homestead exemptions

Homeowners will receive slightly larger property-tax breaks if voters approve a constitutional amendment that the Legislature put on the ballot. The proposal will lead to adjusting part of the homestead property-tax exemption for inflation. Homeowners receive tax exemptions on the assessed values of their property up to $25,000 and on the values between $50,000 and $75,000. The proposal requires adjusting for inflation the exempt portion currently between $50,000 and $75,000.

The amendment passed with more than 60% of the vote.

• NEWS 6 IN-DEPTH COVERAGE: Here is what Florida Amendment 5, annual adjustments to homestead exemptions, means for voters

AMENDMENT 6: Campaign money

Lawmakers approved placing a measure on the ballot to again try to repeal a program that offers state matching funds to gubernatorial and state Cabinet candidates. Voters approved the matching funds program in 1998, and a repeal attempt failed in 2010. When the program was created, supporters said it could help reduce the influence of big-money contributors in statewide elections, but critics have long derided the program as welfare for politicians.

Even though not all of the precincts are reporting, the Associated Press does not believe the amendment will see enough support to pass the 60% threshold.

• NEWS 6 IN-DEPTH COVERAGE: Florida Amendment 6 on campaign money explained

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