Ethics and Elections

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Political Advertising; Requiring that certain political advertisements, electioneering communications, or other miscellaneous advertisements include a specified disclaimer; specifying requirements for the disclaimer; providing for civil and criminal penalties; authorizing the filing of complaints regarding violations with the Florida Elections Commission, etc.

Ethics Requirements for Public Officials; Requiring candidates for specified elective offices to file a full and public disclosure at the time of qualifying; requiring commissioners of community redevelopment agencies to complete annual ethics training; requiring specified local officers and members of the Commission on Ethics to file full and public disclosures; deleting a prohibition on including a federal income tax return or copy thereof in a financial disclosure; increasing the maximum civil penalty allowed for certain violations related to statements of financial disclosure, etc.

Composition of the Senate of the United States; Urging Congress to propose to the states an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which would increase the number of United States Senators to three in any state that has a population of more than 6 million as determined by the federal census, etc.

Campaign Financing; Providing a limitation on contributions made to political committees sponsoring or opposing a constitutional amendment proposed by initiative; preempting counties, municipalities, and other local governmental entities from enacting or adopting any limitation or restriction involving certain contributions and expenditures, or establishing contribution limits different than those established in the Florida Election Code; prohibiting a candidate from donating surplus funds to a charitable organization that employs the candidate; providing that any candidate required to dispose surplus funds may give certain surplus funds to the state or a political subdivision, to be disbursed in a specified manner, etc.

Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve an Amendment or a Revision; Proposing an amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution to increase the percentage of elector votes required to approve an amendment to or a revision of the State Constitution from 60 percent to 66 and 2/3 percent, except that the repeal of an amendment or revision need only be approved by the same percentage of elector votes as was required at the time of passage of such amendment or revision, etc.