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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 15
SECRETARY OF STATE
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15.21 Initiative petitions; s. 3, Art. XI, State Constitution.—
(1) The Secretary of State shall immediately submit an initiative petition to the Attorney General if the sponsor has:
(a) Registered as a political committee pursuant to s. 106.03;
(b) Submitted the ballot title, ballot summary, and full text of the proposed revision or amendment to the Secretary of State, who has received a financial impact statement pursuant to ss. 100.371 and 101.161; and
(c) Obtained a letter from the Division of Elections confirming that the sponsor has submitted to the appropriate supervisors for verification, and the supervisors have verified, forms signed and dated equal to 25 percent of the number of electors statewide required by s. 3, Art. XI of the State Constitution in one-half of the congressional districts of the state.
(2) If the Secretary of State has submitted an initiative petition to the Attorney General pursuant to subsection (1) but the validity of the signatures for such initiative petition has expired pursuant to s. 100.371(14)(a) before securing ballot placement, the Secretary of State must promptly notify the Attorney General. The Secretary of State may resubmit the initiative petition to the Attorney General if the initiative petition is later circulated for placement on the ballot of a subsequent general election and the criteria under subsection (1) are satisfied.
History.—s. 1, ch. 87-363; s. 1, ch. 2002-390; s. 1, ch. 2004-33; s. 1, ch. 2020-15; s. 1, ch. 2022-73; s. 2, ch. 2025-21.

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Randall Kevin Jones v. Officer S. Fransen, 857 F.3d 843 (11th Cir. 2017).

Cited 104 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2017 WL 2198126, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 8816

*850 added and omitted); Ga. Code Ann. § 15-21-25(a) (“A state officer or employee who commits
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Biddulph v. Mortham, 89 F.3d 1491 (11th Cir. 1996).

Cited 48 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 18871, 1996 WL 400009

...fication of ballot position will be issued to the sponsor. Fla.Admin.Code Ann. r. 1S-2.0091(4). The secretary of state must then submit the sponsor's initiative petition to the attorney general, Fla.Stat.Ann. § 15.21 (West 1988), who in turn must petition the Florida Supreme Court for an advisory opinion regarding the compliance of the text of the proposed amendment with the single subject requirement of Art....
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Albert Williams v. Kenneth Wallis, 734 F.2d 1434 (11th Cir. 1984).

Cited 31 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Ala. Code § 15-21-3. The burden is on the acquittee in the habeas
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Advisory Opinion to Attorney Gen., 818 So. 2d 491 (Fla. 2002).

Cited 24 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2002 WL 992066

...hat there was no constitutional cap on taxes when there actually were such limitations for governmental entities in article VII, section 9, and inheritance and income taxes in article VII, section 5(b)). HARDING and LEWIS, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] See § 15.21, Fla....
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Advisory Opinion Re Nonpartisa Com'n, 926 So. 2d 1218 (Fla. 2006).

Cited 13 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...e petition of the attorney general, file with *1223 the custodian of records an order making such apportionment. The Independent Commission Initiative petition was filed with the Florida Secretary of State as required by Florida law. [5] Pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2005), the Secretary of State submitted the amendment to the Florida Attorney General and certified that the petition had obtained the signatures of voters as required by article XI, section 3 of the Florida Constitution....
...[4] The Secretary of State determined that a petition to establish additional standards for legislative and congressional districts exceeded the statutory word limitation set forth in section 101.161. Thus, that petition was never submitted to the Attorney General as specified in section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2005)....
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Advisory Opin. to Atty. Gen. Re Tax Exemp., 880 So. 2d 646 (Fla. 2004).

Cited 10 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2004 WL 1574226

...-five thousand dollars shall be granted to any person who has the legal or equitable title to real estate and maintains thereon the permanent residence of the owner. The Secretary of State submitted the amendment to the Attorney General, pursuant to section 15.21(2), Florida Statutes (2003)....
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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. Re 1.35% Prop. Tax Cap, Unless Voter Approved, 2 So. 3d 968 (Fla. 2009).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 102, 2009 Fla. LEXIS 145, 2009 WL 217983

...nless a greater percentage is approved by voters. After the petition was filed with the Secretary of State, the Secretary advised the Attorney General that the initiative petition met the registration, submission, and signature criteria set forth in section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2007)....
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In Re Advisory Opinion to Atty. Gen., 819 So. 2d 725 (Fla. 2002).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2002 WL 1025974

...rida. M. Stephen Turner and Kelly A. O'Keefe of Broad & Cassel, Tallahassee, FL, for Floridians for Education Reform. PER CURIAM. The Attorney General has requested that this Court review a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution. Pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2001), the Secretary of State submitted to the Attorney General an initiative petition which sought to amend the Florida Constitution to create a system of governance for the state university system....
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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. ex rel. Amendment to Bar Gov't from Treating People Differently Based on Race in Pub. Educ., 778 So. 2d 888 (Fla. 2000).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 25 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 546, 2000 Fla. LEXIS 1460

petitions to the Attorney General pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (1999).2 In compliance with
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Florida Senate v. Florida Ass'n of Realtors, Inc., 829 So. 2d 854 (Fla. 2002).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 804, 2002 Fla. LEXIS 1949, 2002 WL 31207223

. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. . See § 15.21, Fla. Stat. (2001) ("The Secretary of State shall
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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. re: Indep. Nonpartisan Comm'n to Apportion Legislative & Cong. Districts Which Replaces Apportionment By Legislature, 926 So. 2d 1218 (Fla. 2006).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 173, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 484

State as required by Florida law.5 Pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2005), the Secretary of State
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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. Re Referenda Required for Adoption & Amendment of Local Gov't Comprehensive Land Use Plans, 902 So. 2d 763 (Fla. 2005).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 30 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 164, 2005 Fla. LEXIS 491, 2005 WL 610430

municipality, however designated. Pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2004), the Florida Secretary
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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. re Florida Locally Approved Gaming, 656 So. 2d 1259 (Fla. 1995).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 20 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 262, 1995 Fla. LEXIS 952, 1995 WL 337976

which presidential electors were chosen.” . Section 15.21, Florida Statutes (1993), provides: *1261The
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Lofton v. Sec. Dept. of Child. & Fam., 377 F.3d 1275 (11th Cir. 2004).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2004 WL 1627022

R. at 124 (Stipulation at § 15) 21 In its August 2001 "Child
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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. re Repeal of High Speed Rail Amendment, 880 So. 2d 624 (Fla. 2004).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 29 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 393, 2004 Fla. LEXIS 1006, 2004 WL 1574241

hereby repealed in its entirety. Pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2003), on June 2, 2004, the
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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. re Florida Minimum Wage Amendment, 880 So. 2d 636 (Fla. 2004).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 29 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 387, 2004 Fla. LEXIS 1004, 2004 WL 1574232

amendment to the Attorney General, pursuant to section 15.21(2), Florida Statutes (2003). Pursuant to section
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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. re Fairness Initiative Requiring Legislative Determination that Sales Tax Exemptions & Exclusions Serve a Pub. Purpose, 880 So. 2d 630 (Fla. 2004).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 29 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 410, 2004 Fla. LEXIS 1005, 2004 WL 1574248

to the Florida Attorney General, pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2003). In accordance with
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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. re Referenda Required for Adoption, 963 So. 2d 210 (Fla. 2007).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 32 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 482, 2007 Fla. LEXIS 1225, 2007 WL 2002593

article XI, section 3, general law, in particular section 15.21(2), Florida Statutes (2006), defines an "initiative
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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. Re: Raising Florida's Minimum Wage (Fla. 2020).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

and meets certain technical requirements, see § 15.21, Fla. Stat. (2019), the Attorney General is constitutionally
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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. re Limiting Cruel & Inhumane Confinement of Pigs During Pregnancy, 815 So. 2d 597 (Fla. 2002).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 71, 2002 Fla. LEXIS 29, 2002 WL 58560

PER CURIAM. Pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2001), the Secretary of State submitted to

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