2024 Florida Amendment 3

Florida Amendment 3,[1] officially titled "Adult Personal Use of Marijuana" (Florida initiative 22-05), is a voter initiative that will appear on the 2024 ballot. It would amend the state constitution to legalize cannabis in the state of Florida.[2]

2024 Florida Amendment 3
2024
Adult Personal Use of Marijuana

History

The initiative was registered with authorities around August 2022 for signature collection and assigned initiative number 22-05. To qualify for the ballot, 891,589 valid signatures were required. By December 1, 2022, it had gotten 53,982 signatures.[3] With 294,037 validated signatures by early 2023, an automatic state supreme court legal review was triggered.[4][5] 635,961 signatures were validated by the Florida Secretary of State as of April 4,[6] and there were 841,130 validated signatures by May 1.[7] Around June 1, the Florida Division of Elections validated 967,528 signatures – enough for the measure to qualify for the 2024 ballot.[8][9] The Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling on April 1, 2024 that the initiative would appear on the November general ballot.[10]

Support and opposition
Yes
Individuals
No
U.S. Senators
  • Rick Scott, U.S. Senator from Florida (2019–present) (Republican)[12]
Local officials
Organizations

Hialeah mayor Esteban Bovo voice opposition to the amendment, saying "this amendment threatens to undermine the laws we've upheld and the safety of our residents".[13]

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 For[lower-alpha 2] Against Undecided
Beacon Research for Fox News June 1–4, 2024 1,075 (RV) ± 3% 66% 32% 2%
Cherry Communications (R)[upper-alpha 1] April 28 – May 7, 2024 609 (LV) ± 4.0% 58% 37% 5%
Florida Atlantic University/Mainstreet Research April 15–17, 2024 865 (A) ± 3.3% 47% 35% 18%
USA Today/IPSOS April 5–7, 2024 1,014 (A) ± 4.1% 56% 40% 4%
University of North Florida November 6–26, 2023 716 (RV) ± 4.37% 67% 28% 5%

Notes
  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. 60% approval is required for a Florida constitutional amendment
Partisan clients
  1. Poll sponsored by the Florida Chamber of Commerce

See also

References
  1. Neely, Samantha (April 2, 2024). "Florida Supreme Court OKs marijuana amendment for 2024 ballot. What is recreational weed?". The News-Press. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  2. "Adult Personal Use of Marijuana - Constitutional Amendment Full Text" (PDF). Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  3. Call, James (December 1, 2022). "Trulieve spending big on Florida recreational ballot measure". Tallahassee Democrat. Archived from the original on March 14, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  4. Lewis, Victoria (August 9, 2022). "Florida recreational marijuana initiative hopes to land on 2024 ballot". WPTV. Archived from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  5. Kam, Dara (February 3, 2023). "A Florida recreational marijuana proposal clears its initial hurdle". WUSF (FM). Archived from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  6. "Florida recreational marijuana proposal tops 635,000 signatures". News Service of Florida. April 5, 2023. Archived from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023 – via WINK-TV.
  7. Mitchell, Jackie (May 2, 2023). "Florida marijuana legalization initiative has 94% of signatures needed to appear on 2024 ballot". Ballotpedia.
  8. "Florida Cannabis Activists Gather Enough Signatures To Put Legalization On 2024 Ballot". Benzinga. June 1, 2023.
  9. Ritchie, Bruce (June 1, 2023). "Florida recreational marijuana effort clears crucial hurdle". Politico.
  10. Benson, Chris. "Florida high court approves November ballot questions on abortion, adult-use marijuana". UPI – via MSN.
  11. Ogles, Jacob (May 29, 2024). "John Morgan lights up Florida fight for medical marijuana, endorses Amendment 3". Florida Politics. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  12. Matat, Stephany (June 8, 2024). "Florida Sen. Rick Scott says he'll vote against recreational pot after brother's death". AP News. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  13. Molina, Daniel (April 18, 2024). "Bovo Opposes Amendment 3 Legalizing Marijuana". The Floridian.
  14. Molina, Daniel (May 7, 2024). "Florida Republicans Officially Oppose Amendment 3". The Floridian. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
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