Ballot measure · Florida · November 3, 2026

Amendment 1

Title as the state lists it: Budget Stabilization Fund1,2,3

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
60% of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

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A yes vote

A yes vote would raise the most the state may keep in its budget stabilization fund from 10% to 25% of the last fiscal year's general revenue collections, require the Legislature to move the lesser of $750 million or the amount needed to reach that limit into the fund each year unless it suspends the transfer under set conditions, and let the Legislature, by a two-thirds vote, withdraw money for a critical state need when the fund holds more than 15%.1,2

A no vote

A no vote would keep the fund's upper limit at 10% of the last fiscal year's general revenue collections, with no required yearly transfer into it, and keep withdrawals limited to covering general revenue shortfalls or paying for emergencies under criteria the Legislature sets in a separate bill.4 Art. III, § 19(g)

§2How it got on the ballot

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Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3

The Legislature placed this amendment on the ballot through House Joint Resolution 5019, passed in 2025.1,2

It is on Florida's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.3,5,6 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Florida's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

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60% of the votes on it. The amendment passes only if at least 60 percent of the voters who vote on it vote yes.7 Art. XI, § 5(e)