The Florida bills to make it illegal to pay petition circulators on a per-signature basis (for initiatives) have cleared all committees. S956 passed the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee on April 16, and the identical CS/HB497 passed the House Economic Development Council on April 17. The bills include many other provisions as well, and are each 81 pages. Yet the committees only allowed a few minutes of testimony. Already the bill is receiving criticism; see this editorial from St. Petersburg’s daily newspaper, the Petersburg Times, April 19 issue. Thanks to Rick Hasen for that editorial link.