The Florida legislature has adjourned for the year. SB 1996 and HB 1471, which would have created almost impossible rules for circulating initiative petitions, failed to pass. The bills would have outlawed paying circulators per signature, whether directly or indirectly.

The legislature did pass HB 1567, which makes the current rules for minor party presidential ballot access clearer and more specific. The old law said any national political party could place its presidential nominee on the ballot just by requesting it, but hadn’t defined “national political party”. The bill clarifies that it is a party that is on the ballot in at least one state other than Florida.