Amendment 3, aiming to shorten the time needed for amendments to take effect enabling them to be passed twice a year has failed to pass in the senate.
Rep. Roberto Sardinha [EE]
“I think all the senators agreed… this amendment is not gonna pass.”
Before appearing on the ballot, constitutional amendments have to be read twice and pass a vote of the senate. “I think all the senators agreed… this amendment is not gonna pass.” Said Rep. Roberto Sardinha [EE] in describing the feeling in the room during the first reading.
Sardinha’s feeling wasn’t wrong. “I don’t like this amendment” Rep. Phelippe Souza-Herod [CS] remarked after the second reading. The unanimous vote took place shortly after.
“I don’t like this amendment”
Rep. Phelippe Souza-Herod [CS]
Though this vote marks the first unanimous nay from this senate, the reader of the amendment, Rep. Connor Coddington [Soph], has a positive outlook. “It’s good to be part of [Florida] Poly[technic University] history”
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