as does that mean the petitions only have 30 days to gather signatures? If so then that should be changed to 90 days.

I'd have to look up the history of Florida's amendment via ballot initiative process but I suspect it was enacted because Republicans did not have a strangle grip on Florida government so they used the initiative process to enact their whims. Now that voters are implementing Democratic-friendly initiatives, Republicans are pissed and want to change the process.

it will bring order to chaos.
The only area that might be questionable is the 30 day one but that's only if it's a limitation on the time a petition has to gather signatures as 30 days is simply to short imo.

on the ballot in 2018. Several of them were redundant and meaningless but were still confusing to those who don't do their research. Often the amendments are purposely written in such a way that they seem to do the opposite of what they really do. There is a need for some curtailing of the madness.

Will have to check this out with the Tampa Bay Times.

Throughout the country. Restrictions here, restrictions there. Always on the rank and file ordinary people. Never on the big corporations, the moneyed interests, the NRA, gun packers. The window of opportunities for advancement, increased station in life, running the govt, gets narrower and narrower.

There is nonetheless a reservoir of progressivism that is expressed through amendment initiatives.

In 2016 it was medical marijuana; last year it was restoring the voting rights of felons – measures opposed by Republicans.

In essence, the people are ignoring the Republican dominated legislature and enacting progressive measures through the amendment process – that Republicans are seeking to make that more difficult should come as no surprise.

This bill would make it more difficult for paid petitioners to gather signatures, a penalty based solely on the attempt to use money to amplify political speech. Since Citizens United in part said money was equivalent to political speech, the FL legislature has nullified this concept. So, Florida becomes the first state to set the groundwork for real campaign finance reform! Unless this is just about fighting the spate of popular progressive petitions which are gaining steam this year including: a ban on assault weapons, a rise in the minimum wage, and Medicaid expansion?