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Floridians Protecting Freedom contends the House speaker and Senate president did not have the authority to direct a panel to revise the statement after a circuit judge rejected an earlier version.
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Amendment 4 supporters accused the members of the Financial Impact Estimating Conference of misleading voters by including that the measure could lead to Medicaid-funded abortions and costly lawsuits.
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The Financial Impact Estimating Conference spent more than five hours discussing how approval of Amendment 4 could affect such things as education and health care budgets.
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Floridians Protecting Freedom filed a brief that said the 1st District Court of Appeal should reject Florida's arguments that a circuit judge did not have authority to order redrafting the statement.
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A state panel will meet in July to consider revising a financial impact statement that has touched off a legal fight as Floridians prepare to vote on a constitutional amendment about abortion rights.
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The ruling was the latest twist in a legal battle about the financial impact statement, which appear with ballot initiatives to provide estimated effects on government revenues and the state budget.
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The numbers provided by the state likely include procedures from April due to an expected lag in reporting.
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Scott says his brother's “tough life” began with marijuana: “People end up with addictive personalities, and so he did. It messes up your life, and so that’s why I’ve never supported legalization of drugs.”
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John Morgan has already cut a series of commercials to support Amendment 3. But don’t expect him to pump millions of his own dollars into the campaign as he did for the medical marijuana amendment.
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Although Amendment 4 doesn’t define "health care provider," legal experts said it would not allow people who aren’t licensed to determine whether a patient qualifies for a health risk exception.