What You May Need To Know: 2012 Proposed Constitutional Amendments

The following amendments will appear on the General Election ballot on November 6, 2012.  The Collins Center’s analysis of these proposed constitutional amendments provides explanations of the proposals along with arguments for and against them.

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Select each link below for more information on each proposed amendment.

Amendment 1 : Health Care Services

Amendment 2:  Veteran’s Property Tax Discount

Amendment 3:  State Revenue Limitation

Amendment 4:  Property tax limitations; property value decline; reduction for non-homesteaded assessment increases; delay of scheduled repeal

Amendment 5:  State Courts

Amendment 6:  Prohibition on Public Funding of Abortions; Construction of Abortion Rights

Amendment 7:   This proposal was known as Amendment 7 until a legal challenge by opponents led to the rewriting of some of the ballot language and its reinstatement on the ballot as Amendment 8. This is the reason there is no Amendment 7 on the 2012 ballot.

Amendment 8:  Religious Freedom

Amendment 9:  Homestead Property Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouse of Military Veteran or First Responder

Amendment 10:  Tangible Personal Property Tax Exemption

Amendment 11:  Additional Homestead Exemption; Low-Income Seniors Who Maintain Long-Term Residency on Property; Equal to Assessed Value

Amendment 12:  Appointment of Student Body President to Board of Governors of the State University System