This amendment, which had first been put forth by the Florida Constitutional Revision Commission, amended articles 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, and 13 of Florida's state constitution in an attempt to restructure the cabinet.

[2] Florida's executive cabinet had been created following the end of Reconstruction.

The original members of the cabinet were: By the 1990s, as Florida developed economically and socially, and also that the original fears of federally appointed governors was no longer a factor, there began a movement to reform the state cabinet.

When it met for the second time ever in 1998, the Florida Constitution Revision Commission proposed thirteen amendments that were to be approved by voters, one of which dealt with reforming the cabinet.

The amendment shrinked the cabinet to having only three elected members, the Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer, and Agriculture Commissioner.