# Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

> Supreme Court of Florida · May 31, 2007 · 32 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 285

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7789146

## Case

- **Full name:** ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL RE FUNDING OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** May 31, 2007
- **Citations:** 32 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 285; 959 So. 2d 195; 2007 Fla. LEXIS 960; 2007 WL 1556733
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Bell
- **Judges:** Anstead, Bell, Cantero, Lewis, Pariente, Quince, Wells
- **Cited by:** 9 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

BELL, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur with the approval of the initiative petition. However, I dissent as to this Court’s review and approval of the financial impact statement. I do so because I conclude that we do not have jurisdiction to render advisory opinions concerning the validity of financial impact statements. See art. TV, § 10, art. V, § 3(b)(10), art. XI, §§ 3, 5, Fla. Const. In other words, I believe that this Court’s jurisdiction to render an advisory opinion is limited to the initiative petition itself and does not encompass the separate financial impact statement.
CANTERO, J., concurs.

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