Republican state Senator Jeff Brandes. TALLAHASSEE --- An influential appointed panel that recommends changes to the Florida Constitution every 20 years is again in the crosshairs of state lawmakers. With bipartisan support, the Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday backed a proposal (SJR 204) by Sen. Jeff Brandes that would ask Floridians to eliminate the 37-member Constitution Revision Commission. Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, said the problem with the commission, whose members are mostly appointed by the governor, House speaker and Senate president, is that it isn’t directly accountable to voters. “In many ways, the Constitution Revision Commission is like a Pandora's box that we open every 20 years, and none of us know what's going to come out of it,” Brandes said.