The first substantive meeting of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission showed clear rifts among members of the panel responsible for putting proposed constitutional changes on the 2018 ballot.

Meeting in Orlando, the commission Tuesday split on a vote about rules that will govern the panel's work in the coming months.

Commissioners voted 20-11 to adopt the rules, moments after approving an amendment to the guidelines by a 19-12 margin. Chairman Carlos Beruff ruled that the initial vote essentially killed scores of other amendments that had been proposed by some of the panel's 37 members.