TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — More than four months after Florida voters approved Amendment 4 to automatically restore the voting rights of most felons, state lawmakers are debating whether to enact restrictions to felon rights.

Restoration advocates are arguing that the possible restrictions would run counter to the amendment's spirit.

Here are five things you need to know about the controversial amendment:

1) What is Amendment 4?

The measure, which passed with 65 percent of the vote last November, effectively scraps Florida's complicated felon voting rights restoration process.

Previously, felons who had completed their sentences had to wait at least five years before becoming eligible to petition the state clemency board — a panel of politicians, including the governor — to reinstate their right to vote.

Under the amendment, restoration is automatic for felons convicted of non-violent offenses.

2) What happened after the amendment passed?

In the wake of passage, then Governor-elect Ron DeSantis said he expected the legislature to pass an Amendment 4 "implementing bill."

The amendment's supporters countered that it's "self-implementing," but Tallahassee's majority Republicans are moving forward with an implementation strategy.

3) What are lawmakers trying to clarify through implementation?

The amendment specifically barred felons convicted of sexual assault and murder from having their voting rights restored. Republican leaders say crimes that fall under those categories need to be defined.

Some have suggested that vehicular manslaughter should qualify as murder and that misdemeanor sexual assault committed during the act of committing a felony should also be an offense that would make a felon ineligible to vote.

4) Why are people upset?

Amendment 4 supporters argue such legislative interpretations aren't necessary. Some of them say Republicans are purposefully trying to reduce the number of felons who can register to vote.

5) Why are felons and their families in Tallahassee this week?

They're lobbying lawmakers on behalf of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, working to persuade them to limit the legislature's involvement in Amendment 4 implementation. The voters have spoken, they argue, and lawmakers need to tread lightly.