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IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Elections; Revising the criteria that the Attorney General uses when petitioning the Supreme Court for an advisory opinion related to a proposed revision or amendment to the State Constitution; revising the authority and responsibilities of the Office of Election Crimes and Security; requiring supervisors of elections to update a voter’s record if provided specified information by the applicant after registration; authorizing qualified candidates and political parties with such candidates to challenge another candidate’s compliance with a specified oath in a certain circuit court, etc.
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Senate • May 03, 2025: Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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Companion Bills
Photography In Polling Rooms and Early Voting Sites; Authorizes photography at polling rooms & early voting areas at specified times.
Candidate Qualification; Provides eligibility requirements for persons seeking to qualify for nomination as candidates of political party or with no party affiliation; provides certain entities may bring action for declaratory & injunctive relief; prohibits person from qualifying as candidate for election & prohibiting his or her name from appearing on ballot.
Candidate Filing Fees; Authorizes candidate to pay filing fee by specified debit card; revises timeframe in which candidate shall pay filing fee if candidate’s check is returned by bank; authorizes certain candidates to challenge whether another candidate has complied with specified requirements; provides requirements for such challenge; requires certain signatures only if there is place for suc...
Elections and State-issued Identification; Revises requirements for the uniform statewide voter registration application; requires DOS & SOE verify certain information relating to citizenship status; requires certain voter registration applicants provide certain identification before voting; requires DHSMV to provide voter registration records to certain individuals; requires certain electors be g...
Duties of the Department of State; Revises duties and responsibilities of DOS, including library school programs, State Library Council, Florida International Archive and Repository, Florida Council on Arts and Culture, Florida Artists Hall of Fame, Florida Folklife Council, the Grove Advisory Council, & Florida Historical Commission.
Elections; Revises provisions relating to elections including election systems, election security, reconciliation, vote-by-mail, poll watchers, hotline, canvassing of votes, audits, ballots, identification, eligibility, secure ballot intake stations, early voting, & election crimes.
Amendments to the State Constitution; Revises provisions relating to amendments to State Constitution including initiative petitions; handling petitions; sponsor & petition circulator registration; signature verification procedures; signature revocation; record retention; duties & responsibilities of supervisors of elections, Division of Elections, & DOS; Financial Impact Estimating Conference; ce...
Elections; Revises provisions related to elections including qualifications; legal challenges to qualifications; use of political party names, symbols, & abbreviations; secure ballot intake stations; political party executive committees; & voter guides.
Elections; Revising provisions related to elections including voter registration, data sharing, voter applications, verification of citizenship, qualifications of candidates, maintenance of voter rolls, ballots, automated independent validation of votes, county canvassing boards, supervisors of elections, the Department of State, system validation reviews, & driver licenses & identification cards.
Pub.Rec./Voter Registration Record Maintenance ; Provides exemption from public records requirements for records containing certain information received from federal agencies, another state, or the District of Columbia after entering into memorandum of understanding pertaining to voter registration records.
Candidate Qualification; Providing eligibility requirements for persons seeking to qualify for nomination as candidates of a political party or as candidates with no party affiliation; providing that certain entities may bring an action for declaratory and injunctive relief based on a certain claim; prohibiting a person from qualifying as a candidate for election and prohibiting his or her name fr...
Elections; Requiring the Department of State to adopt rules relating to the security of certain voting procedures; authorizing political action committees and political committees to have poll watchers in polling rooms and early voting areas; requiring that a certain audit be conducted after each election; requiring a person requesting a vote-by-mail ballot to provide and attest to an allowed reas...
Candidate Qualifying; Authorizing a candidate to pay the filing fee by a debit card linked to the candidate’s campaign account; revising the timeframe during which a candidate may pay a filing fee if the initial payment is rejected by a bank, etc.
Candidate Qualifying; Authorizing a candidate to pay the filing fee by a debit card linked to the candidate’s campaign account; providing for standing for challenges to a candidate’s qualification for nomination or election to office; providing procedures and requirements regarding such challenges, etc.
Elections; Revising the list of required items that must be received by a specified officer for nomination and election qualification; providing a method to challenge the contents of certain forms and statements; prohibiting a qualifying officer from accepting certain items after a specified deadline; revising where secure ballot intake stations may be placed and when they may be accessed; revisin...
Conduct in Polling Places; Authorizing members of the public to take photographs before the polls open and after the polls close, etc.
Elections; Requiring that certain instructions be prominently displayed on certain websites; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide to certain individuals an opportunity to register to vote or update voter registration records; requiring a third-party voter registration organization to provide a certain affirmation to the Division of Elections; requiring a supervi...
Department of State; Repealing a provision relating to a fee for commissions issued by the Governor; prohibiting commissions from being issued by the Governor, attested to by the Secretary of State, or bearing the seal of the state until the oath of office is filed as required; revising duties of the State Library Council; requiring the Secretary of State to identify whether construction grant fun...
Amendments to the State Constitution; Requiring the Secretary of State to have received the ballot summary and the full text of the proposed revision or amendment to the State Constitution from the sponsor and to have received the financial impact statement from the Financial Impact Estimating Conference before submitting an initiative petition to the Attorney General; revising the criteria that t...
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- May 03, 2025 | Senate
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- Mar 10, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
- Mar 06, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
- Feb 26, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
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