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IntroducedOct 06, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 25, 2026
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Passed SenateFeb 26, 2026
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Became Law
Florida House Bill
Candidate Qualification; Specifying that a person seeking to qualify for office as a candidate must be a registered member of a political party, or registered without any party affiliation, for 365 consecutive days preceding the beginning of qualifying for an election; specifying that such person may not have legally changed his or her name through a specified petition during such 365-day period; providing that compliance with specified requirements is mandatory; providing construction; authorizing qualified candidates or certain political parties to challenge compliance with specified provisions by filing suit in a specified circuit court; prohibiting a person from being qualified as a candidate for nomination or election and appearing on the ballot under specified circumstances.
Last Action See all actions
House • Feb 26, 2026: Ordered enrolled
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Summary
Comments on HB 91
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Sponsors
- Government Operations Subcommitteeprimary


Votes
YES: 113
- Abbott
- Eskamani
- Oliver
- Albert
- Esposito
- Overdorf
- Alvarez, D.
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Alvarez, J.
- Franklin
- Partington
- Anderson
- Gantt
- Perez
- Andrade
- Garrison
- Antone
- Gentry
- Plakon
- Aristide
- Gerwig
- Plasencia
- Baker
- Giallombardo
- Porras
- Bankson
- Gonzalez Pittman
- Rayner
- Gossett-Seidman
- Redondo
- Bartleman
- Gottlieb
- Rizo
- Basabe
- Greco
- Robinson, F.
- Benarroch
- Griffitts
- Robinson, W.
- Berfield
- Grow
- Rosenwald
- Black
- Salzman
- Blanco
- Hart-Lowman
- Sapp
- Booth
- Hinson
- Shoaf
- Borrero
- Hodgers
- Sirois
- Botana
- Holcomb
- Skidmore
- Boyles
- Hunschofsky
- Smith
- Brackett
- Jacques
- Snyder
- Brannan
- Johnson
- Spencer
- Buchanan
- Stark
- Busatta
- Kendall
- Steele
- Campbell
- Kincart Jonsson
- Tant
- Canady
- Koster
- Tendrich
- Cassel
- LaMarca
- Tomkow
- Chamberlin
- Long
- Trabulsy
- Chambliss
- López, J.
- Tramont
- Chaney
- Maggard
- Tuck
- Cobb
- Maney
- Valdés
- Conerly
- McClure
- Weinberger
- Cross
- McFarland
- Woodson
- Daley
- Melo
- Yarkosky
- Daniels
- Michael
- Yeager
- Driskell
- Miller
- Young
- Duggan
- Mooney
- Dunkley
- Nix
- Edmonds
- Nixon
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 4
Actions
- Feb 26, 2026 | House
- In Messages
- Ordered enrolled
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Rules
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Substituted for CS/SB 62
- Read 2nd time
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- Immediately certified
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- In Messages
- Referred to Rules
- Received
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment 383023 adopted
- Amendment 384943 superseded by substitute
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- Feb 10, 2026 | House
- Favorable by State Affairs Committee
- Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- Bill released to House Calendar
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Feb 06, 2026 | House
- Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- Jan 13, 2026 | House
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- Dec 12, 2025 | House
- Referred to State Affairs Committee
- Now in State Affairs Committee
- Dec 11, 2025 | House
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- Dec 10, 2025 | House
- Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
- Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- Dec 03, 2025 | House
- Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- Oct 14, 2025 | House
- Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
- Referred to State Affairs Committee
- Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- Oct 06, 2025 | House
- Filed
