Florida SB 564: Student Volunteers at Polling Locations

Bill Text

564 
Student Volunteers at Polling Locations 
2026-01-29T03:28:17Z 
Providing that specified high school students who volunteer to assist poll workers are not subject to provisions prohibiting certain agencies and state and local officials from soliciting, accepting, or otherwise using private funds or certain personal services for election-related expenses, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 564 

 By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senator Yarborough 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to student volunteers at polling 
 3 locations; amending s. 97.0291, F.S.; providing that 
 4 specified high school students who volunteer to assist 
 5 poll workers are not subject to provisions prohibiting 
 6 certain agencies and state and local officials from 
 7 soliciting, accepting, or otherwise using private 
 8 funds or certain personal services for election 
 9 related expenses; providing an effective date. 
 10 
 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 12 
 13 Section 1. Section 97.0291, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
 14 read: 
 15 97.0291 Prohibition on use of private funds for election 
 16 related expenses.— 
 17 (1) An No agency or a state or local official responsible 
 18 for conducting elections, including, but not limited to, a 
 19 supervisor of elections, may not solicit, accept, use, or 
 20 dispose of any donation in the form of money, grants, property, 
 21 or personal services from an individual or a nongovernmental 
 22 entity for the purpose of funding any type of expenses related 
 23 to election administration, including, but not limited to, voter 
 24 education, voter outreach, voter registration programs, or the 
 25 cost of any litigation related to election administration. 
 26 (2) This section does not prohibit: 
 27 (a) The donation and acceptance of space to be used for a 
 28 polling room or an early voting site. 
 29 (b) High school students in this state who are registered 
 30 or preregistered to vote from volunteering to assist poll 
 31 workers for the purpose of receiving community service hours to 
 32 meet community service requirements for high school graduation 
 33 or postsecondary financial aid. 
 34 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.