Florida SB 232: Coral Reefs

Bill Text

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Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote 
2025-10-17T05:27:47Z 
Providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective upon the occurrence of specified actions, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 232 

 By Senator Smith 

 17-00265-26 2026232__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Agreement Among the States to 
 3 Elect the President by National Popular Vote; 
 4 providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a 
 5 method by which a state may become a member state; 
 6 requiring a statewide popular election for President 
 7 and Vice President of the United States; establishing 
 8 a procedure for appointing presidential electors in 
 9 member states; providing that the agreement becomes 
 10 effective upon the occurrence of specified actions; 
 11 providing for the withdrawal of a member state; 
 12 requiring notification of member states when the 
 13 agreement takes effect in a nonmember state or when a 
 14 member state withdraws from the agreement; providing 
 15 severability; providing definitions; providing an 
 16 effective date. 
 17 
 18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 19 
 20 Section 1. The Agreement Among the States to Elect the 
 21 President by National Popular Vote.—The Agreement Among the 
 22 States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote is hereby 
 23 enacted into law and entered into by this state with all states 
 24 legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: 
 25 
 26 Article I 
 27 Membership.—Any state of the United States and the District 
 28 of Columbia may become a member of this agreement by enacting 
 29 this agreement. 
 30 
 31 Article II 
 32 Right of the people in member states to vote for President 
 33 and Vice President.—Each member state shall conduct a statewide 
 34 popular election for President and Vice President of the United 
 35 States. 
 36 
 37 Article III 
 38 Manner of appointing presidential electors in member 
 39 states.—Prior to the time set by law for the meeting and voting 
 40 by the presidential electors, the chief election official of 
 41 each member state shall determine the number of votes for each 
 42 presidential slate in each state of the United States and in the 
 43 District of Columbia in which votes have been cast in a 
 44 statewide popular election and shall add such votes together to 
 45 produce a “national popular vote total” for each presidential 
 46 slate. 
 47 The chief election official of each member state shall 
 48 designate the presidential slate with the largest national 
 49 popular vote total as the “national popular vote winner.” 
 50 The presidential elector certifying official of each member 
 51 state shall certify the appointment in that official’s own state 
 52 of the elector slate nominated in that state in association with 
 53 the national popular vote winner. 
 54 At least 6 days before the day fixed by law for the meeting 
 55 and voting by the presidential electors, each member state shall 
 56 make a final determination of the number of popular votes cast 
 57 in the state for each presidential slate and shall communicate 
 58 an official statement of such determination within 24 hours to 
 59 the chief election official of each other member state. 
 60 The chief election official of each member state shall 
 61 treat as conclusive an official statement containing the number 
 62 of popular votes in a state for each presidential slate made by 
 63 the day established by federal law for making a state’s final 
 64 determination conclusive as to the counting of electoral votes 
 65 by Congress. 
 66 In event of a tie for the national popular vote winner, the 
 67 presidential elector certifying official of each member state 
 68 shall certify the appointment of the elector slate nominated in 
 69 association with the presidential slate receiving the largest 
 70 number of popular votes within that official’s own state. 
 71 If, for any reason, the number of presidential electors 
 72 nominated in a member state in association with the national 
 73 popular vote winner is less than or greater than that state’s 
 74 number of electoral votes, the presidential candidate on the 
 75 presidential slate that has been designated as the national 
 76 popular vote winner shall have the power to nominate the 
 77 presidential electors for that state, and that state’s 
 78 presidential elector certifying official shall certify the 
 79 appointment of such nominees. 
 80 The chief election official of each member state shall 
 81 immediately release to the public all vot