Florida HB 1419: Financial Assistance for Municipal Solid Waste-to-Energy Facilities

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HB 1419 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to elections; amending s. 20.10, F.S.; 2
requiring that the Secretary of State be elected, 3
rather than appointed, and serve a specified term; 4
specifying when such election must occur; amending s. 5
20.32, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on 6
Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for 7
a specified purpose; specifying database requirements; 8
requiring specified entities to provide specified 9
information to the commission on a monthly basis; 10
requiring the Department of Management Services, 11
acting through the Florida Digital Service, to provide 12
technical assistance to the commission in developing 13
and maintaining the database; authorizing the 14
Department of Management Services to adopt rules; 15
requiring the commission to make the database publicly 16
available on a website by a specified date; requiring 17
the commission to update the database monthly; 18
requiring the commission to publish certain 19
instructions on the website; requiring the commission 20
to submit a certain comprehensive plan to the Governor 21
and the Legislature by a specified date; specifying 22
requirements for the comprehensive plan; providing 23
that certain persons who register to vote may not be 24
charged with certain violations as a result of such 25

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registration or voting; requiring the Division of 26
Elections and the supervisors of elections to complete 27
the necessary steps to reregister individuals under 28
specified conditions; requiring the division and 29
supervisors to send certain mail to individuals under 30
specified conditions; requiring the information in the 31
statewide database to be updated weekly rather than 32
monthly during a specified timeframe; requiring the 33
commission to adopt rules; amending s. 97.021, F.S.; 34
defining terms; revising the definition of the term 35
"election"; providing construction; repealing s. 36
97.022, F.S., relating to the Office of Election 37
Crimes and Security; repealing s. 97.0291, F.S., 38
relating to prohibiting the use of private funds for 39
election-related expenses; creating s. 97.0556, F.S.; 40
authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to 41
register to vote for the early voting period or 42
election day at an early voting site or his or her 43
polling place and cast a ballot immediately 44
thereafter; amending s. 97.057, F.S.; authorizing the 45
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to 46
preregister certain individuals to vote; providing 47
that driver license or identification card 48
applications, driver license or identification card 49
renewal applications, and applications for changes of 50

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address for existing driver licenses or identification 51
cards submitted to the department serve as voter 52
registration applications; providing that an applicant 53
is deemed to have consented to the use of his or her 54
signature for voter registration purposes unless a 55
declination is made; requiring that specified 56
applications include a voter registration component, 57
subject to approval by the Department of State; 58
providing requirements for the voter registration 59
component; requiring the Department of Highway Safety 60
and Motor Vehicles to transmit voter registration 61
information electronically to the Department of State 62
within a specified timeframe; requiring the Department 63
of State to provide such information to supervisors of 64
elections; deleting a provision prohibiting persons 65
providing voter registration services for a driver 66
license office from making changes to an applicant's 67
party affiliation without the applicant's consent and 68
separate signature; requiring the Department of 69
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to ensure that all 70
registration services comply with state and federal 71
laws; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and 72
Motor Vehicles, as soon as practicable, to notify the 73
Department of State of any change to a driver license 74
number or identification card number; requiring the 75

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Department of State to transmit such changes to the 76
appropriate supervisor; requiring such supervisors to 77
update registration records and provide notice by mail 78
of such change to the registrant; prohibiting a change 79
in a driver license or an identificatio