Florida SB 1334: Elections

Bill Text

1334 
Elections 
2026-02-20T11:34:00Z 
Defining the term “document acceptable as evidence of United States citizenship”; revising the information the uniform statewide voter registration application is designed to elicit from an applicant to include a certain acknowledgment; requiring that an agreement between the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the Department of State match information regarding the legal status as a United States citizen of applicants applying to vote; requiring supervisors to verify the current eligibility of certain applicants within a specified timeframe by reviewing specified information provided by governmental entities to make a determination under specified conditions; prohibiting a person from qualifying for nomination as a candidate of a political party if the person has not been a registered member of such party for a specified timeframe; requiring that all voting be done by official ballot using certain pens, etc. 
Committee Substitute 2 
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 CS for SB 1334 

 By the Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and 
 Economic Development; the Committee on Ethics and Elections; and 
 Senator Grall 

 606-03019-26 20261334c2 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to elections; amending s. 97.021, 
 3 F.S.; revising definitions; defining the term 
 4 “document acceptable as evidence of United States 
 5 citizenship”; amending s. 97.052, F.S.; revising the 
 6 information the uniform statewide voter registration 
 7 application is designed to elicit from an applicant to 
 8 include a certain acknowledgment; amending s. 97.0525, 
 9 F.S.; requiring that the online voter registration 
 10 system transmit specified information to the 
 11 supervisor of elections under specified circumstances; 
 12 requiring that the applicant’s legal status as a 
 13 United States citizen be recorded in the statewide 
 14 voter registration system; requiring that if the 
 15 records of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 
 16 Vehicles indicate that an applicant is not a United 
 17 States citizen or has not provided acceptable evidence 
 18 of citizenship, the online voter registration system 
 19 must notify the supervisor of the applicant’s legal 
 20 status and transmit the application to the supervisor; 
 21 providing that an applicant’s digital signature 
 22 satisfies a certain requirement; providing that if an 
 23 applicant’s name and date of birth cannot be verified, 
 24 the system must populate certain information into a 
 25 printable version of the registration application; 
 26 requiring the applicant to print, complete, sign, 
 27 date, and deliver such application to the supervisor; 
 28 requiring that the online voter registration system 
 29 populate an applicant’s information and direct the 
 30 applicant to perform specified actions under specified 
 31 conditions; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 
 32 97.053, F.S.; providing that applications to update a 
 33 voter’s record are retroactive under a specified 
 34 condition; requiring supervisors to verify a voter’s 
 35 legal status as a United States citizen using 
 36 specified sources and initiate a certain notice if 
 37 applicable; amending s. 97.057, F.S.; requiring that 
 38 an agreement between the Department of Highway Safety 
 39 and Motor Vehicles and the Department of State match 
 40 information regarding the legal status as a United 
 41 States citizen of applicants applying to vote; 
 42 requiring the Department of State to include specified 
 43 information in the statewide voter registration 
 44 system; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and 
 45 Motor Vehicles to assist the Department of State in 
 46 identifying certain changes in information for persons 
 47 who may be voters; deleting a provision requiring the 
 48 Department of State to report certain changes to 
 49 supervisors; amending s. 98.015, F.S.; authorizing the 
 50 office of the supervisor of elections to close to 
 51 observe certain holidays under a specified condition; 
 52 amending s. 98.045, F.S.; requiring supervisors to 
 53 verify the current eligibility of certain applicants 
 54 within a specified timeframe by reviewing specified 
 55 information provided by governmental entities to make 
 56 a determination under specified conditions; requiring 
 57 the supervisor to deny the application and notify the 
 58 applicant if a certain determination is made; amending 
 59 s. 98.075, F.S.; requiring the Department of State to 
 60 identify certain voters by comparing or receiving 
 61 information from specified sources; requiring the 
 62 Department of State to review such information and 
 63 make an initial determination; requiring the 
 64 department to notify the supervisor if certain 
 65 information is credible and reliable and provide a 
 66 copy of specified documentation to the supervisor; 
 67 requ