The Florida Senate

SB 442: Primary Elections

GENERAL BILL by Rader

Primary Elections; Requiring that a universal primary election open to all qualified electors, regardless of political party affiliation or lack thereof, be held for purposes of selecting candidates for specified federal, state, local, and district offices; specifying that the candidates receiving the highest and next highest number of votes in the universal primary election advance to the general election; modifying ballot layout requirements to conform to the addition of the universal primary election, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  10/4/2019	Senate	• Filed
  10/15/2019	Senate	• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations; Rules -SJ 34
  1/14/2020	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 34
  3/14/2020	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Ethics and Elections

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• SB 442, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/4/2019 at 12:04 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Citations - Statutes (32)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  97.021	Definitions.	Page 4 (pdf)
  99.061	Method of qualifying for nomination or election to federal, state, county, or district office.	Page 5 (pdf)
  99.063	Candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.	Page 11 (pdf)
  99.0955	Candidates with no party affiliation; name on general election ballot.	Page 11 (pdf)
  100.051	Candidate’s name on general election ballot.	Page 12 (pdf)
  100.061	Primary election.	Page 1 (pdf)
  100.081	Nomination of county commissioners at primary election.	Page 12 (pdf)
  100.111	Filling vacancy.	Page 13 (pdf)
  100.191	General election laws applicable to special elections; returns.	Page 18 (pdf)
  101.021	Elector to vote the primary ballot of the political party in which he or she is registered.	Page 19 (pdf)
  101.151	Specifications for ballots.	Page 3 (pdf)
  101.2512	Candidates’ names on general election ballots.	Page 19 (pdf)
  101.252	Candidates entitled to have names printed on certain ballots; exception.	Page 19 (pdf)
  101.5606	Requirements for approval of systems.	Page 20 (pdf)
  101.6952	Vote-by-mail ballots for absent uniformed services and overseas voters.	Page 20 (pdf)
  102.131	Returns before canvassing commission.	Page 22 (pdf)
  102.151	County canvassing board to issue certificates; supervisor to give notice to Department of State.	Page 22 (pdf)
  102.168	Contest of election.	Page 23 (pdf)
  102.1685	Venue.	Page 24 (pdf)
  102.171	Contest of election to Legislature.	Page 25 (pdf)
  104.071	Remuneration by candidate for services, support, etc.; penalty.	Page 26 (pdf)
  104.31	Political activities of state, county, and municipal officers and employees.	Page 27 (pdf)
  105.071	Candidates for judicial office; limitations on political activity.	Page 28 (pdf)
  106.011	Definitions.	Page 29 (pdf)
  106.021	Campaign treasurers; deputies; primary and secondary depositories.	Page 30 (pdf)
  106.03	Registration of political committees and electioneering communications organizations.	Page 33 (pdf)
  106.12	Petty cash funds allowed.	Page 35 (pdf)
  106.143	Political advertisements circulated prior to election; requirements.	Page 35 (pdf)
  106.15	Certain acts prohibited.	Page 36 (pdf)
  106.18	When a candidate’s name to be omitted from ballot.	Page 37 (pdf)
  112.313	Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.	Page 37 (pdf)
  112.3145	Disclosure of financial interests and clients represented before agencies.	Page 38 (pdf)

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