Florida Senate - 2025 SB 1634
By Senator Polsky
30-01174-25 20251634__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to voting opportunities on Florida
3 College System institution and state university
4 campuses; amending s. 101.657, F.S.; requiring the
5 establishment of certain early voting sites; exempting
6 such sites from certain parking requirements; amending
7 s. 101.71, F.S.; requiring the establishment of
8 certain polling places; amending s. 1001.93, F.S.;
9 requiring each campus Office of Public Policy Events
10 to publicize certain voting opportunities in a
11 specified manner; providing an effective date.
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13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15 Section 1. Present paragraphs (b) through (f) of subsection
16 (1) of section 101.657, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
17 paragraphs (c) through (g), respectively, and a new paragraph
18 (b) is added to that subsection, to read:
19 101.657 Early voting.—
20 (1)
21 (b) In addition to the early voting sites established
22 pursuant to paragraph (a), the supervisor of elections of a
23 county where the main campus of a Florida College System
24 institution or a state university is located must establish at
25 least one early voting site at such main campus. The parking
26 requirements of paragraph (a) do not apply to early voting sites
27 established under this paragraph.
28 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 101.71, Florida
29 Statutes, is amended to read:
30 101.71 Polling place.—
31 (1)(a) There shall be in each precinct in each county one
32 polling place which shall be accessible to the public on
33 election day and is managed by a board of inspectors and clerk
34 of election. Only one elector shall be allowed to enter any
35 voting booth at a time; no one except inspectors shall be
36 allowed to speak to the elector while casting his or her vote;
37 and no inspector shall speak to or interfere with the elector
38 concerning his or her voting, except to perform the duties as
39 such inspector. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
40 chapter, this section shall be applicable where the computer
41 method of voting is in use, and adequate provision shall be made
42 for the privacy of the elector while casting his or her vote.
43 (b) In addition to the polling places established in
44 paragraph (a), there shall be established at least one polling
45 place on any main campus of a Florida College System institution
46 or a state university if such campus is located in the county.
47 Section 3. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (3) of
48 section 1001.93, Florida Statutes, to read:
49 1001.93 Offices of Public Policy Events within the State
50 University System.—
51 (3) Each state university within the State University
52 System must have an Office of Public Policy Events and must
53 appoint a Director of Public Policy Events who is responsible
54 for the duties and reporting responsibilities of the office. The
55 office must, at a minimum:
56 (e) Publicize the voting opportunities on campus
57 established by ss. 101.657 and 101.71 through a thorough public
58 awareness campaign, including, at a minimum, notifying each
59 student about such voting opportunities through regular and
60 electronic mail, using social media to bring attention to such
61 voting opportunities, and posting signage prominently throughout
62 campus bringing attention to such voting opportunities.
63 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.