Senate Bill 956 (2025) - The Florida Senate

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SB 956: Candidate Qualifying

GENERAL BILL by Bernard

Candidate Qualifying; Authorizing a candidate to pay the filing fee by a debit card linked to the candidate’s campaign account; revising the timeframe during which a candidate may pay a filing fee if the initial payment is rejected by a bank, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/21/2025 Senate - Filed
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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/21/2025	Senate	• Filed

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 635	Candidate Filing Fees	Edmonds	Compare	Last Action: 2/14/2025 H Filed
S 982	Candidate Qualifying	Bernard	Compare	Last Action: 2/21/2025 S Filed

Bill Text

Version	Posted	Format
S 956 Filed	2/21/2025 8:30 AM	Web Page \| PDF

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Citations - Statutes (2)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
99.061	Method of qualifying for nomination or election to federal, state, county, or district office.	Page 1 (pdf)
106.11	Expenses of and expenditures by candidates and political committees.	Page 3 (pdf)

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