HB 1419: Elections
GENERAL BILL by Young
Elections; Requires that Secretary of State be elected, rather than appointed, & serve specified term; requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop & maintain database for specified purpose; provides that driver license or ID card applications, driver license or ID card renewal applications, & applications for changes of address for existing driver licenses or ID cards submitted to DHSMV serve as voter registration applications; requires DHSMV to transmit voter registration information electronically to DOS within specified timeframe; removes provision prohibiting persons providing voter registration services for driver license office from making changes to applicant's party affiliation without applicant's consent & separate signature; revises certain penalties; provides circumstances used to determine whether elections in local government exhibit racially polarized voting; authorizes party that sent notification letter to submit claim for reimbursement from local government; authorizes specified entities to file certain enforcement actions; creates Florida Voting Rights Act Commission within DOS; requires DOS instead of Office of Election Crimes & Security to conduct certain preliminary investigation; establishes General Election Day as paid holiday.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/9/2026 House • Filed
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HB 1419, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/9/2026 at 2:45 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (3)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1598 Elections Bracy Davis Identical Last Action: 1/9/2026 S Filed 
H 73 Restoration of Rights Voting Database Robinson Compare Last Action: 10/7/2025 H Now in Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee
S 132 Restoration of Voting Rights Polsky Compare Last Action: 10/21/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
Citations - Statutes (33)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 20.10 Department of State. Page 19 (pdf) 20.32 Florida Commission on Offender Review. Page 20 (pdf) 97.021 Definitions. Page 24 (pdf) 97.022 Office of Election Crimes and Security; creation; purpose and duties. Page 38 (pdf) 97.0291 Prohibition on use of private funds for election-related expenses. Page 38 (pdf) 97.0556 Page 38 (pdf) 97.057 Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Page 38 (pdf) 97.0575 Third-party voter registration organizations. Page 47 (pdf) 97.21 Page 55 (pdf) 97.22 Page 67 (pdf) 97.23 Page 71 (pdf) 97.24 Page 76 (pdf) 97.25 Page 80 (pdf) 97.26 Page 89 (pdf) 97.27 Page 92 (pdf) 97.28 Page 93 (pdf) 98.045 Administration of voter registration. Page 95 (pdf) 98.255 Voter education programs. Page 96 (pdf) 100.371 Initiatives; procedure for placement on ballot. Page 97 (pdf) 100.51 Page 100 (pdf) 101.016 Page 101 (pdf) 101.019 Ranked-choice voting prohibited. Page 102 (pdf) 101.048 Provisional ballots. Page 103 (pdf) 101.572 Public inspection of ballots. Page 105 (pdf) 101.62 Request for vote-by-mail ballots. Page 106 (pdf) 101.64 Delivery of vote-by-mail ballots; envelopes; form. Page 110 (pdf) 101.65 Instructions to absent electors. Page 111 (pdf) 101.68 Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot. Page 114 (pdf) 101.69 Voting in person; return of vote-by-mail ballot. Page 121 (pdf) 104.0616 Vote-by-mail ballots and voting; violations. Page 125 (pdf) 104.155 Unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting; prohibited defenses; aiding or soliciting noncitizen electors in voting prohibited. Page 125 (pdf) 104.42 Fraudulent registration and illegal voting; investigation. Page 125 (pdf) 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 126 (pdf)