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SB 1598: Elections

GENERAL BILL by Bracy Davis

Elections; Requiring that the Secretary of State be elected, rather than appointed, and serve a specified term; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote for the early voting period or election day at an early voting site or his or her polling place and cast a ballot immediately thereafter; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; revising the information a third-party voter registration organization is required to provide to the Division of Elections of the Department of State, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2026
 Last Action: 1/9/2026 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/9/2026 Senate • Filed

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  • SB 1598, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/9/2026 at 11:51 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 73 Restoration of Rights Voting Database Robinson Compare Last Action: 10/7/2025 H Now in Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee Track This Bill
    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 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (33)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    20.10 Department of State. Page 17 (pdf)
    20.32 Florida Commission on Offender Review. Page 17 (pdf)
    97.021 Definitions. Page 21 (pdf)
    97.022 Office of Election Crimes and Security; creation; purpose and duties. Page 33 (pdf)
    97.0291 Prohibition on use of private funds for election-related expenses. Page 33 (pdf)
    97.0556 Page 33 (pdf)
    97.057 Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Page 34 (pdf)
    97.0575 Third-party voter registration organizations. Page 41 (pdf)
    97.21 Page 48 (pdf)
    97.22 Page 58 (pdf)
    97.23 Page 61 (pdf)
    97.24 Page 65 (pdf)
    97.25 Page 68 (pdf)
    97.26 Page 76 (pdf)
    97.27 Page 79 (pdf)
    97.28 Page 80 (pdf)
    98.045 Administration of voter registration. Page 82 (pdf)
    98.255 Voter education programs. Page 82 (pdf)
    100.371 Initiatives; procedure for placement on ballot. Page 83 (pdf)
    100.51 Page 86 (pdf)
    101.016 Page 87 (pdf)
    101.019 Ranked-choice voting prohibited. Page 88 (pdf)
    101.048 Provisional ballots. Page 88 (pdf)
    101.572 Public inspection of ballots. Page 90 (pdf)
    101.62 Request for vote-by-mail ballots. Page 91 (pdf)
    101.64 Delivery of vote-by-mail ballots; envelopes; form. Page 94 (pdf)
    101.65 Instructions to absent electors. Page 95 (pdf)
    101.68 Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot. Page 98 (pdf)
    101.69 Voting in person; return of vote-by-mail ballot. Page 104 (pdf)
    104.0616 Vote-by-mail ballots and voting; violations. Page 107 (pdf)
    104.155 Unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting; prohibited defenses; aiding or soliciting noncitizen electors in voting prohibited. Page 107 (pdf)
    104.42 Fraudulent registration and illegal voting; investigation. Page 108 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 108 (pdf)

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