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CS/SB 500: Security for Statewide Constitutional Office Candidates

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice ; Avila ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Wright

Security for Statewide Constitutional Office Candidates; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to provide certain candidates with a protective security detail for a specified time period, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 2/27/2026 Senate - Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/14/2025 Senate • Filed
12/1/2025 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
1/8/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
1/13/2026 Senate • Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
• Introduced
1/14/2026 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
2/20/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2/25/2026 Senate • CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 2
2/27/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)