Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 564
       
       
        
       By Senator Yarborough
       
       
       
       
       
       4-00196A-26                                            2026564__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to student volunteers at polling
    3         locations; amending s. 97.0291, F.S.; providing that
    4         specified high school students who volunteer to assist
    5         poll workers are not subject to provisions prohibiting
    6         certain agencies and state and local officials from
    7         soliciting, accepting, or otherwise using private
    8         funds or certain personal services for election
    9         related expenses; providing an effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 97.0291, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   14  read:
   15         97.0291 Prohibition on use of private funds for election
   16  related expenses.—
   17         (1) An No agency or a state or local official responsible
   18  for conducting elections, including, but not limited to, a
   19  supervisor of elections, may not solicit, accept, use, or
   20  dispose of any donation in the form of money, grants, property,
   21  or personal services from an individual or a nongovernmental
   22  entity for the purpose of funding any type of expenses related
   23  to election administration, including, but not limited to, voter
   24  education, voter outreach, voter registration programs, or the
   25  cost of any litigation related to election administration.
   26         (2) This section does not prohibit:
   27         (a) The donation and acceptance of space to be used for a
   28  polling room or an early voting site.
   29         (b) High school students in this state who are registered
   30  or preregistered to vote from volunteering to assist poll
   31  workers for the purpose of receiving community service hours.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.