CS/SB 620: Candidate Qualifying
GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Mayfield
Candidate Qualifying; Requiring a candidate for federal office to state in writing whether he or she intends to trade stock while serving in federal office; requiring candidates to ensure they satisfy statutory and constitutional requirements for office; requiring certain candidates to provide to the filing officer a statement disclosing dual citizenship for nomination and election to a judicial office or to a district school board; requiring candidates for representative to Congress seeking ballot position by petition to obtain a specified percentage of signatures to qualify for such office, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/5/2026 House - In Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/5/2026 House - In Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 11/20/2025 Senate • Filed
12/9/2025 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules
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 8 NAYS 0
• Introduced
1/14/2026 Senate • Now in Judiciary
1/22/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
1/27/2026 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
• Now in Rules
2/26/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
3/3/2026 Senate • CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
• CS by Rules read 1st time
3/4/2026 Senate • Read 2nd time
• Amendment(s) adopted (864144)
• Read 3rd time
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
3/5/2026 House • In Messages
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CS/SB 620, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/4/2026 at 8:41 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 535 Candidate Qualifying Benarroch Compare Last Action: 2/3/2026 H Added to Second Reading Calendar 
Citations - Statutes (6)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 99.012 Restrictions on individuals qualifying for public office. Page 2 (pdf), Page 8 (pdf) 99.021 Form of candidate oath. Page 2 (pdf) 99.0211 Page 3 (pdf) 99.061 Method of qualifying for nomination or election to federal, state, county, or district office. Page 4 (pdf) 105.031 Qualification; filing fee; candidate’s oath; items required to be filed. Page 6 (pdf) 106.023 Statement of candidate. Page 8 (pdf) -
CS/SB 620, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/3/2026 at 7:48 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 535 Candidate Qualifying Benarroch Compare Last Action: 2/3/2026 H Added to Second Reading Calendar
Floor Amendments (3)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format 590144 - Amendment
Between lines 158 and 159 insert:Pizzo 3/3/2026
10:50 PMSenate: Not Considered
3/4/2026Web Page
PDF
743196 - Amendment to Amendment (590144)
Delete lines 43 - 45 and insert:Pizzo 3/4/2026
11:28 AMSenate: Not Considered
3/4/2026Web Page
PDF864144 - Amendment (Delete All)
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:Pizzo 3/4/2026
5:27 PMSenate: Adopted
3/4/2026Web Page
PDFFloor Votes (1)
Date Chamber Result 3/4/2026 7:04 PM Senate 37 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 99.012 Restrictions on individuals qualifying for public office. Page 6 (pdf) 99.021 Form of candidate oath. Page 2 (pdf) 99.061 Method of qualifying for nomination or election to federal, state, county, or district office. Page 3 (pdf) 105.031 Qualification; filing fee; candidate’s oath; items required to be filed. Page 4 (pdf) -
SB 620, Original Filed Version Posted 11/20/2025 at 10:35 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 535 Candidate Qualifying Benarroch Identical Last Action: 2/3/2026 H Added to Second Reading Calendar
Committee Amendments (2)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 521902 - Amendment
Before line 15 insert:Rules
(Mayfield)2/26/2026
4:36 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
3/3/2026Web Page
PDF693374 - Amendment
Delete line 126 and insert:Rules
(Mayfield)3/2/2026
8:35 AMReplaced by Committee Substitute
3/3/2026Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (3)
Date Committee Result 1/13/2026 4:00 PM Ethics and Elections 8 Yeas - 0 Nays 1/27/2026 1:00 PM Judiciary 10 Yeas - 0 Nays 3/3/2026 9:00 AM Rules 22 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 99.012 Restrictions on individuals qualifying for public office. Page 5 (pdf) 99.061 Method of qualifying for nomination or election to federal, state, county, or district office. Page 1 (pdf) 105.031 Qualification; filing fee; candidate’s oath; items required to be filed. Page 3 (pdf)