--- type: "Bill" title: "Elections" description: "Elections; Requiring the Secretary of State to provide mandatory formal signature matching training to specified persons; requiring that third-party voter registration organizations provide to the Division of Elections the general election cycle for which they are registering persons to vote, beginning on a certain date; deleting the scheduled repeal of a public records exemption for certain voter registration information from another state or the District of Columbia; requiring a supervisor to adhere to specified procedures before the removal of a registered voter from the statewide voter registration system; defining the term “qualify” for purposes of restrictions on individuals qualifying for public office, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2023" identifier: "SB 7050" citation: "Florida SB 7050 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["(adopted)", "electors and elections"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2023-120" primary_sponsors: ["Ethics and Elections", "Fiscal Policy"] version_count: 5 action_count: 55 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2023-03-30" last_action: "2023-05-25" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f388b401-6773-4cac-971d-373ce3a205bf" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7050/ByCategory" source_hash: "a66631c4d76804692752aa08ef7c8bce23677772b5dde04f253390c97174cbee" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"] --- # Florida SB 7050 (2023) — Elections Elections; Requiring the Secretary of State to provide mandatory formal signature matching training to specified persons; requiring that third-party voter registration organizations provide to the Division of Elections the general election cycle for which they are registering persons to vote, beginning on a certain date; deleting the scheduled repeal of a public records exemption for certain voter registration information from another state or the District of Columbia; requiring a supervisor to adhere to specified procedures before the removal of a registered voter from the statewide voter registration system; defining the term “qualify” for purposes of restrictions on individuals qualifying for public office, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-120. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 7050 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7050/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 7050 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7050/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 7050 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7050/BillText/pb/HTML) 4. **S 7050 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7050/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 7050 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7050/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Third Reading — **28–12** (pass) · upper - Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **6–3** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **76–34** (pass) · lower - A - 338677, Adoption, Second Reading — **31–77** (fail) · lower - AA - 888296, Amendment, Second Reading — **12–27** (fail) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **14–5** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Ethics and Elections — primary (person) - Fiscal Policy — primary (person) - Hutson — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-03-30** Submitted for consideration by Ethics and Elections - **2023-03-30** On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/04/23, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building - **2023-04-04** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 - **2023-04-05** Filed `filing` - **2023-04-06** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2023-04-11** Introduced `introduction` - **2023-04-17** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building - **2023-04-20** CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 14 NAYS 5 - **2023-04-24** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2023-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2023-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/23 - **2023-04-25** CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time - **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-04-26** Amendment(s) adopted (333316) - **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 28 NAYS 12 `passage` - **2023-04-26** In Messages - **2023-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2023-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023) - **2023-04-26** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2023-04-28** Substituted for HB 7067 - **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-04-28** Amendment 516227 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 210825 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 947595 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 003387 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 978727 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 955301 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 189875 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 738893 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 799541 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 978145 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 022435 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 146751 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 237207 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 179121 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 865037 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 112319 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 338677 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 597647 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 650351 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 888663 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 571571 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 563761 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 329933 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 922361 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 428031 Failed - **2023-04-28** Amendment 822721 Failed - **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 76, NAYS 34 `passage` - **2023-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2023-05-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-05-25** Chapter No. 2023-120 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f388b401-6773-4cac-971d-373ce3a205bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).