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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Administration"
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description: "Election Administration; Requiring the Secretary of State to notify the Attorney General if signatures required for an initiative petition are no longer valid; creating the Office of Election Crimes and Security within the Department of State; revising the frequency with which supervisors of elections must conduct a registration list maintenance program; requiring the Department of State to identify deceased registered voters using information received by specified agencies; requiring specified individuals observing the ballot duplication process to sign a specified affidavit acknowledging certain criminal penalties, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 524"
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citation: "Florida SB 524 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["county organization and intergovernmental relations", "criminal procedure and corrections", "electors and elections", "executive branch"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2022-73"
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primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations", "Ethics and Elections", "Hutson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-10-18"
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last_action: "2022-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a8bcf0c-7d64-4aea-868d-72ba8285b4c0"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/524/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "b61201f8803e6f0ce3e552a1372e970ae3383c7ba218481720b5944e97b40b0a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 524 (2022) — Election Administration
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Election Administration; Requiring the Secretary of State to notify the Attorney General if signatures required for an initiative petition are no longer valid; creating the Office of Election Crimes and Security within the Department of State; revising the frequency with which supervisors of elections must conduct a registration list maintenance program; requiring the Department of State to identify deceased registered voters using information received by specified agencies; requiring specified individuals observing the ballot duplication process to sign a specified affidavit acknowledging certain criminal penalties, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-73.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 524 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/524/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 524 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/524/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 524 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/524/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 524 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/524/BillText/e1/HTML)
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5. **S 524 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/524/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–3** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **76–41** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **12–8** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **24–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Appropriations — primary (person)
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- Ethics and Elections — primary (person)
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- Hutson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-10-18** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-11-03** Referred to Ethics and Elections; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2022-01-27** On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/01/22, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2022-02-01** CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 5 NAYS 3
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- **2022-02-03** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2022-02-03** Original reference(s) removed: Community Affairs; Rules
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- **2022-02-03** Remaining references corrected to Appropriations
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- **2022-02-03** Now in Appropriations
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- **2022-02-09** CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time
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- **2022-02-21** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/24/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2022-02-24** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 12 NAYS 8
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- **2022-02-28** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2022-02-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2022-02-28** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
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- **2022-03-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/03/22
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- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-03** Amendment(s) failed (254940, 576742, 812472, 911450) -SJ 552, 553, 560
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- **2022-03-03** Amendment(s) adopted (203418)
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- **2022-03-03** Ordered engrossed
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- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 24 NAYS 14 `passage`
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- **2022-03-04** In Messages
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- **2022-03-07** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2022-03-07** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/8/2022)
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- **2022-03-07** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
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- **2022-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment 877031 Failed
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment 242157 temporarily postponed
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment 104691 Failed
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment 242157 Failed
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment 433581 Failed
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment 241923 Failed
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment 047577 Failed
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment 428229 Failed
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment 744331 Failed
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment 555115 Failed
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment 369619 Failed
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- **2022-03-08** Amendment 646597 Failed
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- **2022-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2022-03-08** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2022-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 76, NAYS 41 `passage`
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- **2022-03-09** Ordered enrolled
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- **2022-04-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-26** Chapter No. 2022-73
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a8bcf0c-7d64-4aea-868d-72ba8285b4c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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