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| Bill | Candidate Qualification | Candidate Qualification; Specifying that a person seeking to qualify for office as a candidate must be a registered member of a political party, or registered without any party affiliation, for 365 consecutive days preceding the beginning of qualifying for an election; specifying that such person may not have legally changed his or her name through a specified petition during such 365-day period; providing that compliance with specified requirements is mandatory; providing construction; authorizing qualified candidates or certain political parties to challenge compliance with specified provisions by filing suit in a specified circuit court; prohibiting a person from being qualified as a candidate for nomination or election and appearing on the ballot under specified circumstances. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | HB 91 | Florida HB 91 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-25 |
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4 | 40 | 2 | 2025-10-06 | 2026-04-02 | openstates | ocd-bill/f954c5e3-2555-47b7-acad-5afceaddcf1a | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/91/ByCategory | 1b05639b33fa82b0c5636b58a4c6fa583fec8c4308b73edf0a63ef80ceebd66d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 91 (2026) — Candidate Qualification
Candidate Qualification; Specifying that a person seeking to qualify for office as a candidate must be a registered member of a political party, or registered without any party affiliation, for 365 consecutive days preceding the beginning of qualifying for an election; specifying that such person may not have legally changed his or her name through a specified petition during such 365-day period; providing that compliance with specified requirements is mandatory; providing construction; authorizing qualified candidates or certain political parties to challenge compliance with specified provisions by filing suit in a specified circuit court; prohibiting a person from being qualified as a candidate for nomination or election and appearing on the ballot under specified circumstances.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-25.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 91 Filed (filed) — source
- H 91 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 91 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 91 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Tant — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-10-06 Filed
filing - 2025-10-14 Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-10-14 Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2025-10-14 Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- 2025-12-03 Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- 2025-12-10 Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-12-10 Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- 2025-12-11 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2025-12-11 CS Filed
filing - 2025-12-12 Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2025-12-12 Now in State Affairs Committee
- 2026-01-13 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2026-01-13 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2026-02-06 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- 2026-02-10 Favorable by State Affairs Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-10 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- 2026-02-10 Bill released to House Calendar
- 2026-02-10 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2026-02-19 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- 2026-02-25 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-02-25 Amendment 383023 adopted
- 2026-02-25 Amendment 384943 superseded by substitute
- 2026-02-25 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-02-25 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-02-25 In Messages
- 2026-02-25 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Received
enrolled - 2026-02-26 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2026-02-26 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-02-26 Substituted for CS/SB 62
- 2026-02-26 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-02-26 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-02-26 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
passage - 2026-02-26 Immediately certified
- 2026-02-26 In Messages
- 2026-02-26 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-31 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-04-02 Chapter No. 2026-25
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f954c5e3-2555-47b7-acad-5afceaddcf1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).