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type: "Bill"
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title: "Candidate Qualification"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 91"
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citation: "Florida HB 91 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["electors and elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-25"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tant"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-10-06"
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last_action: "2026-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f954c5e3-2555-47b7-acad-5afceaddcf1a"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/91/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "1b05639b33fa82b0c5636b58a4c6fa583fec8c4308b73edf0a63ef80ceebd66d"
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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 HB 91 (2026) — Candidate Qualification
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-25.
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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. **H 91 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/91/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 91 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/91/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 91 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/91/BillText/e1/PDF)
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4. **H 91 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/91/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Tant — primary (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-10-06** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-10-14** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-10-14** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-10-14** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
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- **2025-12-03** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-12-10** Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-12-10** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
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- **2025-12-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-12-11** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-12-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-12-12** Now in State Affairs Committee
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- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
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- **2026-02-10** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-10** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
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- **2026-02-10** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2026-02-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
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- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** Amendment 383023 adopted
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- **2026-02-25** Amendment 384943 superseded by substitute
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- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** In Messages
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- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Received `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-26** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2026-02-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-02-26** Substituted for CS/SB 62
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- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Immediately certified
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- **2026-02-26** In Messages
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- **2026-02-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-02** Chapter No. 2026-25
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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/f954c5e3-2555-47b7-acad-5afceaddcf1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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