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| Bill | Elections | Elections; Revising definitions; revising the information the uniform statewide voter registration application is designed to elicit from an applicant to include a certain acknowledgment; requiring that the online voter registration system transmit specified information to the supervisor of elections under specified circumstances; requiring that the applicant's legal status as a United States citizen be recorded in the statewide voter registration system; requiring that if the records of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles indicate that an applicant is not a United States citizen or has not provided acceptable evidence of citizenship, the online voter registration system must notify the supervisor of the applicant's legal status and transmit the application to the supervisor; requiring that the online voter registration system populate an applicant's information and direct the applicant to perform specified actions under specified conditions; requiring supervisors to verify a voter's legal status as a United States citizen using specified sources and initiate a certain notice if applicable; requiring that the voter's legal status as United States citizen and the type of document accepted as evidence of United States citizenship be recorded in the statewide voter registration system, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | HB 991 | Florida HB 991 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-26 |
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Florida HB 991 (2026) — Elections
Elections; Revising definitions; revising the information the uniform statewide voter registration application is designed to elicit from an applicant to include a certain acknowledgment; requiring that the online voter registration system transmit specified information to the supervisor of elections under specified circumstances; requiring that the applicant's legal status as a United States citizen be recorded in the statewide voter registration system; requiring that if the records of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles indicate that an applicant is not a United States citizen or has not provided acceptable evidence of citizenship, the online voter registration system must notify the supervisor of the applicant's legal status and transmit the application to the supervisor; requiring that the online voter registration system populate an applicant's information and direct the applicant to perform specified actions under specified conditions; requiring supervisors to verify a voter's legal status as a United States citizen using specified sources and initiate a certain notice if applicable; requiring that the voter's legal status as United States citizen and the type of document accepted as evidence of United States citizenship be recorded in the statewide voter registration system, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-26.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 991 Filed (filed) — source
- H 991 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 991 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 991 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 991 e2 (engrossed) — source
- H 991 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 83–31 (pass) · lower
- Passage — 77–28 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — 11–5 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 27–12 (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — 17–6 (pass) · lower
- AA - 305574, Amendment, Second Reading — 12–24 (fail) · upper
Sponsors
- Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Persons-Mulicka — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Trabulsy — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Benarroch — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-05 Filed
filing - 2026-01-12 Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-12 Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2026-01-12 Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- 2026-01-13 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2026-02-03 PCS added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- 2026-02-05 Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-06 Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- 2026-02-06 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-02-06 CS Filed
filing - 2026-02-09 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 Now in State Affairs Committee
- 2026-02-13 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- 2026-02-17 Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-18 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- 2026-02-18 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-02-18 CS Filed
filing - 2026-02-19 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2026-02-19 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- 2026-02-19 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2026-02-25 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-02-25 Amendment 090077 Failed
- 2026-02-25 Amendment 810467 Failed
- 2026-02-25 Amendment 818439 Failed
- 2026-02-25 Amendment 658561 adopted
- 2026-02-25 Amendment 921151 Failed
- 2026-02-25 Amendment 228467 Failed
- 2026-02-25 Amendment 587003 Failed
- 2026-02-25 Amendment 025499 Failed
- 2026-02-25 Amendment 192155 Failed
- 2026-02-25 Amendment 746217 Failed
- 2026-02-25 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-02-25 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 31
passage - 2026-02-25 In Messages
- 2026-02-26 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Received
enrolled - 2026-03-11 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2026-03-11 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-03-11 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1334
- 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-11 Amendment(s) adopted (868392)
- 2026-03-11 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-12 CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 12
passage - 2026-03-12 In Messages
- 2026-03-12 Added to Senate Message List
- 2026-03-12 Amendment 479043 Failed
- 2026-03-12 Amendment 859783 Failed
- 2026-03-12 Amendment 129437 Failed
- 2026-03-12 Amendment 411409 Failed
- 2026-03-12 Amendment 868392 Concur
- 2026-03-12 CS passed as amended; YEAS 77, NAYS 28
passage - 2026-03-12 Ordered engrossed, then 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. 2026-26
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7471462e-cdba-4e22-bed3-2a3e2d261b86. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).