2025 Regular Session • Florida Legislature
S0982: Candidate Qualifying
Legislative Summary
Authorizing a candidate to pay the filing fee by a debit card linked to the candidate's campaign account; providing for standing for challenges to a candidate's qualification for nomination or election to office; providing procedures and requirements regarding such challenges, etc.
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Bill History
2/21/2025
Filed
Senate
2/28/2025
Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules
Senate
3/4/2025
Introduced
Senate
3/12/2025
On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/17/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
Senate
3/17/2025
CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
Senate
3/18/2025
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate
3/18/2025
Now in Judiciary
Senate
3/19/2025
CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time
Senate
Amendments
Senate Committee Amendment #364858
3/17/2025Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Senate Ethics and Elections
3/17/2025
8
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/21/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Judiciary(Senate)
Sponsors
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Mackenson Bernard
Democrat