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FL HB 985

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Voter Registration and Identification

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Voter Registration and Identification; Requires supervisor of elections to verify applicant’s citizenship status & refer certain matters to Office of Election Crimes & Security; provides certain action is considered written request from voter to have his or her name removed from statewide voter registration system; revises identifications accepted at polling places; requires that certain electors show Florida ID card upon entering polling place; provides that certain noncitizens may vote provisional ballot; requires supervisor of elections to verify certain information upon receiving request for vote-by-mail ballot; requires certain licenses & ID cards to denote certain persons as noncitizens.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

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Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-05

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2026-01-12

    Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-12

    Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee

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  4. 2026-01-12

    Referred to State Affairs Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-12

    Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

  6. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

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  7. 2026-03-13

    Died in Government Operations Subcommittee

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Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/985/ByCategory

Attribution

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