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FL SB 500

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Security for Statewide Constitutional Office Candidates

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did FL SB 500 pass?

No. FL SB 500 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died on Calendar

What is FL SB 500 about?

Security for Statewide Constitutional Office Candidates; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to provide certain candidates with a protective security detail for a specified time period, etc.

Who sponsors FL SB 500?

Avila, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice are the primary sponsors of FL SB 500, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Security for Statewide Constitutional Office Candidates; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to provide certain candidates with a protective security detail for a specified time period, etc.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died on Calendar
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Avilaprimary
  • Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justiceprimary
  • Wrightcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-13

    Died on Calendar

    failure

  2. 2026-03-06

    Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  3. 2026-03-06

    Original reference(s) removed: Fiscal Policy

  4. 2026-03-03

    CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time

  5. 2026-02-27

    Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  6. 2026-02-25

    CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 2

  7. 2026-02-20

    On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

  8. 2026-01-14

    Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

  9. 2026-01-13

    Introduced

    introduction

  10. 2026-01-13

    Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 6 NAYS 2

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-01-08

    On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building

  12. 2025-12-01

    Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-11-14

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable

    2026-01-13 · pass · 6-2

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Avila: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Grall: yes
    • Rouson: yes
    • Bernard: yes
    • Gaetz: yes
    • Garcia: no
    • Polsky: no

  • Favorable with Committee Substitute

    2026-02-25 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Simon: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Yarborough: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Osgood: no
    • Polsky: no
    • Martin: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/500/ByCategory

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