SB 280

  • Florida Senate Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Mar 04, 2025
  • Passed Senate Mar 27, 2025
  • House
  • Governor

Candidate Qualification

Bill Subjects

Electors And Elections

Abstract

Candidate Qualification; Providing eligibility requirements for persons seeking to qualify for nomination as candidates of a political party or as candidates with no party affiliation; providing that certain entities may bring an action for declaratory and injunctive relief based on a certain claim; prohibiting a person from qualifying as a candidate for election and prohibiting his or her name from appearing on the ballot under certain circumstances, etc.

Bill Sponsors (5)

Votes


Actions


Jun 16, 2025

House

Died in Messages

May 03, 2025

House

Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

Mar 27, 2025

Senate

Immediately certified

Senate

CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0

Senate

Read 3rd time

Senate

Read 2nd time

House

In Messages

Mar 25, 2025

Senate

Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/25

Mar 19, 2025

Senate

Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

Senate

Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 25 NAYS 0

Mar 14, 2025

Senate

On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/19/25, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building

Mar 12, 2025

Senate

Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

Senate

Now in Rules

Mar 07, 2025

Senate

On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building

Mar 05, 2025

Senate

Now in Judiciary

Mar 04, 2025

Senate

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

Senate

CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time

Senate

Introduced

Mar 03, 2025

Senate

CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

Feb 24, 2025

Senate

On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/03/25, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building

Jan 29, 2025

Senate

Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules

Jan 15, 2025

Senate

Filed

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
S 280 Filed PDF HTML
S 280 c1 PDF HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
195132 - Amendment to S 280 Filed PDF HTML
Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (3/19/2025 1:51 PM) PDF
Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (3/18/2025 8:53 AM) PDF
Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Post-Meeting) (3/12/2025 12:13 PM) PDF
Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) (3/11/2025 7:45 AM) PDF
Bill Analysis -- Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) (3/3/2025 4:56 PM) PDF
Bill Analysis -- Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) (2/27/2025 1:51 PM) PDF

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