Bill Sponsor
Florida Senate Bill 280
Session 2025
Candidate Qualification
Active
Active
Failed in House on Jun 16, 2025
Sponsors
Committee
Ethics and Elections
First Action
Jan 15, 2025
Latest Action
Jun 16, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
280
State
Florida
Session
2025
Sponsorship by Party
Committee
Ethics and Elections
Primary
Republican
Cosponsor
Republican
Cosponsor
Democrat
Cosponsor
Summary
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.
Documents (7)
Bill Analysis -- Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) (2/27/2025 1:51 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) (3/3/2025 4:56 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) (3/11/2025 7:45 AM)
Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Post-Meeting) (3/12/2025 12:13 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (3/18/2025 8:53 AM)
Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (3/19/2025 1:51 PM)
06/16/2025
House
Died in Messages
05/03/2025
House
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
03/27/2025
House
In Messages
03/27/2025
Senate
Immediately certified
03/27/2025
Senate
CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
03/27/2025
Senate
Read 3rd time
03/27/2025
Senate
Read 2nd time
03/25/2025
Senate
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/25
03/19/2025
Senate
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
03/19/2025
Senate
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 25 NAYS 0
03/14/2025
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/19/25, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
03/12/2025
Senate
Now in Rules
03/12/2025
Senate
Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
03/07/2025
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
03/05/2025
Senate
Now in Judiciary
03/04/2025
Senate
CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time
03/04/2025
Senate
Introduced
03/04/2025
Senate
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
03/03/2025
Senate
CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
02/24/2025
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/03/25, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
01/29/2025
Senate
Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules
01/15/2025
Senate
Filed
Sources
Record Created
Jan 22, 2025 12:55:15 AM
Record Updated
Jul 6, 2025 11:33:44 AM