The Florida Senate

CS/CS/HB 991: Election Integrity

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Government Operations Subcommittee ; Persons-Mulicka ; Trabulsy ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Chaney ; Holcomb

Election Integrity; Revises definitions; revises information DOS is required to include in specified report; requires persons to swear or affirm they have reviewed voter registration instructions, are United States citizen, and understand penalties for providing false information; requires voter registration application to elicit documentation required by United States Election Assistance Commission or federal law; requires that applicant's citizenship status be verified by records of DHSMV; provides that applicant will be registered as unverified voter, but may not vote, if his or her legal status as United States citizen cannot be verified through DHSMV; requires online voter registration system to transmit certain information to supervisor of elections and generate certain notices; requires supervisor of elections to verify legal status of certain applicants & provide certain notice; provides that,, online voter registration system may populate applicant's information into printable voter registration application; requires applicant's legal status to be verified for voter registration application to be valid; provides that applicant will be deemed unverified voter if his or her application fails to meet specified requirements.

• Bill History
• Related Bills (4)
• Bill Text (3)
• Amendments (4)
• Analyses (2)
• Vote History (0)
• Citations (36)

Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
1/5/2026	House	• Filed
1/12/2026	House	• Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
1/13/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2/3/2026	House	• PCS added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
2/5/2026	House	• Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
2/6/2026	House	• Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
2/9/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in State Affairs Committee
2/13/2026	House	• Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
2/17/2026	House	• Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
2/18/2026	House	• Reported out of State Affairs Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
2/19/2026	House	• Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026) • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 91 (c1)	Candidate Qualification	Government Operations Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 2/19/2026 H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
H 985	Voter Registration and Identification	Jacques	Compare	Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
S 62 (c1)	Candidate Qualification	Arrington	Compare	Last Action: 1/27/2026 S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
S 1334 (c1)	Elections	Grall	Compare	Last Action: 2/18/2026 S CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 9 NAYS 5

Bill Text

Version	Posted	Format
H 991 Filed	1/5/2026 1:29 PM	PDF
H 991 c1	2/6/2026 3:10 PM	PDF
H 991 c2	2/18/2026 2:59 PM	PDF

Committee Amendments

H 991 c1

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
314931 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Persons-Mulicka	2/16/2026 5:02 PM	Adopted as Amended 2/17/2026	PDF
505325 - Amendment to Amendment (314931) Remove lines 80-1937 of the amendment and insert:	Duggan	2/17/2026 8:02 AM	Adopted 2/17/2026	PDF
350803 - Amendment to Amendment (314931) Between lines 2005 and 2006 of the amendment, insert:	Young	2/16/2026 7:12 PM	Failed to Adopt 2/17/2026	PDF

Floor Amendments

H 991 c2

Amendments	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
730373 - Amendment Between lines 1934 and 1935, insert:	Campbell	2/20/2026 8:57 AM		PDF

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	H 991	Government Operations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting)	2/6/2026 4:12 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	H 991	State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting)	2/18/2026 4:22 PM	PDF

Vote History - Committee

No Committee Vote History Available

Vote History - Floor

No Vote History Available

Citations - Statutes (36)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
97.021	Definitions.	Page 8 (pdf)
97.022	Office of Election Crimes and Security; creation; purpose and duties.	Page 9 (pdf)
97.051	Oath upon registering.	Page 11 (pdf)
97.052	Uniform statewide voter registration application.	Page 11 (pdf)
97.0525	Online voter registration.	Page 12 (pdf)
97.053	Acceptance of voter registration applications.	Page 15 (pdf)
97.057	Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.	Page 17 (pdf)
98.015	Supervisor of elections; election, tenure of office, compensation, custody of registration-related documents, office hours, successor, seal; appointment of deputy supervisors; duties.	Page 18 (pdf)
98.045	Administration of voter registration.	Page 19 (pdf)
98.065	Registration list maintenance programs.	Page 78 (pdf)
98.075	Registration records maintenance activities; ineligibility determinations.	Page 21 (pdf)
98.0755	Appeal of determination of ineligibility.	Page 79 (pdf)
98.093	Duty of officials to furnish information relating to deceased persons, persons adjudicated mentally incapacitated, persons convicted of a felony, and persons who are not United States citizens.	Page 31 (pdf)
98.094		Page 33 (pdf)
99.021	Form of candidate oath.	Page 34 (pdf)
101.043	Identification required at polls.	Page 37 (pdf)
101.048	Provisional ballots.	Page 39 (pdf)
101.151	Specifications for ballots.	Page 42 (pdf)
101.5606	Requirements for approval of systems.	Page 43 (pdf)
101.56075	Voting methods.	Page 43 (pdf)
101.5608	Voting by electronic or electromechanical method; procedures.	Page 44 (pdf)
101.5612	Testing of tabulating equipment.	Page 45 (pdf)
101.591	Voting system audit.	Page 46 (pdf)
101.5911	Rulemaking authority for voting system audit procedures.	Page 49 (pdf)
101.595	Analysis and reports of voting problems.	Page 50 (pdf)
101.67	Safekeeping of mailed ballots; deadline for receiving vote-by-mail ballots.	Page 79 (pdf)
101.68	Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot.	Page 51 (pdf)
101.6923	Special vote-by-mail ballot instructions for certain first-time voters.	Page 53 (pdf)
102.111	Elections Canvassing Commission.	Page 57 (pdf)
102.141	County canvassing board; duties.	Page 57 (pdf)
102.166	Manual recounts of overvotes and undervotes.	Page 68 (pdf)
104.042		Page 73 (pdf)
104.16	Voting fraudulent ballot.	Page 80 (pdf)
106.08	Contributions; limitations on.	Page 74 (pdf)
322.034		Page 77 (pdf)
895.02	Definitions.	Page 78 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.