Florida Senate - 2026 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 991, 1st Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: 1f/F/2R .
03/11/2026 11:34 AM .
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Senator Jones moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (903278)
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3 Delete lines 734 - 1032
4 and insert:
5 5.6. Student identification.
6 6.7. Retirement center identification.
7 8. Neighborhood association identification.
8 9. Public assistance identification.
9 7.10. Veteran health identification card issued by the
10 United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
11 8.11. A license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm
12 issued pursuant to s. 790.06.
13 9.12. Any other Employee identification card issued by any
14 branch, department, agency, or entity of the Federal Government,
15 the state, a county, or a municipality.
16 (b) If the picture identification does not contain the
17 signature of the elector, an additional identification that
18 provides the elector’s signature is shall be required. The
19 address appearing on the identification presented by the elector
20 may not be used as the basis to challenge an elector’s legal
21 residence. The elector must shall sign his or her name in the
22 space provided on the precinct register or on an electronic
23 device provided for recording the elector’s signature. The clerk
24 or inspector shall compare the signature with that on the
25 identification provided by the elector and enter his or her
26 initials in the space provided on the precinct register or on an
27 electronic device provided for that purpose and allow the
28 elector to vote if the clerk or inspector is satisfied as to the
29 identity of the elector.
30 Section 14. Paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section
31 101.048, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
32 101.048 Provisional ballots.—
33 (6)
34 (d) Instructions must accompany the cure affidavit in
35 substantially the following form:
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37 READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THE
38 AFFIDAVIT. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY CAUSE YOUR
39 BALLOT NOT TO COUNT.
40 1. In order to cure the missing signature or the signature
41 discrepancy on your Provisional Ballot Voter’s Certificate and
42 Affirmation, your affidavit should be completed and returned as
43 soon as possible so that it can reach the supervisor of
44 elections of the county in which your precinct is located no
45 later than 5 p.m. on the 2nd day after the election.
46 2. You must sign your name on the line above (Voter’s
47 Signature).
48 3. You must make a copy of one of the following forms of
49 identification:
50 a. Tier 1 identification.—Current and valid identification
51 that includes your name and photograph: Florida driver license;
52 Florida identification card issued by the Department of Highway
53 Safety and Motor Vehicles; United States passport or passport
54 card; United States uniformed services or Merchant Marine; debit
55 or credit card; military identification; student identification;
56 retirement center identification; neighborhood association
57 identification; public assistance identification; veteran health
58 identification card issued by the United States Department of
59 Veterans Affairs; Florida license to carry a concealed weapon or
60 firearm; or any other employee identification card issued by any
61 branch, department, agency, or entity of the Federal Government,
62 the state, a county, or a municipality; or
63 b. Tier 2 identification.—ONLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TIER 1
64 FORM OF IDENTIFICATION, identification that shows your name and
65 current residence address: current utility bill; bank statement;
66 government check; paycheck; or government document (excluding
67 voter information card).
68 4. Place the envelope bearing the affidavit into a mailing
69 envelope addressed to the supervisor. Insert a copy of your
70 identification in the mailing envelope. Mail (if time permits),
71 deliver, or have delivered the completed affidavit along with
72 the copy of your identification to your county supervisor of
73 elections. Be sure there is sufficient postage if mailed and
74 that the supervisor’s address is correct. Remember, your
75 information MUST reach your county supervisor of elections no
76 later than 5 p.m. on the 2nd day following the election or your
77 ballot will not count.
78 5. Alternatively, you may fax or e-mail your completed
79 affidavit and a copy of your identification to the supervisor of
80 elections. If e-mailing, please provide these documents as
81 attachments.
82 6. Submitting a provisional ballot affidavit does not
83 establish your eligibility to vote in this election or guarantee
84 that your ballot will be counted. The county canvassing board
85 determines your eligibility to vote through information provided
86 on the Provisional Ballot Voter’s Certificate and Affirmation,
87 written evidence provided by you, including information in your
88 cure affidavit along with any supporting identification, and any
89 other evidence presented by the supervisor of elections or a
90 challenger. You may still be required to present additional
91 written evidence to support your eligibility to vote.
92 Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 101.151, Florida
93 Statutes, is amended to read:
94 101.151 Specifications for ballots.—
95 (1)(a) Marksense Ballots must shall be printed on paper of
96 such thickness that the printing cannot be distinguished from
97 the back and must shall meet the specifications of the voting
98 system that will be used to tabulate the ballots.
99 (b) Polling places and early voting sites may employ a
100 ballot-on-demand production system to print individual marksense
101 ballots, including provisional ballots, for eligible voters
102 electors. Ballot-on-demand technology may be used to produce
103 marksense vote-by-mail, early voting, and election-day ballots.
104 Section 16. Subsection (4) of section 101.5606, Florida
105 Statutes, is amended to read:
106 101.5606 Requirements for approval of systems.—No
107 electronic or electromechanical voting system shall be approved
108 by the Department of State unless it is so constructed that:
109 (4) For systems using marksense ballots, It accepts a
110 rejected ballot pursuant to subsection (3) if a voter chooses to
111 cast the ballot, but records no vote for any office that has
112 been overvoted or undervoted.
113 Section 17. Section 101.56075, Florida Statutes, is amended
114 to read:
115 101.56075 Voting methods.—For the purpose of designating
116 ballot selections, all voting must be by official marksense
117 ballot, using a pen compatible with or recommended for use with
118 the voting system, unless a voter requests to vote using marking
119 device or a voter interface device that produces a voter
120 verifiable paper output and meets the voter accessibility
121 requirements for individuals with disabilities under s. 301 of
122 the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 and s. 101.56062.
123 Section 18. Section 101.5608, Florida Statutes, is amended
124 to read:
125 101.5608 Voting at the polls by electronic or
126 electromechanical method; procedures.—
127 (1) Each voter elector desiring to vote must shall be
128 identified to the clerk or inspector of the election as a duly
129 qualified voter elector of such election and must shall sign his
130 or her name on the precinct register or other form or device
131 provided by the supervisor. The inspector shall compare the
132 signature with the signature on the identification provided by
133 the voter elector. If the inspector is reasonably sure that the
134 person is entitled to vote, the inspector must shall provide the
135 person with a ballot.
136 (2) When an electronic or electromechanical voting system
137 utilizes a ballot card or marksense ballot, the following
138 procedures must shall be followed to vote:
139 (a) After receiving a ballot from an inspector, the voter
140 elector shall, without leaving the polling place, retire to a
141 booth or compartment and mark the ballot. After marking his or
142 her ballot, the voter must elector shall place the ballot in a
143 secrecy envelope so that the ballot will be deposited in the
144 tabulator without exposing the voter’s choices.
145 (b) Any voter who spoils his or her ballot or makes an
146 error may return the ballot to the election official and secure
147 another ballot, except that in no case shall a voter be
148 furnished more than three ballots. If the vote tabulation device
149 has rejected a ballot, the ballot must shall be considered
150 spoiled and a new ballot must shall be provided to the voter
151 unless the voter chooses to cast the rejected ballot. The
152 election official, without examining the original ballot, shall
153 state the possible reasons for the rejection and shall provide
154 instruction to the voter pursuant to s. 101.5611. A spoiled
155 ballot must shall be preserved, without examination, in an
156 envelope provided for that purpose. The stub shall be removed
157 from the ballot and placed in an envelope.
158 (c) The supervisor of elections shall prepare for each
159 polling place at least one ballot box to contain the ballots of
160 a particular precinct, and each ballot box must shall be plainly
161 marked with the name of the precinct for which it is intended.
162 (3) The Department of State shall promulgate rules
163 regarding voting procedures to be used when an electronic or
164 electromechanical voting system is of a type which does not
165 utilize a ballot card or marksense ballot.
166 (4) In any election in which a write-in candidate has
167 qualified for office, the supervisor of elections shall provide
168 for write-in voting pursuant to rules adopted by the Division of
169 Elections.
170 Section 19. Subsection (5) of section 101.5612, Florida
171 Statutes, is amended to read:
172 101.5612 Testing of tabulating equipment.—
173 (5) Any tests involving marksense ballots pursuant to this
174 section must shall employ test ballots created by the supervisor
175 of elections using actual ballots that have been printed for the
176 election. If ballot-on-demand ballots will be used in the
177 election, the supervisor must shall also create test ballots
178 using the ballot-on-demand technology that will be used to
179 produce ballots in the election, using the same paper stock as
180 will be used for ballots in the election.
181 Section 20. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section
182 101.68, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
183 101.68 Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot.—
184 (4)
185 (d) Instructions must accompany the cure affidavit in
186 substantially the following form:
187
188 READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THE
189 AFFIDAVIT. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY CAUSE YOUR
190 BALLOT NOT TO COUNT.
191
192 1. In order to ensure that your vote-by-mail ballot will be
193 counted, your affidavit should be completed and returned as soon
194 as possible so that it can reach the supervisor of elections of
195 the county in which your precinct is located no later than 5
196 p.m. on the 2nd day after the election.
197 2. You must sign your name on the line above (Voter’s
198 Signature).
199 3. You must make a copy of one of the following forms of
200 identification:
201 a. Tier 1 identification.—Current and valid identification
202 that includes your name and photograph: Florida driver license;
203 Florida identification card issued by the Department of Highway
204 Safety and Motor Vehicles; United States passport or passport
205 card; United States uniformed services or Merchant Marine; debit
206 or credit card; military identification; student identification;
207 retirement center identification; neighborhood association
208 identification; public assistance identification; veteran health
209 identification card issued by the United States Department of
210 Veterans Affairs; a Florida license to carry a concealed weapon
211 or firearm; or any an employee identification card issued by any
212 branch, department, agency, or entity of the Federal Government,
213 the state, a county, or a municipality; or
214 b. Tier 2 identification.—ONLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TIER 1
215 FORM OF IDENTIFICATION, identification that shows your name and
216 current residence address: current utility bill, bank statement,
217 government check, paycheck, or government document (excluding
218 voter information card).
219 4. Place the envelope bearing the affidavit into a mailing
220 envelope addressed to the supervisor. Insert a copy of your
221 identification in the mailing envelope. Mail (if time permits),
222 deliver, or have delivered the completed affidavit along with
223 the copy of your identification to your county supervisor of
224 elections. Be sure there is sufficient postage if mailed and
225 that the supervisor’s address is correct. Remember, your
226 information MUST reach your county supervisor of elections no
227 later than 5 p.m. on the 2nd day after the election, or your
228 ballot will not count.
229 5. Alternatively, you may fax or e-mail your completed
230 affidavit and a copy of your identification to the supervisor of
231 elections. If e-mailing, please provide these documents as
232 attachments.
233 Section 21. Subsection (2) of section 101.6923, Florida
234 Statutes, is amended to read:
235 101.6923 Special vote-by-mail ballot instructions for
236 certain first-time voters.—
237 (2) A voter covered by this section must be provided with
238 printed instructions with his or her vote-by-mail ballot in
239 substantially the following form:
240
241 READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE MARKING YOUR
242 BALLOT. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY CAUSE YOUR
243 BALLOT NOT TO COUNT.
244
245 1. In order to ensure that your vote-by-mail ballot will be
246 counted, it should be completed and returned as soon as possible
247 so that it can reach the supervisor of elections of the county
248 in which your precinct is located no later than 7 p.m. on the
249 date of the election. However, if you are an overseas voter
250 casting a ballot in a presidential preference primary or general
251 election, your vote-by-mail ballot must be postmarked or dated
252 no later than the date of the election and received by the
253 supervisor of elections of the county in which you are
254 registered to vote no later than 10 days after the date of the
255 election. Note that the later you return your ballot, the less
256 time you will have to cure signature deficiencies, which is
257 authorized until 5 p.m. local time on the 2nd day after the
258 election.
259 2. Mark your ballot in secret as instructed on the ballot.
260 You must mark your own ballot unless you are unable to do so
261 because of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write.
262 3. Mark only the number of candidates or issue choices for
263 a race as indicated on the ballot. If you are allowed to “Vote
264 for One” candidate and you vote for more than one, your vote in
265 that race will not be counted.
266 4. Place your marked ballot in the enclosed secrecy
267 envelope and seal the envelope.
268 5. Insert the secrecy envelope into the enclosed envelope
269 bearing the Voter’s Certificate. Seal the envelope and
270 completely fill out the Voter’s Certificate on the back of the
271 envelope.
272 a. You must sign your name on the line above (Voter’s
273 Signature).
274 b. If you are an overseas voter, you must include the date
275 you signed the Voter’s Certificate on the line above (Date) or
276 your ballot may not be counted.
277 c. A vote-by-mail ballot will be considered illegal and
278 will not be counted if the signature on the Voter’s Certificate
279 does not match the signature on record. The signature on file at
280 the start of the canvass of the vote-by-mail ballots is the
281 signature that will be used to verify your signature on the
282 Voter’s Certificate. If you need to update your signature for
283 this election, send your signature update on a voter
284 registration application to your supervisor of elections so that
285 it is received before your vote-by-mail ballot is received.
286 6. Unless you meet one of the exemptions in Item 7., you
287 must make a copy of one of the following forms of
288 identification:
289 a. Identification which must include your name and
290 photograph: United States passport or passport card; United
291 States uniformed services or Merchant Marine; debit or credit
292 card; military identification; student identification;
293 retirement center identification; neighborhood association
294 identification; public assistance identification; veteran health
295 identification card issued by the United States Department of
296 Veterans Affairs; a Florida license to carry a concealed weapon
297 or firearm; or any an employee identification card issued by any
298 branch, department, agency, or entity of the Federal Government,
299 the state, a county, or a municipality; or