CS/SB 62: Candidate Qualification

GENERAL BILL by Ethics and Elections, Arrington; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Osgood, Berman

Candidate Qualification; Specifying that a person seeking to qualify for office as a candidate must be a registered member of a political party, or registered without any party affiliation, for 365 consecutive days preceding the beginning of qualifying for an election; authorizing qualified candidates or certain political parties to challenge compliance with specified provisions by filing suit in a specified circuit court; prohibiting a person from being qualified as a candidate for nomination or election and appearing on the ballot under specified circumstances, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 11/20/2025 02:53 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 91 by Tant Candidate Qualification Last Action: 12/3/2025 H Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda	Similar

• Analyses (2)

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  • Judiciary (Pre-Meeting)   12/1/2025
  • Judiciary (Post-Meeting)   12/2/2025

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  12/2/2025 1:00 PM	S 62	Judiciary	10 Yeas - 0 Nays

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  99.021

  Form of candidate oath.

  Page 1 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  9/19/2025	S	• Filed
  10/6/2025	S	• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules
  11/10/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 11/19/25, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
  11/19/2025	S	• CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
  11/20/2025	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Judiciary
  11/24/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 12/02/25, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  12/2/2025	S	• Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 • Now in Rules