SB 1598: Elections

GENERAL BILL by Bracy Davis; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Berman, Arrington, Davis, Bernard

Elections; Requiring that the Secretary of State be elected, rather than appointed, and serve a specified term; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote for the early voting period or election day at an early voting site or his or her polling place and cast a ballot immediately thereafter; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; revising the information a third-party voter registration organization is required to provide to the Division of Elections of the Department of State, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/9/2026 11:51 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1419 by Young Elections Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee	Identical
  H 73 by Robinson, F. Restoration of Rights Voting Database Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee	Compare
  S 132 (c1) by Polsky Restoration of Voting Rights Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Fiscal Policy	Compare

• Citations - Statute (33)

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  20.10	Department of State.	Page 17 (pdf)
  20.32	Florida Commission on Offender Review.	Page 17 (pdf)
  97.021	Definitions.	Page 21 (pdf)
  97.022	Office of Election Crimes and Security; creation; purpose and duties.	Page 33 (pdf)
  97.0291	Prohibition on use of private funds for election-related expenses.	Page 33 (pdf)
  97.0556		Page 33 (pdf)
  97.057	Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.	Page 34 (pdf)
  97.0575	Third-party voter registration organizations.	Page 41 (pdf)
  97.21		Page 48 (pdf)
  97.22		Page 58 (pdf)
  97.23		Page 61 (pdf)
  97.24		Page 65 (pdf)
  97.25		Page 68 (pdf)
  97.26		Page 76 (pdf)
  97.27		Page 79 (pdf)
  97.28		Page 80 (pdf)
  98.045	Administration of voter registration.	Page 82 (pdf)
  98.255	Voter education programs.	Page 82 (pdf)
  100.371	Initiatives; procedure for placement on ballot.	Page 83 (pdf)
  100.51		Page 86 (pdf)
  101.016		Page 87 (pdf)
  101.019	Ranked-choice voting prohibited.	Page 88 (pdf)
  101.048	Provisional ballots.	Page 88 (pdf)
  101.572	Public inspection of ballots.	Page 90 (pdf)
  101.62	Request for vote-by-mail ballots.	Page 91 (pdf)
  101.64	Delivery of vote-by-mail ballots; envelopes; form.	Page 94 (pdf)
  101.65	Instructions to absent electors.	Page 95 (pdf)
  101.68	Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot.	Page 98 (pdf)
  101.69	Voting in person; return of vote-by-mail ballot.	Page 104 (pdf)
  104.0616	Vote-by-mail ballots and voting; violations.	Page 107 (pdf)
  104.155	Unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting; prohibited defenses; aiding or soliciting noncitizen electors in voting prohibited.	Page 107 (pdf)
  104.42	Fraudulent registration and illegal voting; investigation.	Page 108 (pdf)
  921.0022	Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart.	Page 108 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/9/2026	S	• Filed
  1/16/2026	S	• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
  1/22/2026	S	• Introduced
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Ethics and Elections