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    CS/SB 620: Candidate Qualifying

    GENERAL BILL by Rules, Mayfield

    Candidate Qualifying; Requiring a candidate for federal office to state in writing whether he or she intends to trade stock while serving in federal office; requiring candidates to ensure they satisfy statutory and constitutional requirements for office; requiring certain candidates to provide to the filing officer a statement disclosing dual citizenship for nomination and election to a judicial office or to a district school board; requiring candidates for representative to Congress seeking ballot position by petition to obtain a specified percentage of signatures to qualify for such office, etc.

    Effective Date: Upon becoming a law

    Last Action: 3/13/2026 House - Died in Messages

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    Current Bill Version Posted: 3/4/2026 08:41 PM


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      H 535 by Benarroch
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      Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died on Second Reading Calendar
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      H 991 (er) by Government Operations Subcommittee
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      Last Action: 4/2/2026 Chapter No. 2026-26
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    • Floor Amendments (8)

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      577161 - Amendment by Hunschofsky
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      930879 - Amendment by Hunschofsky
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      466573 - Amendment by Hunschofsky
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      552993 - Amendment by Hunschofsky
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      725985 - Amendment by Hunschofsky
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      827333 - Amendment by Hunschofsky
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      390601 - Amendment by Hunschofsky
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      094529 - Amendment by Hunschofsky
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    • Citations - Statute (6)

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      99.012 Restrictions on individuals qualifying for public office. Page 2 (pdf) , Page 8 (pdf)
      99.021 Form of candidate oath. Page 2 (pdf)
      99.0211 Page 3 (pdf)
      99.061 Method of qualifying for nomination or election to federal, state, county, or district office. Page 4 (pdf)
      105.031 Qualification; filing fee; candidate’s oath; items required to be filed. Page 6 (pdf)
      106.023 Statement of candidate. Page 8 (pdf)
    • Bill History

      S = Senate, H = House

      11/20/2025 S • Filed
      12/9/2025 S • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules
      1/8/2026 S • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
      1/13/2026 S • Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
      • Introduced
      1/14/2026 S • Now in Judiciary
      1/22/2026 S • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
      1/27/2026 S • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
      • Now in Rules
      2/26/2026 S • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
      3/3/2026 S • CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
      • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
      • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
      • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
      • CS by Rules read 1st time
      3/4/2026 S • Read 2nd time -SJ 563
      • Amendment(s) adopted (864144) -SJ 563
      • Read 3rd time -SJ 565
      • CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 565
      3/5/2026 H • In Messages
      3/13/2026 H • Died in Messages
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