No. CS/CS/SB 1334
Filed under Elections.
Elections; Defining the term “document acceptable as evidence of United States citizenship”; revising the information the uniform statewide voter registration application is designed to elicit from an applicant to include a certain acknowledgment; requiring that an agreement between the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the Department of State match information regarding the legal status as a United States citizen of applicants applying to vote; requiring supervisors to verify the current eligibility of certain applicants within a specified timeframe by reviewing specified information provided by governmental entities to make a determination under specified conditions; prohibiting a person from qualifying for nomination as a candidate of a political party if the person has not been a registered member of such party for a specified timeframe; requiring that all voting be done by official ballot using certain pens, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDVoter registration and existing voter rolls are now checked against driver's license and ID records for citizenship status. Anyone flagged as a noncitizen, or missing a birth certificate, passport or similar document, must resolve it or vote a provisional ballot.
Candidates cannot qualify for a party's nomination unless registered with that party for the full year before qualifying, and the same one-year bar applies to name changes made outside a marriage, divorce or adoption.
Florida ballots default to paper marked by pen instead of a touchscreen or marking device; voters may still use an accessible interface device, but only if they request it.
Election fraud felonies now face a hard five-year deadline to prosecute, after which charges can no longer be filed no matter when the crime is discovered.
AIA registration is valid only after the state verifies the applicant's driver's license, ID, or Social Security digits. If motor vehicle records show the applicant is not a citizen, or show no citizenship document on file, the supervisor must get proof before completing the registration or the applicant votes provisional.
AIA candidate cannot qualify for a political party's nomination unless registered with that party for the full 365 days before qualifying opens. The same 365-day rule applies to candidates seeking to run with no party affiliation at all.
AIBallots are redefined as paper marked with a pen compatible with the voting system. The touchscreen or marking-device option any voter could previously use becomes something a voter must specifically request, tied to accessibility requirements for voters with disabilities.
AIProsecutors get a hard outer limit for charging any felony under the Florida Election Code: five years from the date the violation was committed. This is a new statute of limitations; none exists specifically for election-code felonies today.
AIA person cannot qualify for any public office, federal through municipal, if they legally changed their name through a court petition in the 365 days before qualifying opens. Name changes tied to marriage, divorce, or adoption are exempt from this bar.
AIStarting July 1, 2027, a new, renewed, or replacement Florida driver license or ID card issued to someone recorded as a citizen must show that citizenship status on the card itself. A free reissuance is required for anyone who updates their status.