Florida House Bill 1419

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires that Secretary of State be elected, rather than appointed, & serve specified term; requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop & maintain database for specified purpose; provides that driver license or ID card applications, driver license or ID card renewal applications, & applications for changes of address for existing driver licenses or ID cards submitted to DHSMV serve as voter registration applications; requires DHSMV to transmit voter registration information electronically to DOS within specified timeframe; removes provision prohibiting persons providing voter registration services for driver license office from making changes to applicant's party affiliation without applicant's consent & separate signature; revises certain penalties; provides circumstances used to determine whether elections in local government exhibit racially polarized voting; authorizes party that sent notification letter to submit claim for reimbursement from local government; authorizes specified entities to file certain enforcement actions; creates Florida Voting Rights Act Commission within DOS; requires DOS instead of Office of Election Crimes & Security to conduct certain preliminary investigation; establishes General Election Day as paid holiday.

Elections

Rep. RaShon Young [D]	Rep. Daryl Campbell [D]	Rep. Fentrice Driskell [D]	Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]
Rep. Gallop Franklin [D]	Rep. Jennifer Harris [D]	Rep. Christine Hunschofsky [D]	Rep. Leonard Spencer [D]
Rep. Marie Woodson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	House	Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Referred to State Affairs Committee
2026-01-15	House	Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-09	House	Filed

S1598 (Same As) 2026-03-13 - Died in Ethics and Elections
H73 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee
S132 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Fiscal Policy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
100	371		Amended Code	See Bill Text
100	51		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	016		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	019		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	048		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	572		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	62		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	64		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	65		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	68		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	69		Amended Code	See Bill Text
104	0616		Amended Code	See Bill Text
104	155		Amended Code	See Bill Text
104	42		Amended Code	See Bill Text
20	10		Amended Code	See Bill Text
20	32		Amended Code	See Bill Text
921	0022		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	021		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	022		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	0291		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	0556		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	057		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	0575		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	21		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	22		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	23		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	24		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	25		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	26		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	27		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	28		Amended Code	See Bill Text
98	045		Amended Code	See Bill Text
98	255		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1419
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1419/BillText/Filed/PDF