Florida Senate Bill 396 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on June 16 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-16 - Died in Ethics and Elections
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requiring the Department of State to adopt rules relating to the security of certain voting procedures; authorizing political action committees and political committees to have poll watchers in polling rooms and early voting areas; requiring that a certain audit be conducted after each election; requiring a person requesting a vote-by-mail ballot to provide and attest to an allowed reason for such request; requiring a supervisor of elections to verify a certificate signature, a voter certificate envelope, and ballot material in a specified manner, etc.

Elections

Sen. Ileana Garcia [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-06-16	Senate	Died in Ethics and Elections
2025-05-03	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2025-03-04	Senate	Introduced
2025-02-10	Senate	Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
2025-01-28	Senate	Filed

H51 (Similar To) 2025-01-02 - Withdrawn prior to introduction
S394 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died in Ethics and Elections
H831 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
S1098 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died in Ethics and Elections
S1330 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died in Ethics and Elections
H1203 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
H1249 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
S1414 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1205 (Ch. 2025-21)
H1381 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died in State Affairs Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1205 (Ch. 2025-21)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
101	015		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	131		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	132		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	21		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	545		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	5614		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	595		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	6103		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	6104		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	655		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	68		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	69		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	6921		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	6923		Amended Code	See Bill Text
102	012		Amended Code	See Bill Text
102	014		Amended Code	See Bill Text
102	141		Amended Code	See Bill Text
102	166		Amended Code	See Bill Text
104	21		Amended Code	See Bill Text
104	291		Amended Code	See Bill Text
104	30		Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	021		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/396
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/396/BillText/Filed/HTML