Bill Text: FL S1550 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Judicial Candidate Qualifying
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Judiciary [S1550 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S1550-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2019 SB 1550 By Senator Rodriguez 37-02012A-19 20191550__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to judicial candidate qualifying; 3 amending s. 105.031, F.S.; requiring candidates 4 seeking to qualify for election to the office of 5 circuit judge or county court judge to include a 6 completed application form consistent with that of a 7 judicial nominating commission in their qualifying 8 papers; requiring such candidates to post the 9 completed form on a campaign website; providing an 10 effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Present paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of 15 section 105.031, Florida Statutes, is amended, and a new 16 paragraph (b) is added to that subsection, to read: 17 105.031 Qualification; filing fee; candidate’s oath; items 18 required to be filed.— 19 (5) ITEMS REQUIRED TO BE FILED.— 20 (b) In addition to any items required by paragraph (a), a 21 candidate seeking to qualify for election to the office of 22 circuit judge or county court judge shall file, before the last 23 day of qualifying, a completed application form that is verified 24 pursuant to s. 92.525 and consistent with the application 25 submitted to a judicial nominating commission from applicants 26 who are seeking an appointment to a trial court. Additionally, 27 if such candidate has a campaign website other than a page on a 28 social media platform, he or she must post on that website a 29 copy of the completed application form within 15 days after the 30 filing of his or her qualifying papers. 31 (c)(b)If the filing officer receives qualifying papers 32 that do not include all of the itemsasrequired by paragraphs 33 (a) and (b), as applicable, beforeparagraph (a)prior tothe 34 last day of qualifying, the filing officer mustshallmake a 35 reasonable effort to notify the candidate of the missing or 36 incomplete items andshallinform the candidate that all 37 required items must be received by the close of qualifying. A 38 candidate’s name as it is to appear on the ballot may not be 39 changed after the end of qualifying. 40 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.