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Introduced Session

An act relating to elections and state-issued identification; amending s. 97.026, F.S.; requiring that certain instructions be prominently displayed on certain Internet websites; amending s. 97.052, F.S.; revising the information that the uniform statewide voter registration application must be designed to elicit from an applicant and must contain; amending s. 97.053, F.S.; requiring the Department of State and supervisors of elections to verify certain information relating to citizenship status; providing that eligibility to vote must be verified in a certain manner; requiring a supervisor of elections to refer certain matters to the Office of Election Crimes and Security; amending s. 97.0535, F.S.; requiring certain voter registration applicants who have not previously voted in the state to provide certain identification before voting; revising the forms of identification that may be accepted for a certain purpose; revising the persons who are exempt from certain identification requirements; providing that certain persons currently residing outside the United States must meet certain requirements; providing that certain identification may be submitted in a certain manner; amending s. 97.057, F.S.; requiring the Department of Highway hb831-00 Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide an opportunity to register to vote or update voter registration records to certain individuals; requiring the department to provide certain notification to certain individuals; requiring a voter registration applicant to provide a wet signature; requiring the department to offer certain opportunities to certain individuals; requiring the department to send voter registration applications or certain instructions to certain individuals; requiring specified voters to be informed of certain information; requiring the department to notify the Department of State of certain information; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide certain weekly and by-query reports to the Department of State and supervisors of elections; requiring a supervisor of elections to remove certain persons from the statewide voter registration system; amending s. 97.0575, F.S.; requiring a third-party voter registration organization to provide a certain affirmation to the Division of Elections; amending s. 97.058, F.S.; revising eligibility for certain voter registration; requiring certain voter registration forms to ask about citizenship; amending s. 97.0585, F.S.; providing that certain information is not exempt from hb831-00 public records requirements; amending s. 97.1031, F.S.; requiring a supervisor of elections to verify an elector's eligibility status using all available data sources in certain circumstances; amending s. 98.045, F.S.; requiring a supervisor of elections to use all available data sources to make a certain determination; providing that the receipt of certain information from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall be considered a request from a voter for his or her removal from the statewide voter registration system; requiring the Department of State to include certain information in the database of valid residential street addresses; requiring the department to adopt rules; amending s. 98.065, F.S.; requiring a supervisor of elections to conduct certain bulk list maintenance at least quarterly; requiring a supervisor of elections to at least quarterly analyze the voter registration database for a certain purpose and to take certain actions; amending s. 98.075, F.S.; requiring a supervisor of elections to remove certain names from the statewide voter registration system after certain verification using Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles records; requiring a supervisor of elections to take certain actions upon receipt of, access to, or knowledge of certain hb831-00 information from a credible source; specifying certain credible sources of certain information; requiring a supervisor of elections to send an address confirmation and an address confirmation final notice in certain circumstances; amending s. 98.093, F.S.; requiring state and local government agencies to facilitate the provision of certain information and data access to the Department of State and supervisors of elections; amending s. 98.255, F.S.; requiring the Department of State to adopt rules relating to nonpartisan voter education; requiring a county supervisor to provide certain education; amending s. 101.043, F.S.; requiring certain electors be given a provisional ballot; amending s. 101.6921, F.S.; revising the voter's certificate; amending s. 101.6923, F.S.; revising the instructions that a supervisor of elections must enclose with certain vote-by-mail ballots; amending s. 322.141, F.S.; requiring certain licenses and identification cards to denote certain individuals as noncitizens; providing an effective date.

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Berny Jacques (R)*,  Chase Tramont (R)*,  Shane Abbott (R),  Webster Barnaby (R),  Kim Kendall (R),  Taylor Yarkosky (R), 

Died in Government Operations Subcommittee (on 06/16/2025)

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