Candidate Qualification
Summary
Candidate Qualification; Specifying that a person seeking to qualify for office as a candidate must be a registered member of a political party, or registered without any party affiliation, for 365 consecutive days preceding the beginning of qualifying for an election; specifying that such person may not have legally changed his or her name through a specified petition during such 365-day period; providing that compliance with specified requirements is mandatory; providing construction; authorizing qualified candidates or certain political parties to challenge compliance with specified provisions by filing suit in a specified circuit court; prohibiting a person from being qualified as a candidate for nomination or election and appearing on the ballot under specified circumstances.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Oct 6, 2025
Signed Apr 1, 2026
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The bill text was updated from its Engrossed version to its Enrolled version, which is the final form signed into law. The substantive content of the bill regarding candidate qualification requirements remains unchanged; the differences are purely administrative, including the addition of the 'ENROLLED' status label and minor formatting adjustments to the header.
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The document status was updated from 'Engrossed' to 'Enrolled', indicating the bill has been finalized and signed by the Governor.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2026 · House Feb 25, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Feb 26, 2026
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
13
Committee
12
Amendments
1
Apr 2, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Chapter No. 2026-25; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 991 (Ch. 2026-26)
legislature
Apr 1, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Introduced
Amendment 384943 superseded by substitute
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Amendment 383023 adopted
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of State Affairs Committee
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by State Affairs Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
lower
Dec 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in State Affairs Committee
lower
Dec 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to State Affairs Committee
lower
Dec 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
Dec 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
Dec 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
lower
Oct 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
Oct 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to State Affairs Committee
lower
Oct 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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