SB 620 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Candidate Qualifying

Summary

Candidate Qualifying; Requiring a candidate for federal office to state in writing whether he or she intends to trade stock while serving in federal office; requiring candidates to ensure they satisfy statutory and constitutional requirements for office; requiring certain candidates to provide to the filing officer a statement disclosing dual citizenship for nomination and election to a judicial office or to a district school board; requiring candidates for representative to Congress seeking ballot position by petition to obtain a specified percentage of signatures to qualify for such office, etc.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

S 620 c1 → S 620 e1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised to add a new section allowing challenges to a candidate's eligibility if they fail to meet statutory or constitutional requirements. It also updated the list of required filings for federal candidates to include specific oaths regarding stock trading history and dual citizenship, while removing references to other state offices from the dual citizenship disclosure requirement.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include a new enforcement mechanism for challenging candidate eligibility and was narrowed regarding which offices require dual citizenship disclosure (now limited to judicial and school board offices).

ENFORCEMENT

Added a new section creating a legal process for political parties or committees to challenge a candidate's eligibility in court if they believe the candidate will not meet all statutory and constitutional requirements.

REQUIREMENT

Modified the oath requirements for federal candidates to specifically ask about intent to trade stocks if elected and whether they traded stocks while previously holding federal office.

Modified the dual citizenship disclosure requirement to apply only to candidates for judicial office or district school board, removing the requirement for federal, state, county, and multicounty offices.

Removed the requirement for candidates to disclose outstanding fines, fees, or penalties exceeding $250 from the summary description.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2026

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Mar 4, 2026

D Democratic11

10 Yea 1

90% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

27 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

Amendment(s) adopted (864144)

upper

Mar 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Feb 26, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

upper

Jan 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0

upper

Jan 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

upper

Jan 8, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building

upper

Dec 9, 2025

Committee

Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors