Counties and county officers; qualifications for county sheriff; military police service; effective date.

The document title was changed from 'Committee Substitute' to 'Floor Substitute,' reflecting the bill's progression in the legislative process.

The bill's descriptive summary was restructured and renumbered to fix formatting issues and clearly list the bill's topics.

The internal line numbering and page references were updated to align with the new formatting and the revised requirement number (2055 instead of 2010).

Added official state headers, committee substitute markings, page numbers, and formatting consistent with Senate committee revisions.

Clarified the definition of 'peace officer' to explicitly include the enforcement of laws from any other state in the United States.

Adjusted the summary description to remove references to 'defining terms' and 'modifying eligibility' in favor of 'updating statutory language' and 'permitting military police service to meet experience requirement'.

The definition of 'peace officer' was modified to explicitly include duties related to military laws and ordinances, broadening the scope of qualifying experience.

A new requirement was added mandating that veterans present a DD Form 214 when filing for office to verify their military police experience.

New authority was granted to the Secretary of State Election Board to prescribe specific forms for documenting police and veteran experience.

An exemption was created for current and former county sheriffs who held office before the adoption of this statute, shielding them from the new qualification requirements.

The effective date was confirmed as November 1, 2025, and the final version includes the standard signature blocks for the Governor and Secretary of State.

The order of requirements in Section 510 was reorganized; the definition of 'peace officer' was moved to the end of the section, and the mandatory administrative school training for new sheriffs was moved to the first subsection.

The verification requirement for military police experience was simplified to require veterans to present a DD Form 214 when filing for candidacy, removing previous references to specific subsections.

The definition of 'peace officer' was updated to clarify that duties include enforcing state, federal, or military laws and local ordinances of any U.S. state or political subdivision.

The bill's title and sponsor attribution were updated to reflect the final Engrossed House version, replacing the 'Amended Senate Amendment' header.

Added a specific requirement that veterans must present a DD Form 214 to verify that their military police service counts toward the four-year experience requirement.

Modified the definition of 'peace officer' to include individuals who previously worked more than 25 hours per week, broadening the definition beyond just currently employed full-time officers.

Reorganized the bill text to clearly separate the experience requirement for military police into its own subsection and clarified the documentation needed for verification.