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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1486: Elections Affected by Disasters

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1486 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Elections Affected by Disasters. Primary sponsor: Tina Polsky (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Ethics and Elections.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Elections Affected by Disasters; Requiring that a certain notice be posted on affected municipalities’ websites; requiring the Secretary of State to consider certain sectors when assessing the impact on their jurisdiction and the ability of voters to participate in elections; requiring the Division of Elections to maintain a specified number of strategic elections equipment reserves in specified locations; providing that the use of the uniform statewide ballot application may not be required for requests for vote-by-mail ballots from certain voters, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tina PolskyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Tracie DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Ethics and Elections
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Introduced
  4. Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
  5. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source