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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1598: Elections

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 1598 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 9, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Elections. Primary sponsor: LaVon Bracy Davis (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): 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; Requiring that the Secretary of State be elected, rather than appointed, and serve a specified term; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote for the early voting period or election day at an early voting site or his or her polling place and cast a ballot immediately thereafter; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; revising the information a third-party voter registration organization is required to provide to the Division of Elections of the Department of State, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
LaVon Bracy DavisPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Kristen ArringtonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Lori BermanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Mack BernardCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
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. Introduced
  3. Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
  4. Filed

Sources

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