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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 460: Special 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 460 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on November 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Special Elections. Primary sponsor: Tina Polsky (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Rules.

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.

Special Elections; Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Governor to call a special primary election and a special election under a certain circumstance; requiring the Governor to fix the dates of a special election within a specified timeframe after the vacancy occurs; authorizing qualified electors to file a petition in the circuit court seeking judicial determination of an election date under specified conditions; deleting the authority of the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to waive specified timeframes if all parties concur, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tina PolskyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“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 Rules
  2. Now in Rules
  3. Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
  4. On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  5. Now in Judiciary
  6. Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  7. On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  8. Introduced
  9. Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules
  10. Filed

Sources

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