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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 500: Security for Statewide Constitutional Office Candidates

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 500 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on November 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Security for Statewide Constitutional Office Candidates. Primary sponsor: Avila, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died on Calendar.

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.

Security for Statewide Constitutional Office Candidates; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to provide certain candidates with a protective security detail for a specified time period, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
AvilaPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil JusticePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Tommy WrightCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8

“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 on Calendar
  2. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  3. Original reference(s) removed: Fiscal Policy
  4. CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
  5. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  6. CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 2
  7. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  8. Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  9. Introduced
  10. Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
  11. On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
  12. Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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