Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S620: Candidate Qualifying
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requiring a candidate for federal office to state in writing whether he or she intends to trade stock while serving in federal office; requiring candidates to ensure they satisfy statutory and constitutional requirements for office; requiring certain candidates to provide to the filing officer a statement disclosing dual citizenship for nomination and election to a judicial office or to a district school board; requiring candidates for representative to Congress seeking ballot position by petition to obtain a specified percentage of signatures to qualify for such office, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to candidate qualifying; amending s. 99.021, F.S.; requiring a candidate for federal office to state in writing whether he or she intends to trade stock while serving in federal office; creating s. 99.0211, F.S.; requiring candidates to ensure they satisfy statutory and constitutional requirements for office; authorizing certain candidates, political parties, and affiliated party committees to challenge compliance with such requirements in a specified manner…
From the engrossed text, March 4, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to candidate qualifying; amending s. 99.021, F.S.; requiring a candidate for federal office to state in writing whether he or she intends to trade stock while serving in federal office; creating s. 99.0211, F.S.; requiring candidates to ensure they satisfy statutory and constitutional requirements for office; authorizing certain candidates, political parties, and affiliated party committees to challenge compliance with such requirements in a specified manner; providing that a person may not qualify as a candidate and appear on the ballot if the court makes a certain determination; providing that candidates, political parties, and affiliated party committees are entitled to expedited proceedings; requiring supervisors of elections to remove the names of certain candidates from the ballot and provide a certain notice to voters; amending s. 99.061, F.S.; revising the list of items a candidate must submit to the filing officer to be a qualified candidate to include a certain written statement and a specified oath or affirmation; amending s. 105.031, F.S.; requiring certain candidates to provide to the filing officer a statement disclosing dual citizenship for nomination and election to a judicial office or to a district school board; amending s. 106.023, F.S.; requiring a candidate to provide a certain oath or affirmation in writing at the time of filing his or her …