Florida Senate Bill S1372 Introduced / Bill

 Florida Senate - 2023 SB 1372  By Senator Ingoglia 11-00323A-23 20231372__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to political advertisements for 3 nonpartisan office; amending s. 106.143, F.S.; 4 deleting provisions that prohibit political 5 advertisements for candidates running for nonpartisan 6 office from disclosing the candidates political party 7 affiliation and that prohibit such candidates from 8 campaigning based on party affiliation; providing an 9 effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1.Subsection (3) of section 106.143, Florida 14 Statutes, is amended to read: 15 106.143Political advertisements circulated prior to 16 election; requirements. 17 (3)Any political advertisement of a candidate running for 18 partisan office shall express the name of the political party of 19 which the candidate is seeking nomination or is the nominee. If 20 the candidate for partisan office is running as a candidate with 21 no party affiliation, any political advertisement of the 22 candidate must state that the candidate has no party 23 affiliation. A political advertisement of a candidate running 24 for nonpartisan office may not state the candidates political 25 party affiliation. This section does not prohibit a political 26 advertisement from stating the candidates partisan-related 27 experience. A candidate for nonpartisan office is prohibited 28 from campaigning based on party affiliation. 29 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.