Florida 2025 Regular Session

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10	10	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to the Agreement Among the States to 2
16	16	Elect the President by National Popular Vote; 3
17	17	providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a 4
18	18	method by which a state may become a member state; 5
19	19	requiring a statewide popular election for President 6
20	20	and Vice President of the United States; establishing 7
21	21	a procedure for appointing presidential electors in 8
22	22	member states; providing that the agreement be comes 9
23	23	effective upon the occurrence of specified actions; 10
24	24	providing for the withdrawal of a member state; 11
25	25	requiring notification of member states when the 12
26	26	agreement takes effect in a nonmember state or when a 13
27	27	member state withdraws from the agreement; prov iding 14
28	28	severability; providing definitions; providing an 15
29	29	effective date. 16
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31	31	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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33	33	Section 1. The Agreement Among the States to Elect the 20
34	34	President by National Popular Vote. —The Agreement Among the 21
35	35	States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote is hereby 22
36	36	enacted into law and entered into by this state with all states 23
37	37	legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: 24
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47	47	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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51	51	Article I 26
52	52	Membership.—Any State of the United States and the Dis trict 27
53	53	of Columbia may become a member of this agreement by enacting 28
54	54	this agreement. 29
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56	56	Article II 31
57	57	Right of the people in member states to vote for President 32
58	58	and Vice President.—Each member state shall conduct a statewide 33
59	59	popular election for President and V ice President of the United 34
60	60	States. 35
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62	62	Article III 37
63	63	Manner of appointing presidential electors in member 38
64	64	states.—Prior to the time set by law for the meeting and voting 39
65	65	by the presidential electors, the chief election official of 40
66	66	each member state shall dete rmine the number of votes for each 41
67	67	presidential slate in each State of the United States and in the 42
68	68	District of Columbia in which votes have been cast in a 43
69	69	statewide popular election and shall add such votes together to 44
70	70	produce a "national popular vote tot al" for each presidential 45
71	71	slate. 46
72	72	The chief election official of each member state shall 47
73	73	designate the presidential slate with the largest national 48
74	74	popular vote total as the "national popular vote winner." 49
75	75	The presidential elector certifying official of e ach member 50
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84	84	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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88	88	state shall certify the appointment in that official's own state 51
89	89	of the elector slate nominated in that state in association with 52
90	90	the national popular vote winner. 53
91	91	At least six days before the day fixed by law for the 54
92	92	meeting and voting by the presidential electors, each member 55
93	93	state shall make a final determination of the number of popular 56
94	94	votes cast in the state for each presidential slate and shall 57
95	95	communicate an official statement of such determination within 58
96	96	24 hours to the chief election official of each other member 59
97	97	state. 60
98	98	The chief election official of each member state shall 61
99	99	treat as conclusive an official statement containing the number 62
100	100	of popular votes in a state for each presidential slate made by 63
101	101	the day established by federal law for making a state's final 64
102	102	determination conclusive as to the counting of electoral votes 65
103	103	by Congress. 66
104	104	In event of a tie for the national popular vote winner, the 67
105	105	presidential elector certifying official of each member state 68
106	106	shall certify the appointment of the elector slate nominated in 69
107	107	association with the presidential slate receiving the largest 70
108	108	number of popular votes within that official's own state. 71
109	109	If, for any reason, the number of presidential electors 72
110	110	nominated in a membe r state in association with the national 73
111	111	popular vote winner is less than or greater than that state's 74
112	112	number of electoral votes, the presidential candidate on the 75
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121	121	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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125	125	presidential slate that has been designated as the national 76
126	126	popular vote winner shall have t he power to nominate the 77
127	127	presidential electors for that state and that state's 78
128	128	presidential elector certifying official shall certify the 79
129	129	appointment of such nominees. 80
130	130	The chief election official of each member state shall 81
131	131	immediately release to the publi c all vote counts or statements 82
132	132	of votes as they are determined or obtained. 83
133	133	This article shall govern the appointment of presidential 84
134	134	electors in each member state in any year in which this 85
135	135	agreement is, on July 20, in effect in states cumulatively 86
136	136	possessing a majority of the electoral votes. 87
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139	139	Other provisions.—This agreement shall take effect when 90
140	140	states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes 91
141	141	have enacted this agreement in substantially the same form and 92
142	142	the enactments by such states have taken effect in each state. 93
143	143	Any member state may withdraw from this agreement, except 94
144	144	that a withdrawal occurring six months or less before the end of 95
145	145	a President's term shall not become effective until a President 96
146	146	or Vice President shall have been qualified to serve the next 97
147	147	term. 98
148	148	The chief executive of each member state shall promptly 99
149	149	notify the chief executive of all other states of when this 100
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158	158	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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162	162	agreement has been enacted and has taken effect in that 101
163	163	official's state, when the state has w ithdrawn from this 102
164	164	agreement, and when this agreement takes effect generally. 103
165	165	This agreement shall terminate if the electoral college is 104
166	166	abolished. 105
167	167	If any provision of this agreement is held invalid, the 106
168	168	remaining provisions shall not be affected. 107
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170	170	Article V 109
171	171	Definitions.—For purposes of this agreement, 110
172	172	"Chief election official" shall mean the state official or 111
173	173	body that is authorized to certify the total number of popular 112
174	174	votes for each presidential slate; 113
175	175	"Chief executive" shall mean the Governor of a State of the 114
176	176	United States or the Mayor of the District of Columbia; 115
177	177	"Elector slate" shall mean a slate of candidates who have 116
178	178	been nominated in a state for the position of presidential 117
179	179	elector in association with a presidential slate; 118
180	180	"Presidential elector" shall mean an elector for President 119
181	181	and Vice President of the United States; 120
182	182	"Presidential elector certifying official" shall mean the 121
183	183	state official or body that is authorized to certify the 122
184	184	appointment of the state's presidential electors; 123
185	185	"Presidential slate" shall mean a slate of two persons, the 124
186	186	first of whom has been nominated as a candidate for President of 125
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199	199	the United States and the second of whom has been nominated as a 126
200	200	candidate for Vice President of the United States, or a ny legal 127
201	201	successors to such persons, regardless of whether both names 128
202	202	appear on the ballot presented to the voter in a particular 129
203	203	state; 130
204	204	"State" shall mean a State of the United States and the 131
205	205	District of Columbia; and 132
206	206	"Statewide popular election" shall mean a general election 133
207	207	in which votes are cast for presidential slates by individual 134
208	208	voters and counted on a statewide basis. 135
209	209	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 136