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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
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to candidate qualification; creating 2
s. 99.013, F.S.; providing eligibility requirements 3
for persons seeking to qualify for nomination as 4
candidates of a political party or as candidates with 5
no party affiliation; providing that certain entities 6
may bring an action for declaratory and injunctive 7
relief based on a certain claim; prohibiting a person 8
from qualifying as a candidate for election and 9
prohibiting his or her name from appearing on the 10
ballot under certain circumstances; providing an 11
effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Section 99.013, Florida Statutes, is created to 16
read: 17
99.013 Eligibility to qualify for nomination as a 18
candidate of a political party or candidate with no party 19
affiliation.— 20
(1)(a) A person seeking to qualify for nomination as a 21
candidate of a political party must have been a registered 22
member of the political party for which the person is seeking 23
nomination as a candidate for at least 365 days before the 24
beginning of the qualifying period preceding the general 25
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election for which the person seeks to qualify. 26
(b) A person seeking to qualify for nominatio n as a 27
candidate with no party affiliation must be registered without 28
any party affiliation and may not have been a registered member 29
of any political party for at least 365 days before the 30
beginning of the qualifying period preceding the general 31
election for which the person seeks to qualify. 32
(2) A political party, in addition to any other person or 33
entity with standing, may bring an action for declaratory and 34
injunctive relief based on a claim that a person seeking to 35
qualify for nomination as a candida te of such political party or 36
as a candidate with no party affiliation did not comply with 37
this section. 38
(3) If a final judgment of a circuit court determines that 39
a person did not comply with this section, the person may not be 40
qualified as a candidate for election and his or her name may 41
not appear on the ballot. 42
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 43