Florida Senate - 2025 SB By Senator Arrington 25-00445A-25 2025280__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled

An act relating to candidate qualification; creating s. 99.013, F.S.; providing eligibility requirements for persons seeking to qualify for nomination as candidates of a political party or as candidates with no party affiliation; providing that certain entities may bring an action for declaratory and injunctive relief based on a certain claim; prohibiting a person from qualifying as a candidate for election and prohibiting his or her name from appearing on the ballot under certain circumstances; providing an effective date. 12

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14

Section

Section 99.013, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 17 99.013 Eligibility to qualify for nomination as a candidate of a political party or candidate with no party affiliation.— 19 (1)(

a) A person seeking to qualify for nomination as a candidate of a political party must have been a registered member of the political party for which the person is seeking nomination as a candidate for at least days before the beginning of the qualifying period preceding the general election for which the person seeks to qualify. 25

Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 42