Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

SB 956 — Candidate Qualifying

Last action — Died in Ethics and Elections

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Candidate Qualifying; Authorizing a candidate to pay the filing fee by a debit card linked to the candidate’s campaign account; revising the timeframe during which a candidate may pay a filing fee if the initial payment is rejected by a bank, etc.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

4 changes Share ↗

AI-generated reading aid from the bill's amendatory text — verify against the official bill.

The bill allows candidates to pay filing fees with debit cards linked to their campaign accounts and revises conditions for using debit cards in campaign expenditures.

  • 99.061

    A properly executed check drawn upon the candidate’s campaign account → by a properly executed check drawn upon the candidate’s campaign account or by a debit card linked to the candidate’s campaign account as provided in s. 106.11(2)

    Candidates can now use debit cards linked to their campaign accounts to pay filing fees.

  • 99.061

    If a candidate’s payment is rejected check is returned by the bank for any reason → If a candidate’s payment is rejected by the bank for any reason

    Clarifies the language regarding bank rejections of payments.

  • 99.061

    the candidate must, irrespective of whether the qualifying period has ended, have 48 hours from the time such notification is received → the candidate must have 48 hours from the time such notification is received, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, to pay the fee with a cashier’s check purchased from funds of the campaign account

    Specifies the timeframe for candidates to resolve payment rejections, excluding weekends and holidays.

  • 106.11

    debit cards are considered bank checks, if: → debit cards are considered bank checks, if

    Establishes conditions under which debit cards can be treated as bank checks for campaign expenditures.

Action History

  1. Died in Ethics and Elections

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Introduced

  4. Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules

  5. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

163 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 163 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

elections
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does SB 956 do?
Candidate Qualifying; Authorizing a candidate to pay the filing fee by a debit card linked to the candidate’s campaign account; revising the timeframe during which a candidate may pay a filing fee if the initial payment is rejected by a bank, etc.
Who sponsors SB 956?
SB 956 is sponsored by Bernard, Mack (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 956?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 956?
Track SB 956 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on SB 956

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of SB 956

Last checked for changes 2 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →