Florida · House Bill 51 · 2025 Regular Session

Elections

  1. Introduced Dec 16, 2024
  2. In committee  
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Elections; Requires write-in candidates to pay certain fees; prohibits write-in candidate from being considered opponent for certain purposes; requires DOS to adopt rules for security of voting systems; requires such rules to prohibit connection to internet; authorizes counties to count ballots by hand at precinct level.

Every action

2 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. HouseWithdrawn prior to introduction

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.