Florida Voter Registration Citizenship Verification Requirements

State Bills: Florida

Published April 1st, 2026

Detected April 2nd, 2026

Summary

Florida Governor signed H0991 into law on April 1, 2026, amending voter registration requirements to mandate citizenship verification. The bill requires the statewide online voter registration system to cross-check applicant citizenship status against Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles records and requires election supervisors to verify U.S. citizenship using specified sources before completing voter registration.

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What changed

Florida H0991 establishes new citizenship verification requirements for voter registration. The law mandates that the online voter registration system transmit citizenship information to supervisors of elections and requires supervisors to verify an applicant's legal status as a United States citizen using Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles records and other specified sources. If DMV records indicate an applicant is not a U.S. citizen or lacks acceptable evidence of citizenship, the system must notify the supervisor and direct the applicant to provide additional documentation. All citizenship status and accepted evidence documentation must be recorded in the statewide voter registration system.

Election supervisors in Florida must implement these citizenship verification procedures and update their online voter registration processes to comply. Supervisors should review system integration requirements with state DMV databases and establish notification procedures for applicants whose citizenship cannot be verified. The bill passed the House 83-31 and Senate 27-12, indicating broad legislative support for enhanced voter registration integrity measures.

What to do next

Verify your county's online voter registration system integration with Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles records for citizenship cross-checking
Update procedures for notifying applicants when citizenship status cannot be verified against DMV records
Document citizenship status and accepted evidence of citizenship for all registered voters in the statewide voter registration system

Source document (simplified)

ChangeBridge / Florida / H0991 Signed by Governor H0991 H Signed by Governor 2026-04-01

Elections

Revising definitions; revising the information the uniform statewide voter registration application is designed to elicit from an applicant to include a certain acknowledgment; requiring that the online voter registration system transmit specified information to the supervisor of elections under specified circumstances; requiring that the applicant's legal status as a United States citizen be recorded in the statewide voter registration system; requiring that if the records of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles indicate that an applicant is not a United States citizen or has not provided acceptable evidence of citizenship, the online voter registration system must notify the supervisor of the applicant's legal status and transmit the application to the supervisor; requiring that the online voter registration system populate an applicant's information and direct the applicant to perform specified actions under specified conditions; requiring supervisors to verify a voter's legal status as a United States citizen using specified sources and initiate a certain notice if applicable; requiring that the voter's legal status as United States citizen and the type of document accepted as evidence of United States citizenship be recorded in the statewide voter registration system, etc.

Bill Details

State Florida

Session 2026 Regular Session

Chamber House

Official Source www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/991

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Action History

2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 2026-03-31 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor 2026-03-12 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled 2026-03-12 H CS passed as amended; YEAS 77, NAYS 28 2026-03-12 H Amendment 868392 Concur 2026-03-12 H Amendment 411409 Failed 2026-03-12 H Amendment 129437 Failed 2026-03-12 H Amendment 859783 Failed 2026-03-12 H Amendment 479043 Failed 2026-03-12 H Added to Senate Message List 2026-03-12 H In Messages 2026-03-12 S CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 12 2026-03-12 S Read 3rd time 2026-03-11 S Placed on 3rd reading 2026-03-11 S Amendment(s) adopted (868392) 2026-03-11 S Read 2nd time 2026-03-11 S Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1334 2026-03-11 S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading 2026-03-11 S Withdrawn from Rules 2026-02-26 S Received 2026-02-26 S Referred to Rules 2026-02-25 S In Messages 2026-02-25 H CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 31 2026-02-25 H Read 3rd time 2026-02-25 H Added to Third Reading Calendar 2026-02-25 H Amendment 746217 Failed 2026-02-25 H Amendment 192155 Failed 2026-02-25 H Amendment 025499 Failed 2026-02-25 H Amendment 587003 Failed 2026-02-25 H Amendment 228467 Failed 2026-02-25 H Amendment 921151 Failed 2026-02-25 H Amendment 658561 adopted 2026-02-25 H Amendment 818439 Failed 2026-02-25 H Amendment 810467 Failed 2026-02-25 H Amendment 090077 Failed 2026-02-25 H Read 2nd time 2026-02-19 H 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) 2026-02-19 H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026) 2026-02-19 H Bill referred to House Calendar 2026-02-18 H CS Filed 2026-02-18 H Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) 2026-02-18 H Reported out of State Affairs Committee 2026-02-17 H Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee 2026-02-13 H Added to State Affairs Committee agenda 2026-02-09 H Now in State Affairs Committee 2026-02-09 H Referred to State Affairs Committee 2026-02-09 H 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) 2026-02-06 H CS Filed 2026-02-06 H Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) 2026-02-06 H Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee 2026-02-05 H Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee 2026-02-03 H PCS added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda 2026-01-13 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) 2026-01-12 H Now in Government Operations Subcommittee 2026-01-12 H Referred to State Affairs Committee 2026-01-12 H Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee 2026-01-05 H Filed

Votes

2026-02-05 House Government Operations Subcommittee Yea: 11 Nay: 5 2026-02-17 House State Affairs Committee Yea: 17 Nay: 7 2026-02-25 House: Third Reading RCS#602 Yea: 83 Nay: 31 2026-03-11 Senate: Third Reading RCS#8 Yea: 12 Nay: 24 2026-03-12 Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 Yea: 27 Nay: 12 2026-03-12 House: Third Reading RCS#847 Yea: 77 Nay: 28

Committee Referrals

2026-01-12 H Government Operations Subcommittee 2026-02-09 H State Affairs

Amendments

2026-02-16 House Committee Amendment #314931 2026-02-16 House Committee Amendment #350803 to Amendment (314931) 2026-02-17 House Committee Amendment #505325 to Amendment (314931) 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #228467 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #631287 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #803535 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #730373 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #746217 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #090077 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #810467 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #818439 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #658561 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #921151 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #181947 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #386259 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #587003 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #596679 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #025499 2026-02-20 House Floor Amendment #192155

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-05 Introduced 2026-02-06 Comm Sub 2026-02-18 Comm Sub 2026-02-25 Engrossed 2026-03-13 Engrossed 2026-03-13 Enrolled Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)

Named provisions

Uniform Statewide Voter Registration Application Requirements Online Voter Registration System Transmissions Supervisor Verification Duties Citizenship Documentation Recording Requirements