Elections Voter Registration Citizenship Verification Requirements

State Bills: Florida

Published January 1st, 2027

Detected April 1st, 2026

Summary

Florida House Bill 991, signed into law on March 31, 2026, establishes new voter registration requirements including citizenship verification, acknowledgment requirements on the uniform statewide voter registration application, and data transmission requirements between the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and supervisors of elections. The law takes effect January 1, 2027.

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What changed

CS/CS/HB 991 amends Florida elections law to add citizenship verification requirements to the voter registration process. The bill requires the online voter registration system to transmit citizenship status information from DMV records to supervisors of elections and requires supervisors to verify voter citizenship using specified sources. All voter registration applications must now include an acknowledgment of U.S. citizenship, and both citizenship status and the type of evidence document accepted must be recorded in the statewide voter registration system.

Government agencies administering elections must prepare for the January 1, 2027 effective date by updating voter registration systems to integrate with DMV records, modifying applications to include the new citizenship acknowledgment, and training staff on verification procedures using specified sources. Failure to implement these requirements may result in non-compliance with state election law.

What to do next

Update voter registration systems to capture and record applicant citizenship status and evidence document type
Modify voter registration applications to include new U.S. citizenship acknowledgment requirement
Coordinate with Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to enable citizenship data transmission through online registration system

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CS/CS/HB 991: Elections

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ;
Government Operations Subcommittee ;
Persons-Mulicka ;
Trabulsy ;
(CO-INTRODUCERS)
Anderson ;
Benarroch ;
Chamberlin ;
Chaney ;
Holcomb ;
Robinson, W. ;
Salzman

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.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
Last Action: 3/31/2026
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Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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Bill History

| Date | Chamber | Action |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1/5/2026 | House | • Filed |
| 1/12/2026 | House | • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Government Operations Subcommittee |
| 1/13/2026 | House | • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 2/3/2026 | House | • PCS added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda |
| 2/5/2026 | House | • Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee |
| 2/6/2026 | House | • Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed |
| 2/9/2026 | House | • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in State Affairs Committee |
| 2/13/2026 | House | • Added to State Affairs Committee agenda |
| 2/17/2026 | House | • Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee |
| 2/18/2026 | House | • Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed |
| 2/19/2026 | House | • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) |
| 2/25/2026 | House | • Read 2nd time
• Amendment 090077 Failed
• Amendment 810467 Failed
• Amendment 818439 Failed
• Amendment 658561 adopted
• Amendment 921151 Failed
• Amendment 228467 Failed
• Amendment 587003 Failed
• Amendment 025499 Failed
• Amendment 192155 Failed
• Amendment 746217 Failed
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
• Read 3rd time
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 31 |
| 2/25/2026 | Senate | • In Messages |
| 2/26/2026 | Senate | • Referred to Rules
• Received |
| 3/11/2026 | Senate | • Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 762
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1334 -SJ 763
• Read 2nd time -SJ 763
• Amendment(s) adopted (868392) -SJ 780
• Placed on 3rd reading -SJ 781 |
| 3/12/2026 | Senate | • Read 3rd time -SJ 830
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 12 -SJ 830 |
| 3/12/2026 | House | • In Messages
• Added to Senate Message List
• Amendment 479043 Failed
• Amendment 859783 Failed
• Amendment 129437 Failed
• Amendment 411409 Failed
• Amendment 868392 Concur
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 77, NAYS 28
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled |
| 3/31/2026 | | • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |