# Florida SB 500: Security for Statewide Constitutional Office Candidates

Florida SB 500, Security for Statewide Constitutional Office Candidates, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Avila, Tom A. Wright (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-13 (Died on Calendar) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB500-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 500
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Security for Statewide Constitutional Office Candidates
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-14
- Last action: 2026-03-13, Died on Calendar
- Sponsors: Avila, Tom A. Wright (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Ethics and Elections, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (11 yes, 4 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Avila
- Sponsor: Tom A. Wright (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Vote | pass | 5 | 2 |   |
| 2026-01-13 | Senate | Ethics and Elections Vote | pass | 6 | 2 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2026-03-13: Died on Calendar (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Original reference(s) removed: Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 2 (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 (Senate)
- 2026-01-08: On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-12-01: Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-11-14: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c1, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/500/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/500/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-11-14: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/500/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/500/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed)
- HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed)
- HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed)
- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)

## Sources
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/500/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/500/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/500/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/500/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB500-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).