# Florida SB 62: Candidate Qualification

Florida SB 62, Candidate Qualification, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Kristen Aston Arrington (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-02-26 (Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 91 (Ch. 2026-25), CS/CS/HB 991 (Ch. 2026-26) -SJ 454) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB62-2026
- 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 62
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Candidate Qualification
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-09-19
- Last action: 2026-02-26, Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 91 (Ch. 2026-25), CS/CS/HB 991 (Ch. 2026-26) -SJ 454
- Sponsor: Kristen Aston Arrington (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Ethics and Elections, Judiciary, Rules
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (38 yes, 0 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: Kristen Aston Arrington (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ethics and Elections

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-01-27 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 21 | 0 |   |
| 2025-12-02 | Senate | Judiciary Vote | pass | 10 | 0 |   |
| 2025-11-19 | Senate | Ethics and Elections Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-02-26: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 91 (Ch. 2026-25), CS/CS/HB 991 (Ch. 2026-26) -SJ 454 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Substituted CS/HB 91 -SJ 454 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Read 2nd time -SJ 454 (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26 (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-12-02: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2025-12-02: Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-11-24: On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 12/02/25, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-11-20: Now in Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-11-20: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-11-19: CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-11-10: On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 11/19/25, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-10-06: Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-09-19: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c1, 2026-02-26: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/62/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/62/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-09-19: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/62/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/62/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/2026/62/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/62/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/62/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/62/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-SB62-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).