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HB0401 • 2026

Security for Nominees and Officers-elect to the Offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Security for Nominees and Officers-elect to the Offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
State Affairs Committee ; Sirois ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Barnaby
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
Senate - Died in Rules
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Security for Nominees and Officers-elect to the Offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Security for Nominees and Officers-elect to the Offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; Requires FDLE to provide certain nominees & officers-elect with protective security detail for specified time period.

What This Bill Does

  • Security for Nominees and Officers-elect to the Offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; Requires FDLE to provide certain nominees & officers-elect with protective security detail for specified time period.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 Senate

    • Died in Rules

  2. 2026-02-26 Senate

    • Referred to Rules • Received

  3. 2026-02-25 House

    • Read 2nd time • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0

  4. 2026-02-25 Senate

    • In Messages

  5. 2026-02-19 House

    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)

  6. 2026-02-10 House

    • Favorable by Budget Committee • Reported out of Budget Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar

  7. 2026-02-06 House

    • Added to Budget Committee agenda

  8. 2026-02-03 House

    • Favorable by Judiciary Committee • Reported out of Judiciary Committee • Now in Budget Committee

  9. 2026-01-30 House

    • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

  10. 2026-01-23 House

    • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Referred to Budget Committee • Now in Judiciary Committee • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  11. 2026-01-22 House

    • Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee • Reported out of State Affairs Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed

  12. 2026-01-20 House

    • PCS added to State Affairs Committee agenda

  13. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  14. 2025-11-18 House

    • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Referred to Budget Committee • Now in State Affairs Committee

  15. 2025-11-12 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Security for Nominees and Officers-elect to the Offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; Requires FDLE to provide certain nominees & officers-elect with protective security detail for specified time period.

Current Bill Text

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CS/HB 401 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to security for nominees and officers-2
elect to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant 3
Governor; creating s. 99.122, F.S.; requiring the 4
Department of Law Enforcement to provide certain 5
nominees and officers-elect with a protective security 6
detail for a specified time period; providing an 7
effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Section 99.122, Florida Statutes, is created to 12
read: 13
99.122 Protective security detail for nominees and 14
officers-elect.—The Department of Law Enforcement must provide a 15
protective security detail to all nominees of a political party, 16
other than the nominees of a minor political party, to the 17
offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The protective 18
security detail must be provided immediately upon the 19
adjournment of the meeting of the Elections Canvassing 20
Commission certifying the results of the primary election under 21
s. 102.111 until the relevant nominee concedes the general 22
election or upon adjournment of the meeting of the Elections 23
Canvassing Commission certifying the results of the general 24
election under s. 102.111, whichever is earlier. The Department 25

CS/HB 401 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

of Law Enforcement must continue to provide a protective 26
security detail to the officers-elect until the officers-elect 27
assume office. 28
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 29