SB0564 • 2026

Student Volunteers at Polling Locations

Education Elections Labor

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Yarborough
Last action: 2026-02-26
Official status: Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 461 -SJ 456
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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Student Volunteers at Polling Locations

Student Volunteers at Polling Locations; Providing that specified high school students who volunteer to assist poll workers are not subject to provisions prohibiting certain agencies and state and local officials from soliciting, accepting, or otherwise using private funds or certain personal services for election-related expenses, etc.

What This Bill Does

Student Volunteers at Polling Locations; Providing that specified high school students who volunteer to assist poll workers are not subject to provisions prohibiting certain agencies and state and local officials from soliciting, accepting, or otherwise using private funds or certain personal services for election-related expenses, etc.

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Amendments

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861108

Committee amendment S 564 Filed • Education Pre-K - 12 (Yarborough)

Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/29/2026

Plain English: Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.

Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.
SB 564 Ì861108ÂÎ861108 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate .
House Comm: RCS .
01/29/2026 .

Bill History

2026-02-26 Senate
• Read 2nd time -SJ 456 • Substituted CS/HB 461 -SJ 456 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 461 -SJ 456
2026-02-23 Senate
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
2026-02-03 Senate
• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-01-29 Senate
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules • CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-27 Senate
• CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
2026-01-22 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-14 Senate
• Now in Education Pre-K - 12
2026-01-13 Senate
• Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 • Introduced
2026-01-08 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
2025-12-09 Senate
• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Education Pre-K - 12; Rules
2025-11-18 Senate
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Student Volunteers at Polling Locations; Providing that specified high school students who volunteer to assist poll workers are not subject to provisions prohibiting certain agencies and state and local officials from soliciting, accepting, or otherwise using private funds or certain personal services for election-related expenses, etc.

Current Bill Text

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Florida Senate
-
2026

CS for SB 564

By
the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senator Yarborough

581-02258-26 2026564c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to student volunteers at polling
3 locations; amending s. 97.0291, F.S.; providing that
4 specified high school students who volunteer to assist
5 poll workers are not subject to provisions prohibiting
6 certain agencies and state and local officials from
7 soliciting, accepting, or otherwise using private
8 funds or certain personal services for election
9 related expenses; providing an effective date.
10
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
12
13 Section 1. Section 97.0291, Florida Statutes, is amended to
14 read:
15 97.0291 Prohibition on use of private funds for election
16 related expenses.—
17
(1)

An

No
agency or
a
state or local official responsible
18 for conducting elections, including, but not limited to, a
19 supervisor of elections, may
not
solicit, accept, use, or
20 dispose of any donation in the form of money, grants, property,
21 or personal services from an individual or a nongovernmental
22 entity for the purpose of funding any type of expenses related
23 to election administration, including, but not limited to, voter
24 education, voter outreach, voter registration programs, or the
25 cost of any litigation related to election administration.
26
(2)
This section does not prohibit
:

27
(a)
The donation and acceptance of space to be used for a
28 polling room or an early voting site.
29
(b)

High school students in this state who are registered

30
or preregistered to vote from volunteering to assist poll

31
workers for the purpose of
receiving community service hours to

32
meet community service requirements for high school graduation

33
or postsecondary financial aid
.

34 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.