Here are key bills that Common Cause is watching during the 2026 Legislative Session in Florida.

Voting & Fair Representation

Bad Bills:

• Elections (HB 991 / SB 1334): Would remove thousands of eligible U.S. citizens from the voter rolls and prevent eligible U.S. citizens from being registered to vote. Read more here.
  • ACTION: Call your House and Senate representatives and ask them to vote NO on these bills. If you don’t have access to official documents to prove your citizenship (like a passport or certified copy of your birth certificate and official name change documents): share your story!
• Mid-Decade Redistricting (no bills introduced yet): Drawing voting maps to benefit a political party is illegal under Florida’s Constitution. We will oppose any efforts to redraw Florida’s maps for partisan gain.
  • ACTION: Call your House and Senate representatives and tell them to reject any attempt to redraw Florida’s voting maps before the 2030 census!

Good Bills:

• The Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Florida Voting Rights Act (HB 1419/SB 1598): Provides stronger tools to fight voter suppression, repeals bad elections laws, and expands access to the ballot for all eligible Florida voters.
  • ACTION: Learn more here about our coalition’s work to ensure all Floridians truly have equal access to the ballot and ask your House and Senate representatives to co-sponsor these bills!
• Elections During Emergencies (HB 1191/SB 1416): Provides critical flexibility for Supervisors of Elections to ensure rapid and effective support for disaster-affected voters in their counties.
• Restoration of Rights Voting Database (HB 73/SB 132): Fulfills the promise of rights restoration for Floridians with prior felony convictions by enable returning citizens to know if their right to vote has been restored or not.
• Special Elections (SB 460/HB 597): Requires the Governor to call special elections in a timely manner to fill vacancies.
• State Reapportionment (HJR 619/SJR 728): Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to create an independent redistricting commission.
• Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote (HB 57/SB 232): Makes Florida part of the solution to the problem of the Electoral College!

Anti-Corruption & Accountability

Bad Bills:

• Public Records and Meetings/Chief of Domestic Security (HB 1473/SB 1634): Would allow the state to punish advocacy and civil society groups while hiding the reasons from the public.
• Governmental Agency Publication of Advertisements and Public Notices (HB 1009) & Legal Notices (SB 380): Will make it even harder to find and track public/legal notices.

Good Bills:

• Employee Protections (SB 92): Prohibits adverse actions against employees or independent contractors for disclosing information to the Commission on Ethics.
• Public Records (HB 437/SB 770): Helps address the issue of state, county, and local government agencies delaying, denying, or outright ignoring public records requests from Floridians.
• Candidate Qualification (SB 62/HB 91): Requires candidates to be registered with their party for 365 days before qualifying, helping to close a loophole that enables election manipulation.

Media & Technology

Needs Improvement:

• Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights (SB 482/HB 1395): Creates some measures to regulate AI (which is good), but fails to actually protect Floridians (which is bad).

Civil Rights & Civil Liberties

Bad Bills:

• Ideologies Inconsistent with American Principles (SB 1632/HB 1471): Would expand the state’s power to criminalize advocacy, punish students, and defund civil society groups.
• Official Actions of Local Governments (SB 1134/HB 1001): Prohibits counties and municipalities from adopting or operating diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
• Materials Harmful to Minors (SB 1692/HB 1119): Expands book bans in schools.
• Adoption and Display of Flags by Governmental Entities (SB 426/HB 347): Prohibits local governments and government agencies from displaying Pride Flags.

Good Bills:

• VISIBLE Act (SB 316/HB 419): Requires immigration officers to wear visible identification and prohibits them from wearing face coverings.
• Florida Economic Prosperity and Immigration Act (HB 315/SB 328): Would help stop discrimination based on immigration status.