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HB 401FLORIDA · STATEWIDESession 2026dead

Proposed Security Details for Governor and Lieutenant Governor Candidates

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

March 13, 2026

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The Frame

What this does

The bill would have established a permanent state-funded security mandate for gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial nominees, shifting the responsibility and cost of candidate protection from individual campaigns to the Department of Law Enforcement.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Department of Law Enforcement

The department would have been mandated to provide and manage protective security details for gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial nominees.

Major political party nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor

These individuals would have received state-funded protective security details during the election period.

What changed

Last recorded activity March 13, 2026.

What's next

Introduced.

Summary

This bill would have required the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to provide protective security details to major-party candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor during the election cycle. The protection would have begun after the primary election results were certified and continued until the candidates either conceded or assumed office.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who would have been eligible for this security detail?
Major political party nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor would have been eligible; nominees from minor political parties were excluded.
When would the security protection have started?
Protection would have begun immediately after the certified the primary election results.
Did this bill become law?
No, the bill died in the Rules committee on March 13, 2026.

Why It Matters

The bill would have established a permanent state-funded security mandate for gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial nominees, shifting the responsibility and cost of candidate protection from individual campaigns to the Department of Law Enforcement.

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Voting Record

Motion succeededlower2/25/2026openstates_bulkOfficial roll call ↗

Passage, Third Reading

Total

117

Yes

116

No

0

Present

0

Not Voting

1

Abstain

0

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift90% confidence

State-funded candidate security

The bill represented an attempt to formalize state-provided security for candidates, moving away from reliance on campaign-funded security.

Department of Law Enforcement

Connected Entities

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Sources

Open source document

openstates.org

Analysis Score

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  • Controversy20
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  • Entertainment10
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  • Buzz15
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