Proposed Security Details for Statewide Candidates
November 14, 2025
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Where This Stands
Currently dead. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Introduced.
Procedural history
9 actions- Feb 27, 2026SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 25, 2026SenateCS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 2
- Feb 20, 2026SenateOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Jan 14, 2026SenateNow in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced
- Jan 13, 2026SenateCommitteeFavorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
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- Jan 8, 2026SenateOn Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Dec 1, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
- Nov 14, 2025SenateIntroducedFiled
Version history
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View official text →The Frame
The bill would have established a new, state-funded security mandate for specific political candidates, shifting the responsibility and cost of protection from individual campaigns to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Department of Law Enforcement
The department would have been legally required to provide and manage protective security details for eligible candidates.
Statewide constitutional office candidates
Major-party candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and cabinet offices would have received state-provided security.
Last recorded activity November 14, 2025.
Introduced.
Summary
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which candidates would have been eligible for this security?
Would minor party candidates have received this protection?
When would the security detail have started?
Why It Matters
The bill would have established a new, state-funded security mandate for specific political candidates, shifting the responsibility and cost of protection from individual campaigns to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
News Coverage
Voting Record
Favorable with Committee Substitute
Total
10
Yes
7
No
2
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (10)
Favorable
Total
9
Yes
7
No
2
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
Sponsors
Connected Entities
Sources
openstates.org
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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