30762694, 1SER26-2 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

Home

Florida Department of State and Division of Library and Information Services

Notice: 30762694

Notice of Emergency Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Division:

Division of Elections

Overview

RULE:

1SER26-2

Designation of Division of Elections as Filing Office for Department of State; Requirements for Candidate Qualifying Papers; Withdrawal of Candidacy

SPECIFIC REASONS FOR FINDING AN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE:

Candidate qualifying forms incorporated by reference in R. 1S-2.0001(3)(c) were updated in Emergency Rule 1SER26-1 because of changes to F.S. 99.021, 99.061, 105.031, and 106.023 pursuant to §§ 10, 12, 26, 27 of HB 991 (2026), which became effective upon enactment on April 1, 2026, and the first qualifying period for 2026 starts on April 20, 2026, with candidates permitted to submit qualifying papers up to 14 days before the start of the qualifying period. This emergency rule corrects the omission of the newly required Statement of Legal Name Change from Forms DS-DE 302NP-E (Eff. 04/2026) and DS-DE 304SB-E (Eff. 04/2026).

REASON FOR CONCLUDING THAT THE PROCEDURE IS FAIR UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES:

The corrections to the updated candidate qualifying forms are required by recently enacted law and affected candidates will be unable to timely submit proper qualifying papers without immediate adoption of the corrected updated forms.

SUMMARY:

This emergency rule supersedes R. 1S-2.0001 and 1SER26-1 to update forms DS-DE 301A, DS-DE 301B, DE-DE 301C, DS-DE 305A, DS-DE 305B, DS-DE 305C, DS-DE 302NP, DS-DE 304SB, DS-DE 303JU, DS-DE 300A, DS-DE 300B, and DS-DE 300C to comply with §§ 10, 12, 26, 27 of HB 991 (2026).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE EMERGENCY RULE IS:

Bilal Ahmed Faruqui, Deputy General Counsel, bilal.faruqui@dos.fl.gov

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

4/9/2026 Vol. 52/69

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=1SER26-2&PDate=4/9/2026&Section=4

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Ref-15774 DSDE301C - State and Local Partisan Oath Write-In
Ref-15775 DSDE301B - State and Local Partisan Oath No Pty Aff
Ref-15776 DSDE301A - State and Local Partisan Oath Pty Aff
Ref-15777 DSDE300C - Fed Oath Write-In
Ref-15778 DSDE300A - Fed Oath Pty Aff
Ref-15780 DSDE302NP - NOP Oath
Ref-15781 DSDE300B - Fed Oath No Pty Aff
Ref-15782 DSDE304SB - School Board Oath
Ref-15783 DSDE303JU - Judicial Oath
Ref-15968 DSDE305B -Committeemen and Committeewomen Oath - District
Ref-15969 DSDE305C -Committeemen and Committeewomen Oath - Precinct

Under Florida law, E-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your E-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.