Ballot law update heads to final House panel
A bill House Republicans say would improve election security has passed its penultimate committee.
The House Appropriations Committee voted along party lines to advance that priority legislation (
HB 7041), carried by Spring Hill Republican Rep.
Blaise Ingoglia.
Ingoglia has said it would keep elections offices from writing their own rules for monitoring drop boxes and handling ballots.
The bill comes despite Republicans, including Gov.
Ron DeSantis, touting Florida’s 2020 election cycle as
one of the smoothest and most secure in recent history. Ingoglia helped spearhead the state’s original drop box law, first used during the 2020 election cycle.