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Vote Yes on this bill if you want a statewide veterans suicide prevention program that boosts screenings, funds local efforts, trains agencies, and improves data sharing and annual reporting to target help faster.
Organizations that support this bill may include veterans service organizations, military family groups, mental health and suicide prevention advocates, and public health departments seeking coordinated care and local grants.
Vote No on this bill if you want to limit government program expansion and spending, keep death and autopsy information from being shared with the veterans department, and avoid new grant and training duties.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include civil liberties and privacy advocates, budget watchdog groups, and some medical-legal stakeholders concerned about broader sharing of death and autopsy data and potential new costs.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want people incarcerated for felony convictions to retain the right to vote, expanding civic participation and ending the state’s constitutional ban on voting in prison.
Organizations that support this bill may include voting rights and civil liberties groups, criminal justice reform advocates, racial justice coalitions, some faith-based social justice organizations, and community groups focused on civic engagement.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep the current prohibition on voting while serving a felony sentence and limit ballot access to those not incarcerated.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include victims’ rights groups, some law enforcement associations, tough-on-crime advocacy organizations, certain conservative policy institutes, and groups focused on election security concerns.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want stricter caps on campaign donations and spending, faster public disclosure of all election money before votes, and clearer authority to regulate corporate political activity to reduce unequal influence.
Good-government and transparency groups, campaign finance reform advocates, small-donor and grassroots organizations, and community coalitions seeking to curb big money in politics may support this bill.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new limits on political giving and spending, keep corporate political activity less restricted, and prevent additional reporting and compliance requirements for donors and campaigns.
Some business and industry associations, large donors and independent expenditure groups, and civil liberties organizations worried about limits on political spending may oppose this bill.
Vote Yes if you want district maps drawn by an independent, diverse commission with public input, clear anti-gerrymandering rules, and only up-or-down legislative votes to produce fairer, more trusted elections.
Good-government and voting-rights organizations, nonpartisan democracy reform groups, civil rights advocates, and academic and civic groups promoting fair maps may support this bill.
Vote No if you prefer lawmakers to keep control of redistricting, allowing more partisan influence over maps and avoiding the costs and new rules of an independent commission.
State party committees, incumbent-protection groups, some legislative leadership organizations, and consultants who benefit from partisan map-drawing may oppose this bill.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want people incarcerated for felony convictions to regain the right to register and vote immediately, expanding democratic participation while they are in prison.
Organizations that support this bill may include civil rights and voting rights groups, criminal justice reform and reentry organizations, prisoner advocacy groups, and faith-based social justice organizations.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep the current law that blocks people in prison for felonies from registering and voting.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include some victims' rights groups, certain law enforcement associations, tough-on-crime advocacy groups, and organizations focused on stricter election rules.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want eligible residents to register and vote the same day at polling places or early voting sites with proof of address, provisional ballots as a backup, and penalties and investigations to deter fraud.
Organizations that support this bill may include voting rights and civil liberties groups, student and youth organizations, good-government coalitions, and community groups focused on reducing barriers to the ballot.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep advance registration deadlines, avoid possible longer lines and higher administrative costs on Election Day, and require more time for officials to verify voter information before ballots are cast.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include election-security advocacy groups, some local election administrators concerned about costs and staffing, and organizations that favor stricter registration deadlines.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the Kennedy Center renamed the Donald J. Trump Center and all official references, signs, and materials updated.
Organizations that support this bill may include conservative advocacy groups, supporters of Donald J. Trump, and groups favoring renaming public institutions to reflect recent leaders.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep the John F. Kennedy Center name and avoid the costs and controversy of a renaming.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include arts and cultural nonprofits connected to the Kennedy Center’s legacy, historic preservation groups, and organizations that prefer keeping established public names.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want a state-appointed board to build and run the Florida Museum of Black History in St. Johns County, with clear deadlines, a nonprofit partner, and county staff support during planning.
Organizations that support this bill may include museum associations, Black history and civil rights groups, educators, local tourism and business chambers, and St. Johns County officials who favor cultural investment.
Vote No on this bill if you do not want the board created, do not want the county to provide staff support, or want to avoid possible costs and political influence over the museum.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include taxpayer watchdogs, limited‑government groups, and critics of political appointments who worry about costs or undue influence.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want code inspectors to use body cameras under standardized policies, with training, public-record retention, and fewer legal barriers to recording public encounters.
Organizations that support this bill may include municipal governments, code enforcement associations, and transparency advocates who want clear rules, training, and video evidence of inspector-public interactions.
Vote No on this bill if you want to limit government recording during inspections, maintain stronger consent requirements, and reduce potential privacy risks from storing and releasing footage.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include civil liberties and privacy groups, tenant and homeowner advocates, and some business groups concerned about recording on private property and data retention.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to end most local business taxes, simplify business paperwork statewide, and prevent cities from raising existing gross-receipts merchant tax rates.
Organizations that support this bill may include statewide and local business associations, small business and startup groups, and taxpayer advocacy organizations seeking lower compliance costs and fewer local taxes.
Vote No on this bill if you want to preserve local authority to levy business taxes, protect city and county revenues tied to business licensing, and avoid potential shifts to other fees or service cuts.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include city and county government associations, local government finance officer groups, and public service or labor organizations concerned about reduced municipal revenue and service impacts.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the state to preempt local rules and stop removal or damage of public monuments displayed 25+ years, fine officials who violate, let groups sue for fees and up to $100,000, require restoration or return after temporary moves, and withhold certain arts/history funds until costs are repaid.
Organizations that support this bill may include historic preservation groups, veterans’ organizations, heritage societies, and statewide history commissions that favor uniform protection of monuments.
Vote No on this bill if you want local governments to decide what to do with their monuments, avoid state-imposed fines and lawsuits, prevent state funding holdbacks, and keep flexibility to remove, relocate, or reinterpret controversial displays.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include civil rights and social justice groups, municipal and county associations, and public historians who favor local control or changes to controversial monuments.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want stronger protections against deed and real estate fraud, free property alerts for owners, tighter identity checks, required notary training and testing, clearer records, and safe-harbor rules that still hold bad actors accountable.
Organizations that support this bill may include consumer protection and elder advocacy groups, title insurers and settlement companies, notary professional associations favoring higher standards, and homeowner groups concerned about deed fraud.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new mandates and costs on clerks and notaries, stop a new paper filing fee, limit data retention that could risk privacy, and prevent added hurdles that may slow or complicate real estate transactions.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include independent notaries and small real estate firms wary of new training and record-keeping costs, privacy advocates concerned about ID and video storage, and local governments concerned about unfunded alert-system mandates.