Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill establishing a state police unit with the responsibility of investigating voter fraud and other election crimes.

DeSantis signed Senate Bill 524 Monday, creating an Office of Election Crimes and Security under the Florida Department of State. Under the new law, Florida’s governors will be required to appoint special officers to investigate allegations of election law violations.

The law also seeks to strengthen voter ID requirements and election security by requiring voting supervisors to perform voter list maintenance on an annual basis.

DeSantis touted the law as another example of Florida’s leadership in election integrity.

“Twenty years ago, nobody thought Florida was a prime example of how to conduct elections, but we have become a national leader by running the most secure elections in the country,” DeSantis said.

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The law also raises ballot harvesting, which happens when a third party collects completed ballots, to a felony status while also increasing fines for other election law violations.

“When people and organizations interfere with Florida elections, there are consequences,” Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson said. “Voter confidence in the integrity of our elections is essential to maintaining a democratic form of government, and I am grateful to Gov. DeSantis for making election integrity in this state a focus of his administration.”

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The bill’s signing comes nearly a month after a federal judge struck down portions of a 2021 election law for placing unconstitutional and discriminatory restrictions on minority voters.

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker ruled that the state of Florida must get court approval for the next 10 years before it enacts further changes in any of the following: restrictions on mail-in voting drop boxes, limits on giving items to voters waiting in line, and new requirements placed on voter registration groups.

DeSantis’s office has vowed to work to reverse Walker’s ruling.