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CS/CS/SB 132: Legal Tender

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Banking and Insurance ; Rodriguez ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gruters ; Burgess

Legal Tender; Requiring the Department of Financial Services to contract with an appropriate vendor to conduct a specified study and submit a report to the Legislature by a specified date; prohibiting the vendor from having certain relationships; requiring, by a specified date, the department to provide proposed statutory and administrative rule language if certain conditions are met, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 4/29/2025 Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 999 -SJ 629
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/20/2024 Senate • Filed
    1/15/2025 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
    3/4/2025 Senate • Introduced
    3/26/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/31/2025 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
    4/3/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Original reference(s) removed: Finance and Tax
    • Remaining references corrected to Appropriations
    • Now in Appropriations
    • CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
    4/17/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
    4/22/2025 Senate • CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
    4/23/2025 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
    • CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
    4/24/2025 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 553
    4/28/2025 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 597
    4/29/2025 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 629
    • Substituted CS/HB 999 -SJ 629
    • Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 999 -SJ 629

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  • CS/CS/SB 132, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/23/2025 at 8:27 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/23/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 999 (er) Legal Tender Commerce Committee Compare Last Action: 4/30/2025 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled Track This Bill

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  • CS/SB 132, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 4/3/2025 at 8:08 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 4/21/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 999 (c1) Legal Tender Commerce Committee Similar Last Action: 4/30/2025 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    570732 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Appropriations
    (Rodriguez)     		4/21/2025
    11:04 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/22/2025     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 764388 - Amendment to Amendment (570732)
    Delete line 8 and insert:     		Appropriations
    (Rodriguez)     		4/21/2025
    5:05 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/22/2025     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/22/2025 11:00 AM Appropriations 18 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (15)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    212.02 Definitions. Page 3 (pdf)
    212.05 Sales, storage, use tax. Page 4 (pdf)
    215.986 Page 6 (pdf)
    280.21 Page 8 (pdf)
    559.952 Financial Technology Sandbox. Page 20 (pdf)
    560.103 Definitions. Page 9 (pdf)
    560.141 License application. Page 10 (pdf)
    560.142 License renewal. Page 11 (pdf)
    560.150 Page 11 (pdf)
    560.204 License required. Page 12 (pdf)
    560.205 Additional license application requirements. Page 13 (pdf)
    560.214 Page 14 (pdf)
    655.50 Florida Control of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Financial Institutions Act. Page 17 (pdf)
    655.970 Page 17 (pdf)
    672.511 Tender of payment by buyer; payment by check. Page 19 (pdf)

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  • SB 132, Original Filed Version Posted 12/20/2024 at 4:14 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 3/28/2025 (pdf)
    Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 4/2/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 999 Legal Tender Commerce Committee Compare Last Action: 4/30/2025 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    605920 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Banking and Insurance
    (Rodriguez)     		3/28/2025
    5:47 PM
    (Late Filed)     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/2/2025     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/31/2025 1:30 PM Banking and Insurance 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    215.986 Page 1 (pdf)

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