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IntroducedOct 15, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
Virtual Currency Kiosks; Revising the definition of the term “money services business”; revising the requirements for certain rules adopted by the Financial Services Commission; revising the actions by money services businesses, authorized vendors, or affiliated parties which constitute grounds for disciplinary action; prohibiting persons from engaging in certain business unless they are registered or exempt from registration; prohibiting a virtual currency kiosk business from operating in this state without registering or renewing its registration, etc.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 25, 2026: Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 505
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 198
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Rulesprimary
- Banking and Insuranceprimary

- Arringtoncosponsor
Votes
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
- Davis
Actions
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Read 2nd time
- Substituted CS/HB 505
- Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 505
- Feb 23, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/25/26
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
- Now in Rules
- Jan 30, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Now in Commerce and Tourism
- Jan 28, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- Jan 23, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/28/26, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Nov 03, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Banking and Insurance; Commerce and Tourism; Rules
- Oct 15, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
Bill Texts
- S 198 FiledHTML
- S 198 c1HTML
- S 198 c2HTML
- Committee Amendment 695850 (Replaced by Substitute Amendment 1/29/2026) -- Banking and Insurance (Rouson)PDF
- Committee Substitute Amendment 959472 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/29/2026) -- Banking and Insurance (Rouson)PDF
- Committee Amendment 855276 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/10/2026) -- Rules (Rouson)PDF
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) (1/27/2026 10:34 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) (1/29/2026 1:10 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) (2/5/2026 8:28 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting) (2/4/2026 2:54 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (2/9/2026 7:37 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (2/12/2026 9:26 AM)
