SB 540 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Office of Financial Regulation

Summary
Office of Financial Regulation; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to cooperate with and seek cooperation from the Office of Financial Regulation concerning certain protective investigations of suspected financial exploitation of specified adults; requiring loan originators, mortgage brokers, and mortgage lenders to develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive written information security programs for the protection of information systems and nonpublic personal information; providing additional acts that constitute a ground for specified disciplinary actions against loan originators and mortgage brokers; authorizing the office to make investigations and examinations to aid the Department of Children and Families with certain protective investigations; requiring money services businesses to develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive written information security programs for the protection of information systems and nonpublic personal information, etc.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026
Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

S 540 c2 S 540 c3 · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill update shifts legislative oversight from the Appropriations Committee to the Committee on Rules, changes the bill version number from c2 to c3, and updates the internal committee substitute designation. The substantive policy content regarding financial regulations, cybersecurity requirements, and protective investigations remains identical to the previous version, with only minor formatting adjustments in the summary text.
Scope change
The bill's substantive scope and applicability remain unchanged; the only modification is the committee assignment for legislative review.
PROCEDURAL

Committee oversight was changed from the Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government and the Committee on Banking and Insurance to include the Committee on Rules.

The bill version identifier was updated from 'c2' to 'c3', and the committee substitute designation was changed from 'Committee Substitute 2' to 'Committee Substitute 3'.

The timestamp for the Office of Financial Regulation was updated from February 16, 2026, to February 24, 2026.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and wording adjustments were made to the summary description of the bill's contents, such as changing 'information security programs' to 'information security programs for the protection of information systems and nonpublic personal information' and adjusting the phrasing regarding redemption methods.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 25, 2026

How they voted

370
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Feb 25, 2026
D Democratic11
10 Yea 1
90% Yea
I Independent1
1
0% Nay
R Republican28
27 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/12/26, 4:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
upper
Jan 15, 2026
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 8, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Dec 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Jonathan Martin
RRepublican
FL
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