LOC GOV-CREDIT CARD AGREEMENTS
Summary
Amends the Local Governmental Acceptance of Credit Cards Act. Provides that the governing body of a governmental entity accepting payment by credit card may enter into agreements with third-party software providers for the purpose of ensuring that the governmental entity receives the correct remittance for payment. Provides that, if a governmental entity enters into an agreement with one or more financial institutions or other service providers to facilitate the acceptance and processing of credit card payments, then the agreement may not restrict or prevent the governmental entity from using the payment processing system outlined in the State Treasurer Act or any other payment processing system that the governmental entity has procured. Effective immediately.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Aug 2026
Introduced Mar 26, 2026
Signed Aug 21, 2026
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What changed between versions
Engrossed
→
Enrolled
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3 edits
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Aug 21, 2026
MINOR
The bill was finalized for signature (Enrolled) after being approved in its final form (Engrossed). The primary substantive change involves adding a new provision that explicitly allows local governments to contract with financial institutions, provided the contract complies with laws against tying financial services. This addition clarifies the legal authority for these contracts and removes previous text that was likely a formatting error or placeholder.
Scope change
The scope of applicability remains the same for local governments, but the legal mechanism for contracting with financial institutions is now explicitly authorized and conditioned on federal and state anti-tying laws.
REQUIREMENT
Added a new sentence permitting local governmental entities to enter into contracts with financial institutions, as long as those contracts comply with laws prohibiting the tying of financial services.
TECHNICAL
Removed a stray line containing the 'Engrossed' status and page number that appeared in the middle of a paragraph, which was likely a formatting error.
Adjusted line numbers and page headers to reflect the bill's transition from 'Engrossed' to 'Enrolled' status.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 26, 2026 · House May 29, 2026
How they voted
44–0
Passed · 14 other
Total votes 58
Mar 26, 2026
D
Democratic39
71% Yea
R
Republican19
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
50
Key actions
11
Committee
14
Amendments
10
Aug 21, 2026
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 31, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 31, 2026
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
upper
May 30, 2026
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government; 009-000-000
upper
May 30, 2026
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government
upper
May 30, 2026
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
upper
May 30, 2026
Introduced
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 31, 2026
upper
May 30, 2026
Introduced
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
upper
May 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-002
lower
May 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
lower
May 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Financial Institutions and Licensing Committee; 009-000-000
lower
May 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Financial Institutions and Licensing Committee
lower
May 20, 2026
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 20, 2026
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez
lower
May 5, 2026
Amended
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
lower
May 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Financial Institutions and Licensing Committee; 011-000-000
lower
May 4, 2026
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 4, 2026
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez
lower
Apr 27, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Financial Institutions and Licensing Committee
lower
Mar 27, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 046-000-000
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 009-000-000
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Local Government
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Hernandez
DDemocratic
P
Meg Loughran Cappel
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Didech
DDemocratic
Co
Linda Holmes
DDemocratic
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