---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blockchain Technology"
description: "Blockchain Technology"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1024"
citation: "Florida SB 1024 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["executive branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-52"
primary_sponsors: ["Gruters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7af70535-af5a-4388-8f59-b5d44d678a39"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1024/ByCategory"
source_hash: "550ca2a4354928c7c1924453b13a7dd6d7afbea36992d96e1908e6d64d65d923"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 1024 (2019) — Blockchain Technology

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-52.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 1024 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1024/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1024 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1024/BillText/c1/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gruters — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/18/19, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-03-18** Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Now in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
- **2019-03-28** On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 04/02/19, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-04-02** CS by Innovation, Industry, and Technology; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-02** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-03** Now in Rules
- **2019-04-03** CS by Innovation, Industry, and Technology read 1st time
- **2019-04-18** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/23/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-04-23** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-24** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/19
- **2019-04-24** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-26** In Messages
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/19
- **2019-04-29** Received
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Chapter No. 2019-52, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1393 (Ch. 2019-140)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7af70535-af5a-4388-8f59-b5d44d678a39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).