---
type: "Bill"
title: "Technology Innovation"
description: "Technology Innovation; Removes Division of State Technology from, & adding Florida Digital Service & Division of Telecommunications to, DMS; requires Florida Digital Service to develop enterprise architecture; prohibits DMS from retrieving or disclosing data under circumstances; revises certain standards that DLA, DFS, & DACS must adopt; provides notice requirements if departments adopt alternative standards in lieu of enterprise architecture standards; prohibits Florida Digital Service from retrieving or disclosing data; creates Financial Technology Sandbox within OFR; provides certain exceptions to general law & certain waivers of rule requirements to specified persons; provides Technology Sandbox application requirements; provides that licensees are not immune from civil damages & are subject to criminal & consumer protection laws & certain general laws; authorizes office to issue certain orders & to enforce them; provides appropriation; provides that specified provisions of act are contingent upon passage of other provisions addressing public records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1391"
citation: "Florida HB 1391 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "railroads and other regulated utilities"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-161"
primary_sponsors: ["Insurance and Banking Subcommittee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e36e191b-6916-4ecf-a558-25106d1f6040"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1391/ByCategory"
source_hash: "350d65e47bd784c07424b88c6b01aca1fc40a484ea4fcf8c3a90cfe160d69a5d"
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 HB 1391 (2020) — Technology Innovation

Technology Innovation; Removes Division of State Technology from, & adding Florida Digital Service & Division of Telecommunications to, DMS; requires Florida Digital Service to develop enterprise architecture; prohibits DMS from retrieving or disclosing data under circumstances; revises certain standards that DLA, DFS, & DACS must adopt; provides notice requirements if departments adopt alternative standards in lieu of enterprise architecture standards; prohibits Florida Digital Service from retrieving or disclosing data; creates Financial Technology Sandbox within OFR; provides certain exceptions to general law & certain waivers of rule requirements to specified persons; provides Technology Sandbox application requirements; provides that licensees are not immune from civil damages & are subject to criminal & consumer protection laws & certain general laws; authorizes office to issue certain orders & to enforce them; provides appropriation; provides that specified provisions of act are contingent upon passage of other provisions addressing public records.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-161.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1391 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1391/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1391 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1391/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1391 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1391/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1391 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1391/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 1391 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1391/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 1391 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1391/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- 1870), Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Operations & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **9–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** Referred to Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** PCS on Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-02-04** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-05** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-05** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-02-06** Now in Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-02-07** On Committee agenda-- Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/11/20, 1:30 pm, Mashburn Hall
- **2020-02-11** CS/CS by Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 2
- **2020-02-12** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-12** CS/CS by Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-02-13** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2020-03-01** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 03/02/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-03-02** CS/CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- **2020-03-03** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-03** CS/CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (860305) -HJ 830, 838
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** In Messages
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Withdrawn from Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-09** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1870
- **2020-03-09** Received
- **2020-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-01** Chapter No. 2020-161

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e36e191b-6916-4ecf-a558-25106d1f6040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).