---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Financial Services"
description: "Department of Financial Services; Requires DFS to create secure online portal to accept service of process; authorizes specified persons to purchase coverage in state group health insurance plan at specified premium costs; provides functions of Florida Open Financial Statement System; requires local governments to use system to file specified reports; requires hospitals to demonstrate financial responsibility; removes cap on transferring burial rights fees; revises requirements to practice embalming & funeral directing; provides requirements for title agencies & public adjusters; removes provisions relating to duties of AHCA & to the board of Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund; provides fund requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 959"
citation: "Florida HB 959 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure", "criminal procedure and corrections", "executive branch", "insurance", "labor", "public health", "public officers", "employees", "and records", "social welfare", "solicitations", "taxation and finance", "torts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-138"
primary_sponsors: ["LaMarca"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 60
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-12-17"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37057b05-4355-4cef-ac33-5b4e0447363d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/959/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0b75eaec3c168c2ad5e024bcc9bc962b3beec05a6d36863347e6b25e855cfc2e"
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 959 (2022) — Department of Financial Services

Department of Financial Services; Requires DFS to create secure online portal to accept service of process; authorizes specified persons to purchase coverage in state group health insurance plan at specified premium costs; provides functions of Florida Open Financial Statement System; requires local governments to use system to file specified reports; requires hospitals to demonstrate financial responsibility; removes cap on transferring burial rights fees; revises requirements to practice embalming & funeral directing; provides requirements for title agencies & public adjusters; removes provisions relating to duties of AHCA & to the board of Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund; provides fund requirements.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-138.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 959 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/959/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 959 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/959/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 959 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/959/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 959 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/959/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 959 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/959/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 959 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/959/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Finance & Facilities Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Finance and Facilities Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- LaMarca — primary (person)
- Maney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-17** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-14** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-19** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2022-01-21** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2022-01-22** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-01-22** CS Filed
- **2022-01-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-01-25** Referred to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Now in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
- **2022-01-25** Added to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-27** Favorable with CS by Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
- **2022-01-28** Reported out of Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
- **2022-01-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-01-28** CS Filed
- **2022-01-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-02-01** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-07** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2022-02-09** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-09** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-15** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2022-02-17** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-18** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-18** CS Filed
- **2022-02-21** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
- **2022-02-21** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Amendment 328107 adopted
- **2022-03-03** Amendment 662607 adopted
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Received
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1874
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-20** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-26** Chapter No. 2022-138

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37057b05-4355-4cef-ac33-5b4e0447363d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).