---
type: "Bill"
title: "Debt Management Services"
description: "Debt Management Services; Increases maximum fee that may be charged for debt management services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 599"
citation: "Florida HB 599 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-206"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e29dcfa1-7409-4db3-a44c-a6d46380ee44"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/599/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8b5998329aa3b4dc8091b948898c2ade064136ef60f0d937fdbbef704871f37b"
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 599 (2023) — Debt Management Services

Debt Management Services; Increases maximum fee that may be charged for debt management services.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-206.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 599 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/599/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 599 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/599/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 599 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/599/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-14** Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2023-03-15** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee (Amended) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 628
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Chapter No. 2023-206
- **2023-06-12** Chapter No. 2023-206

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e29dcfa1-7409-4db3-a44c-a6d46380ee44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).