---
type: "Bill"
title: "Money Services Businesses"
description: "Money Services Businesses; Revises definition of term \"control person\" for purposes of ch. 560, F.S., relating to money services businesses; defines \"governing documents\" & \"membership interest.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 607"
citation: "Florida HB 607 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["concurrent)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-125"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/282f44c0-eba6-4d55-a539-775ed5e27990"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/607/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5f9b3109d16d50cdb558334da4bf96b0cdc9a2bd001c6fbadb1ddc5a775b4df8"
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 607 (2023) — Money Services Businesses

Money Services Businesses; Revises definition of term "control person" for purposes of ch. 560, F.S., relating to money services businesses; defines "governing documents" & "membership interest."

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-125.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 607 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/607/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 607 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/607/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 607 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/607/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Steele — primary (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2023-03-09** Now in State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-17** Added to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-21** Favorable by State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Reported out of State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-21** 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
- **2023-04-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-13** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **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`
- **2023-04-26** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 532
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-25** Chapter No. 2023-125

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/282f44c0-eba6-4d55-a539-775ed5e27990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).