---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation of Securities"
description: "Regulation of Securities; Requiring the Financial Services Commission to define the term “accredited investor” by rule; revising requirements for the registration of securities; revising grounds on which the office may revoke, suspend, or deny the registration of securities; specifying continuing education requirements for associated persons of investment advisers and federal covered advisers; authorizing the commission to establish rules of conduct and prohibited business practices for intermediaries, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 180"
citation: "Florida SB 180 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(adopted)", "(vetoed)", "domestic relations", "insurance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-205"
primary_sponsors: ["Banking and Insurance", "Gruters"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a3e3abd-f498-454f-b467-9837af1af7e6"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/180/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9d2f88e380dd87f1598342d750f07f3dced3e57e3ff451e55c21b35b8f278c5f"
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 180 (2023) — Regulation of Securities

Regulation of Securities; Requiring the Financial Services Commission to define the term “accredited investor” by rule; revising requirements for the registration of securities; revising grounds on which the office may revoke, suspend, or deny the registration of securities; specifying continuing education requirements for associated persons of investment advisers and federal covered advisers; authorizing the commission to establish rules of conduct and prohibited business practices for intermediaries, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-205.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 180 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/180/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 180 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/180/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 180 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/180/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 180 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/180/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Banking and Insurance — primary (person)
- Gruters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/29/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-29** CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-31** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-31** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2023-03-31** CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
- **2023-04-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/18/23, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-04-18** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2023-04-20** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/23, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-25** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/23
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Amendment(s) adopted (511822)
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
- **2023-04-28** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Chapter No. 2023-205

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a3e3abd-f498-454f-b467-9837af1af7e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).