--- type: "Bill" title: "Financial Services" description: "Financial Services ; Requires state financial institutions to pay semiannual assessment for specified time periods; requires that semiannual assessment be received by Office of Financial Regulation in specified manner & by specified dates; authorizes office to issue specified certificate under certain circumstances; authorizes certain elected officers, directors, or committee members of credit union to be reimbursed for certain expenses; revises timeframe for certain requirements by directors of proposed bank or trust company; revises timeframe within which bank or trust company corporation is required to open & conduct specified business." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 1549" citation: "Florida HB 1549 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["insurance"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2025-145" primary_sponsors: ["Maggard"] version_count: 4 action_count: 48 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2025-02-28" last_action: "2025-06-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7b62b8e-85d5-44f3-8a75-bb5550fa5843" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1549/ByCategory" source_hash: "1993ad891c0aa880256aa3ec4c2b33b237982581f9eebe74ef4c2c7131b4a6bd" 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 1549 (2025) — Financial Services Financial Services ; Requires state financial institutions to pay semiannual assessment for specified time periods; requires that semiannual assessment be received by Office of Financial Regulation in specified manner & by specified dates; authorizes office to issue specified certificate under certain circumstances; authorizes certain elected officers, directors, or committee members of credit union to be reimbursed for certain expenses; revises timeframe for certain requirements by directors of proposed bank or trust company; revises timeframe within which bank or trust company corporation is required to open & conduct specified business. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-145. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 1549 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1549/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 1549 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1549/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 1549 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1549/BillText/e1/PDF) 4. **H 1549 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1549/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower - Returning Messages — **36–1** (pass) · upper - Passage — **114–0** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **27–10** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Insurance & Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Maggard — primary (person) - Redondo — cosponsor (person) - Salzman — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-28** Filed `filing` - **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2025-03-05** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-05** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-05** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee - **2025-03-18** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda - **2025-03-20** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-21** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee - **2025-03-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2025-03-21** CS Filed `filing` - **2025-03-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2025-03-24** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-24** Now in Commerce Committee - **2025-03-27** Added to Commerce Committee agenda - **2025-03-31** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-02** Reported out of Commerce Committee - **2025-04-02** Bill released to House Calendar - **2025-04-02** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025) - **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-16** In Messages - **2025-04-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled` - **2025-04-30** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal` - **2025-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2025-04-30** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1612 - **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-30** Amendment(s) adopted (102254) - **2025-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 10 `passage` - **2025-04-30** In Messages - **2025-05-02** Senate Message List - **2025-05-02** Amendment 458307 adopted - **2025-05-02** Concurred in Senate amendment 102254 as amended - **2025-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-05-02** In returning messages - **2025-05-02** Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (458307) - **2025-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 `passage` - **2025-05-02** In Messages - **2025-05-02** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-06-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-06-16** Chapter No. 2025-145 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); 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Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).