--- type: "Bill" title: "Securities" description: "Securities; Revises circumstances under which securities transactions are exempt from registration requirements; revises filing requirements for securities issuers under Florida Invest Local Exemption law; revises circumstances under which securities offers & sales are not subject to integration with other offerings; revises list of persons who must submit fingerprints for live-scan processing for registration applications; provides fees for fingerprint processing; revises written assurances requirements that merger & acquisition brokers must receive from certain control persons; revises circumstances under which person is eligible for payment from Securities Guaranty Fund; revises requirements for applications for payment from fund; specifies prohibition against certain misrepresentations in issuing & selling securities; increases maximum number of days that dealers & investment advisers may extend delay on certain disbursements & transactions of funds & securities for protection of specified adults." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 379" citation: "Florida HB 379 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["(adopted)"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2025-28" primary_sponsors: ["Barnaby"] version_count: 4 action_count: 41 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2025-02-04" last_action: "2025-05-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8325f0e-cae6-4346-9a41-bb0af0b1642f" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/379/ByCategory" source_hash: "0c2a353f94ad862207950cbd0efce2188ca651e650ba13ba1f9bb23b4061ca0d" 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 379 (2025) — Securities Securities; Revises circumstances under which securities transactions are exempt from registration requirements; revises filing requirements for securities issuers under Florida Invest Local Exemption law; revises circumstances under which securities offers & sales are not subject to integration with other offerings; revises list of persons who must submit fingerprints for live-scan processing for registration applications; provides fees for fingerprint processing; revises written assurances requirements that merger & acquisition brokers must receive from certain control persons; revises circumstances under which person is eligible for payment from Securities Guaranty Fund; revises requirements for applications for payment from fund; specifies prohibition against certain misrepresentations in issuing & selling securities; increases maximum number of days that dealers & investment advisers may extend delay on certain disbursements & transactions of funds & securities for protection of specified adults. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-28. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 379 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/379/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 379 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/379/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 379 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/379/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 379 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/379/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Barnaby — primary (person) - Commerce Committee — primary (organization) - Insurance & Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-04** Filed `filing` - **2025-02-12** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-12** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-12** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee - **2025-03-03** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda - **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2025-03-05** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-10** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee - **2025-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2025-03-10** CS Filed `filing` - **2025-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2025-03-11** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-11** Now in Commerce Committee - **2025-04-03** Added to Commerce Committee agenda - **2025-04-07** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-08** Reported out of Commerce Committee - **2025-04-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2025-04-08** CS Filed `filing` - **2025-04-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2025-04-09** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2025-04-09** 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 114, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-16** In Messages - **2025-04-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled` - **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal` - **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2025-04-24** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 988 - **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-24** In Messages - **2025-04-24** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-20** Chapter No. 2025-28 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8325f0e-cae6-4346-9a41-bb0af0b1642f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).