---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fraudulent Use of Gift Cards"
description: "Fraudulent Use of Gift Cards; Providing criminal penalties for persons who, with the intent to defraud, commit specified prohibited acts related to gift cards; providing criminal penalties for persons who, with the intent to defraud, use for certain purposes gift cards or gift card redemption information; providing enhanced criminal penalties, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1198"
citation: "Florida SB 1198 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-151"
primary_sponsors: ["DiCeglie"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-25"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d31d993a-5082-4127-ab0d-54d0e391fd82"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0d81db65b385f2612b12edd808a7f27b7ce0066a409b1903cd73bdf21de664ea"
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 1198 (2025) — Fraudulent Use of Gift Cards

Fraudulent Use of Gift Cards; Providing criminal penalties for persons who, with the intent to defraud, commit specified prohibited acts related to gift cards; providing criminal penalties for persons who, with the intent to defraud, use for certain purposes gift cards or gift card redemption information; providing enhanced criminal penalties, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-151.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1198 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1198 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1198 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 1198 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice — primary (organization)
- DiCeglie — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-03** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/11/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2025-03-11** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2025-03-12** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2025-03-12** Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- **2025-03-12** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2025-03-19** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/24/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2025-03-24** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Now in Rules
- **2025-03-27** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-04-01** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Amendment(s) adopted (590140)
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-09** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
- **2025-04-28** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-23** Chapter No. 2025-151

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d31d993a-5082-4127-ab0d-54d0e391fd82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).