---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pawnbroker Transaction Forms"
description: "Pawnbroker Transaction Forms; Authorizing pawnbroker transaction forms to be in digital or printed formats; authorizing a pawnbroker to use either format; revising recordkeeping requirements, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 678"
citation: "Florida SB 678 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(adopted)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-33"
primary_sponsors: ["Truenow"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5909342c-1471-49ae-8cfc-483b11e1c208"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/678/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4c6774312ae654bd319401d9cb5b1d15ece33282e7cfc0a17737c0e2f5d3c6ae"
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 678 (2025) — Pawnbroker Transaction Forms

Pawnbroker Transaction Forms; Authorizing pawnbroker transaction forms to be in digital or printed formats; authorizing a pawnbroker to use either format; revising recordkeeping requirements, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-33.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 678 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/678/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 678 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/678/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 678 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/678/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Tourism — primary (organization)
- Truenow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-25** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/10/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2025-03-10** CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2025-03-11** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2025-03-12** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2025-03-12** CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
- **2025-03-21** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/26/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-03-26** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** 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** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** CS passed; 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 (Committee Substitute 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`
- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter No. 2025-33

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5909342c-1471-49ae-8cfc-483b11e1c208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).