---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legal Tender"
description: "Legal Tender; Ratifying specified rules relating to legal tender for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness of provisions and repealing provisions relating to legal tender, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1311"
citation: "Florida HB 1311 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["construction of statutes", "electors and elections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-132"
primary_sponsors: ["Bankson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/726c2f25-c061-4769-8900-7771b146e9b6"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1311/ByCategory"
source_hash: "96b4c48b8872766ec3c710af7cc0d6801f918a1e9e4914a3ba863b4a2793e80b"
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 1311 (2026) — Legal Tender

Legal Tender; Ratifying specified rules relating to legal tender for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness of provisions and repealing provisions relating to legal tender, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-132.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1311 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1311/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1311 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1311/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1311 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1311/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1311 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1311/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1311 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1311/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bankson — primary (person)
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Insurance & Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2026-01-27** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-29** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2026-01-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-29** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2026-01-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2026-02-24** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2026-02-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-02** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-02** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-02** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2026)
- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Amendment 287655 adopted
- **2026-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** In Messages
- **2026-03-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Substituted for CS/SB 1588
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 32 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-06** In Messages
- **2026-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-12** Chapter No. 2026-132

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/726c2f25-c061-4769-8900-7771b146e9b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).