--- type: "Bill" title: "Registration of Trademarks" description: "Registration of Trademarks; Removes provisions relating to classification of goods and services for trademark purposes; requires DOS to use international schedule of classes of goods and services; requires department to establish & maintain secure Internet website that allows submission of online trademark registration application and renewal application; provides website requirements; requires department to make online application system available by specified date; provides online application requirements." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 679" citation: "Florida HB 679 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2026-31" primary_sponsors: ["Greco"] version_count: 4 action_count: 46 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-12-08" last_action: "2026-04-15" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bca6dfe2-7e87-4922-95bb-bce4383d58c1" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/679/ByCategory" source_hash: "6b7335bcfdc8d5ee2366d9f43a4a5e9fac1c675e22d0b6d8d13011577c639e3d" 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 679 (2026) — Registration of Trademarks Registration of Trademarks; Removes provisions relating to classification of goods and services for trademark purposes; requires DOS to use international schedule of classes of goods and services; requires department to establish & maintain secure Internet website that allows submission of online trademark registration application and renewal application; provides website requirements; requires department to make online application system available by specified date; provides online application requirements. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-31. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 679 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/679/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 679 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/679/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 679 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/679/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 679 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/679/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Favorable (Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Commerce Committee — primary (organization) - Greco — primary (person) - Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-12-08** Filed `filing` - **2025-12-16** Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-12-16** Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-12-16** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-12-16** Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee - **2026-01-12** Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda - **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2026-01-14** Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-01-14** Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee - **2026-01-14** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2026-01-14** CS Filed `filing` - **2026-01-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2026-01-19** Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-19** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-19** Now in Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee - **2026-01-27** Added to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee agenda - **2026-01-29** Favorable by Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-01-29** Reported out of Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee - **2026-01-29** Now in Commerce Committee - **2026-02-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda - **2026-02-10** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-10** Reported out of Commerce Committee - **2026-02-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2026-02-10** CS Filed `filing` - **2026-02-11** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2026-02-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2026-02-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026) - **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-02-25** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-02-25** In Messages - **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee` - **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled` - **2026-03-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal` - **2026-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2026-03-11** Substituted for CS/SB 696 - **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-03-11** In Messages - **2026-03-11** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2026-03-31** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2026-04-14** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2026-04-15** Chapter No. 2026-31 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bca6dfe2-7e87-4922-95bb-bce4383d58c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).