---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Payments Made to Units of Local Governments"
description: "Electronic Payments Made to Units of Local Governments; Requires units of local government to accept certain forms of payments; requires such local governments accept payments online."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 967"
citation: "Florida HB 967 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-169"
primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d75e035-984d-475b-9269-0c9b54015221"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/967/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2bfab011ebac8f437bbfca0c88fe06ccbafbfdf2eb329cf56cb279286e527405"
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 967 (2026) — Electronic Payments Made to Units of Local Governments

Electronic Payments Made to Units of Local Governments; Requires units of local government to accept certain forms of payments; requires such local governments accept payments online.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-169.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 967 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/967/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 967 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/967/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 967 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/967/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buchanan — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-20** Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-20** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-20** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-01-23** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-01-27** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-01-27** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-27** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-27** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-01-28** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-29** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/4/2026)
- **2026-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** In Messages
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** 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 1612
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-06** In Messages
- **2026-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-26** Chapter No. 2026-169

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d75e035-984d-475b-9269-0c9b54015221`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).