---
type: "Bill"
title: "Use of Digital Currency by the Department of Financial Services"
description: "Use of Digital Currency by the Department of Financial Services; Establishing the Florida Stablecoin Pilot Program within the Department of Financial Services; authorizing the department to accept payment stablecoins; authorizing the department to conduct examinations, audits, and investigations of permitted payment stablecoin issuers; requiring the department to monitor and evaluate the pilot program and collect certain data, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1568"
citation: "Florida SB 1568 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-175"
primary_sponsors: ["DiCeglie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eaeb108-1936-43db-b088-cb9f7662c859"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1568/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bd31cd3b4d014322324072043e5831d972852967e14bdc39a7a6c4c3a2554097"
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 1568 (2026) — Use of Digital Currency by the Department of Financial Services

Use of Digital Currency by the Department of Financial Services; Establishing the Florida Stablecoin Pilot Program within the Department of Financial Services; authorizing the department to accept payment stablecoins; authorizing the department to conduct examinations, audits, and investigations of permitted payment stablecoin issuers; requiring the department to monitor and evaluate the pilot program and collect certain data, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-175.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1568 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1568/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1568 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1568/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1568 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1568/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1568 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1568/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 1568 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1568/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **108–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization)
- Banking and Insurance — primary (organization)
- DiCeglie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-16** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-04** CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2026-02-06** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-02-06** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2026-02-10** CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
- **2026-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/18/26, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-18** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2026-02-20** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-02-23** Now in Rules
- **2026-02-24** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
- **2026-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-03-03** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (548372)
- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-06** In Messages
- **2026-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter No. 2026-175

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9eaeb108-1936-43db-b088-cb9f7662c859`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).