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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection"
description: "Consumer Protection; Authorizes mortgage lenders to transact business from branch offices & remote locations; provides requirement for operating remote locations; provides requirements for organizers of crowd-funding campaigns relating to disasters & crowd-funding platforms; prohibits money services business from cashing corporate checks for payee in excess of workers' compensation policy coverage amounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1185"
citation: "Florida HB 1185 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "insurance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-130"
primary_sponsors: ["Giallombardo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d853e111-77dd-4ee2-8461-7bd87354b3a9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1185/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1e9219a3394a58d934d80d002ea83c32e6bab7fee44d295c5358bbd8c84be789"
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 1185 (2023) — Consumer Protection
Consumer Protection; Authorizes mortgage lenders to transact business from branch offices & remote locations; provides requirement for operating remote locations; provides requirements for organizers of crowd-funding campaigns relating to disasters & crowd-funding platforms; prohibits money services business from cashing corporate checks for payee in excess of workers' compensation policy coverage amounts.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-130.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 1185 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1185/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1185 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1185/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1185 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1185/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1185 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1185/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1185 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1185/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 1185 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1185/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **190** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1090** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **180** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Giallombardo — primary (person)
- Insurance & Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-21** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-25** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-27** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-27** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-28** Original reference removed: State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-28** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-13** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-04-18** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-22** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-22** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-22** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Amendment 916441 adopted
- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1398
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Amendment(s) adopted (868114)
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-04** Amendment 868114 Concur
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-25** Chapter No. 2023-130; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 418 (Ch. 2023-217)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d853e111-77dd-4ee2-8461-7bd87354b3a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).