republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2023/hb-599.md

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Bill	Debt Management Services	Debt Management Services; Increases maximum fee that may be charged for debt management services.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2023	HB 599	Florida HB 599 (2023)	bill	crimes	enacted	2023-206	Garcia	3	37	4	2023-02-02	2023-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/e29dcfa1-7409-4db3-a44c-a6d46380ee44	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/599/ByCategory	8b5998329aa3b4dc8091b948898c2ade064136ef60f0d937fdbbef704871f37b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 599 (2023) — Debt Management Services

Debt Management Services; Increases maximum fee that may be charged for debt management services.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-206.

Version chain

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

1. H 599 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 599 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 599 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
• Garcia — primary (person)
• Benjamin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-02 Filed filing
• 2023-02-14 Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-02-14 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2023-02-14 Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
• 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2023-03-10 Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
• 2023-03-14 Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-15 Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
• 2023-03-15 Now in Commerce Committee
• 2023-04-06 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
• 2023-04-11 Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee (Amended) committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-12 Reported out of Commerce Committee
• 2023-04-12 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2023-04-12 CS Filed filing
• 2023-04-12 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2023-04-13 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2023-04-13 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2023-04-13 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
• 2023-04-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-04-20 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2023-04-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-04-20 CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 passage
• 2023-04-20 In Messages
• 2023-04-21 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 Received enrolled
• 2023-05-01 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2023-05-01 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2023-05-01 Substituted for CS/SB 628
• 2023-05-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-05-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-05-01 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
• 2023-05-01 In Messages
• 2023-05-01 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2023-06-05 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-09 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-06-12 Chapter No. 2023-206
• 2023-06-12 Chapter No. 2023-206

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e29dcfa1-7409-4db3-a44c-a6d46380ee44. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).