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type: "Bill"
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title: "Securities"
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description: "Securities; Revises circumstances under which securities transactions are exempt from registration requirements; revises filing requirements for securities issuers under Florida Invest Local Exemption law; revises circumstances under which securities offers & sales are not subject to integration with other offerings; revises list of persons who must submit fingerprints for live-scan processing for registration applications; provides fees for fingerprint processing; revises written assurances requirements that merger & acquisition brokers must receive from certain control persons; revises circumstances under which person is eligible for payment from Securities Guaranty Fund; revises requirements for applications for payment from fund; specifies prohibition against certain misrepresentations in issuing & selling securities; increases maximum number of days that dealers & investment advisers may extend delay on certain disbursements & transactions of funds & securities for protection of specified adults."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 379"
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citation: "Florida HB 379 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["(adopted)"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2025-28"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barnaby"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-04"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8325f0e-cae6-4346-9a41-bb0af0b1642f"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/379/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "0c2a353f94ad862207950cbd0efce2188ca651e650ba13ba1f9bb23b4061ca0d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 379 (2025) — Securities
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Securities; Revises circumstances under which securities transactions are exempt from registration requirements; revises filing requirements for securities issuers under Florida Invest Local Exemption law; revises circumstances under which securities offers & sales are not subject to integration with other offerings; revises list of persons who must submit fingerprints for live-scan processing for registration applications; provides fees for fingerprint processing; revises written assurances requirements that merger & acquisition brokers must receive from certain control persons; revises circumstances under which person is eligible for payment from Securities Guaranty Fund; revises requirements for applications for payment from fund; specifies prohibition against certain misrepresentations in issuing & selling securities; increases maximum number of days that dealers & investment advisers may extend delay on certain disbursements & transactions of funds & securities for protection of specified adults.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-28.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 379 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/379/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 379 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/379/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 379 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/379/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 379 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/379/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barnaby — primary (person)
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- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
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- Insurance & Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-04** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-12** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-03** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-05** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-10** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-03-10** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** Now in Commerce Committee
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- **2025-04-03** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
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- **2025-04-07** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Reported out of Commerce Committee
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- **2025-04-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-04-08** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-09** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2025-04-09** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
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- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** In Messages
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- **2025-04-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2025-04-24** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 988
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- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** In Messages
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- **2025-04-24** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-20** Chapter No. 2025-28
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8325f0e-cae6-4346-9a41-bb0af0b1642f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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