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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virtual Currency Kiosks"
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description: "Virtual Currency Kiosks; Revising the requirements for certain rules adopted by the Financial Services Commission; revising the actions by money services businesses, authorized vendors, or affiliated parties which constitute grounds for disciplinary action; prohibiting persons from engaging in certain business unless they are registered or exempt from registration; prohibiting a virtual currency kiosk business from operating in this state without registering or renewing its registration; requiring the Office of Financial Regulation to give a specified notice to applicants; specifying that certain money transmitters are exempt from registration as a virtual currency kiosk business but are subject to certain provisions; requiring applicants to submit certain information to the office to be registered as a virtual currency kiosk business; requiring a virtual currency kiosk business to ensure that its virtual currency kiosk requires certain attestations from the customer and displays a certain disclosure; requiring a virtual currency kiosk business to provide a customer with a specified physical or electronic receipt upon completion of a virtual currency transaction; requiring a virtual currency kiosk business to issue a full refund under certain circumstances, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 505"
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citation: "Florida HB 505 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-178"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daley", "Owen"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-11-20"
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last_action: "2026-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a34bd1b-74cb-4eae-9064-5ed2e841f54f"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/505/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "97dea889a862aa1905e2951e0e60fb5ef3c68491ea712a1d0f3d1a8a8c403276"
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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 505 (2026) — Virtual Currency Kiosks
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Virtual Currency Kiosks; Revising the requirements for certain rules adopted by the Financial Services Commission; revising the actions by money services businesses, authorized vendors, or affiliated parties which constitute grounds for disciplinary action; prohibiting persons from engaging in certain business unless they are registered or exempt from registration; prohibiting a virtual currency kiosk business from operating in this state without registering or renewing its registration; requiring the Office of Financial Regulation to give a specified notice to applicants; specifying that certain money transmitters are exempt from registration as a virtual currency kiosk business but are subject to certain provisions; requiring applicants to submit certain information to the office to be registered as a virtual currency kiosk business; requiring a virtual currency kiosk business to ensure that its virtual currency kiosk requires certain attestations from the customer and displays a certain disclosure; requiring a virtual currency kiosk business to provide a customer with a specified physical or electronic receipt upon completion of a virtual currency transaction; requiring a virtual currency kiosk business to issue a full refund under certain circumstances, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-178.
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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 505 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/505/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 505 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/505/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 505 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/505/BillText/e1/PDF)
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4. **H 505 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/505/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **24–1** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **107–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
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- Daley — primary (person)
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- Owen — primary (person)
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- Alvarez, D. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendall — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Tendrich — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-11-20** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-11-24** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-11-24** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-11-24** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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- **2025-12-02** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-12-09** Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-12-09** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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- **2025-12-09** Now in Commerce Committee
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- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2026-01-23** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
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- **2026-01-27** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-28** Reported out of Commerce Committee
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- **2026-01-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2026-01-28** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2026-01-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2026-02-02** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
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- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** In Messages
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-25** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2026-02-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-02-25** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 198
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- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** Amendment(s) adopted (518110)
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- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Immediately certified
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- **2026-02-25** In Messages
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- **2026-03-12** Added to Senate Message List
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- **2026-03-12** Amendment 518110 Concur
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- **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 107, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-29** Chapter No. 2026-178
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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/2a34bd1b-74cb-4eae-9064-5ed2e841f54f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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