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| Bill | Registration of Trademarks | Registration of Trademarks; Removes provisions relating to classification of goods and services for trademark purposes; requires DOS to use international schedule of classes of goods and services; requires department to establish & maintain secure Internet website that allows submission of online trademark registration application and renewal application; provides website requirements; requires department to make online application system available by specified date; provides online application requirements. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | HB 679 | Florida HB 679 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-31 |
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4 | 46 | 5 | 2025-12-08 | 2026-04-15 | openstates | ocd-bill/bca6dfe2-7e87-4922-95bb-bce4383d58c1 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/679/ByCategory | 6b7335bcfdc8d5ee2366d9f43a4a5e9fac1c675e22d0b6d8d13011577c639e3d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 679 (2026) — Registration of Trademarks
Registration of Trademarks; Removes provisions relating to classification of goods and services for trademark purposes; requires DOS to use international schedule of classes of goods and services; requires department to establish & maintain secure Internet website that allows submission of online trademark registration application and renewal application; provides website requirements; requires department to make online application system available by specified date; provides online application requirements.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-31.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 679 Filed (filed) — source
- H 679 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 679 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 679 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable (Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee) — 13–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Greco — primary (person)
- Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee — primary (organization)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-08 Filed
filing - 2025-12-16 Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-12-16 Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-12-16 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2025-12-16 Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- 2026-01-12 Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
- 2026-01-13 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2026-01-14 Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-14 Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- 2026-01-14 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-01-14 CS Filed
filing - 2026-01-15 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2026-01-19 Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Now in Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
- 2026-01-27 Added to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee agenda
- 2026-01-29 Favorable by Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-29 Reported out of Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
- 2026-01-29 Now in Commerce Committee
- 2026-02-06 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- 2026-02-10 Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-10 Reported out of Commerce Committee
- 2026-02-10 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-02-10 CS Filed
filing - 2026-02-11 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2026-02-11 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2026-02-11 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2026-02-19 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- 2026-02-25 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-02-25 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-02-25 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-02-25 In Messages
- 2026-02-26 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Received
enrolled - 2026-03-11 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2026-03-11 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-03-11 Substituted for CS/SB 696
- 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-11 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-11 In Messages
- 2026-03-11 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-31 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-04-14 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-04-15 Chapter No. 2026-31
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bca6dfe2-7e87-4922-95bb-bce4383d58c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).