Bill Summary

HB 379 Securities (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Barnaby  CS Sponsors: Insurance & Banking Subcommittee, Commerce Committee
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Summary
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. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
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committees of reference
   H Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
   H Commerce Committee
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Actions
02/04/25
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Filed
02/12/25
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Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
02/12/25
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Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
03/03/25
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On Committee agenda - Insurance & Banking Subcommittee, 03/05/25, 1:30 pm, 17 H
03/06/25
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Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee on 03/05/25; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/10/25
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Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/11/25
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Now in Commerce Committee
04/03/25
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On Committee agenda - Commerce Committee, 04/07/25, 3:00 pm, 212 K
04/07/25
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Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee; 24 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/08/25
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Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
04/09/25
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Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/10/25
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Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/16/25
04/16/25
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Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 114 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/16/25
SENATE
In Messages
04/16/25
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Received; Referred to Fiscal Policy
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bill text & filed amendments
0379
Filed on 02/04/25
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Amendment 146969
Barnaby
Filed on 03/04/25
Adopted
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Amendment 458851
Barnaby
Filed on 03/04/25
Adopted
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Amendment 46161
Barnaby
Filed on 03/04/25
Adopted
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0379C1
Filed on 03/10/25
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Amendment 51577 DE
Barnaby
Filed on 04/04/25
Adopted
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0379C2
Filed on 04/08/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
517.021
517.061
517.0612
517.0614
517.0616
517.075
517.081
517.12
517.131
517.211
517.301
517.315
517.34
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