Florida · Senate Bill 132 · 2025 Regular Session

Legal Tender

SB 132 Sponsored by Ana Maria Rodriguez Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 20, 2024
  2. In committee Jan 15, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Legal Tender; Requiring the Department of Financial Services to contract with an appropriate vendor to conduct a specified study and submit a report to the Legislature by a specified date; prohibiting the vendor from having certain relationships; requiring, by a specified date, the department to provide proposed statutory and administrative rule language if certain conditions are met, etc.

Every action

21 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 13 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Banking and Insurance; Finance and Tax; Appropriations · Senate Banking and Insurance
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Banking and Insurance
  5. CommitteeCS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 · Senate Banking and Insurance10–0 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. SenateOriginal reference(s) removed: Finance and Tax
  8. SenateRemaining references corrected to Appropriations
  9. CommitteeNow in Appropriations · Senate Appropriations
  10. CommitteeCS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time · Senate Banking and Insurance
  11. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building · Senate Appropriations
  12. CommitteeCS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations18–0 vote
  13. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  1. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  2. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
  3. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time · Senate Appropriations
  4. SenateRetained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 553
  5. SenateRetained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 597
  6. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 629
  7. SenateSubstituted CS/HB 999 -SJ 629
  8. SenateLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 999 (Ch. 2025-100 ) -SJ 629

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 31, 2025 Senate Banking and Insurance CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 10

 10–0
Apr 22, 2025 Senate Appropriations CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 18

 18–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.

  • Ana Maria RodriguezR Primary sponsor · District 40
  • A Appropriations Sponsoring committee
  • Ba Banking and Insurance Sponsoring committee
All 2 cosponsors

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.