Florida · Senate Bill 940 · 2025 Regular Session

Third-party Reservation Platforms

SB 940 Sponsored by Stan McClain Became law

  1. Introduced Feb 20, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 28, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor May 16, 2025
  6. Became law May 21, 2025

What it does

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

Third-party Reservation Platforms ; Citing this act as the “Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act”; specifying that a third-party reservation platform does not include certain contractual designees; prohibiting a third-party reservation platform from listing, advertising, promoting, selling, or otherwise enabling a reservation at a public food service establishment; authorizing the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to impose a civil penalty not to exceed a specified amount for a violation of the act or of a division rule, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 24 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Regulated Industries; Commerce and Tourism; Rules · Senate Regulated Industries
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Regulated Industries
  5. CommitteeCS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Regulated Industries8–0 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Commerce and Tourism · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  8. CommitteeCS by Regulated Industries read 1st time · Senate Regulated Industries
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  10. CommitteeFavorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Commerce and Tourism9–0 vote
  11. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  12. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  13. CommitteeFavorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 · Senate Rules24–0 vote
  14. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  15. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/16/25
  16. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 435
  17. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 435
  18. SenateCS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 435
  19. SenateImmediately certified -SJ 444
  20. HouseIn Messages
  21. HouseBill referred to House Calendar
  22. HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
  23. House1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  24. HouseRead 2nd time
  1. HousePlaced on 3rd reading
  2. HouseAdded to Third Reading Calendar
  3. HouseRead 3rd time
  4. HouseCS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
  5. SenateOrdered enrolled
  6. GovernorSigned by Officers and presented to Governor
  7. GovernorApproved by Governor
  8. Chapter No. 2025-55

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 19, 2025 Senate committee CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 Passed 8–0
Mar 31, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 Passed 9–0
Apr 8, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 Passed 24–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Stan McClainR Primary sponsor · District 9
  • RI Regulated Industries Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.