Florida · Senate Bill 476 · 2026 Regular Session

Registration and Protection of Trademarks

  1. Introduced Dec 18, 2025
  2. In committee  
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

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

Registration and Protection of Trademarks; Referring to this act as the "Technical Trademark Amendments Act of 2026"; requiring the Department of State to annually adopt the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s system of classification of goods and services that is in effect by a specified date; requiring the department, by a certain date, to establish and maintain a secure online registration system for a…

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Registration and Protection of Trademarks; Referring to this act as the "Technical Trademark Amendments Act of 2026"; requiring the Department of State to annually adopt the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s system of classification of goods and services that is in effect by a specified date; requiring the department, by a certain date, to establish and maintain a secure online registration system for a specific purpose; requiring that every paper application, rather than every application, be accompanied by a specified number of specimens or facsimiles showing the mark as actually used, etc.

Every action

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

  1. SenateFiled
  2. SenateWithdrawn prior to introduction, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 679 (Ch. 2026-31 )

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

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