Florida · Senate Bill 540 · 2026 Regular Session

Office of Financial Regulation

SB 540 Sponsored by Jonathan Martin Died in committee

  1. Introduced Nov 17, 2025
  2. In committee Dec 1, 2025
  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.

Office of Financial Regulation; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to cooperate with and seek cooperation from the Office of Financial Regulation concerning certain protective investigations of suspected financial exploitation of specified adults; requiring loan originators, mortgage brokers, and mortgage lenders to develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive written information security programs…

Read the full title (124 words)

Office of Financial Regulation; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to cooperate with and seek cooperation from the Office of Financial Regulation concerning certain protective investigations of suspected financial exploitation of specified adults; requiring loan originators, mortgage brokers, and mortgage lenders to develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive written information security programs for the protection of information systems and nonpublic personal information; providing additional acts that constitute a ground for specified disciplinary actions against loan originators and mortgage brokers; authorizing the office to make investigations and examinations to aid the Department of Children and Families with certain protective investigations; requiring money services businesses to develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive written information security programs for the protection of information systems and nonpublic personal information, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 17 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules · Senate Banking and Insurance
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Banking and Insurance
  4. CommitteeCS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 · Senate Banking and Insurance10–0 vote
  5. SenateIntroduced
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  8. CommitteeCS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time · Senate Banking and Insurance
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/12/26, 4:30 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  10. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government10–0 vote
  11. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  12. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  13. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  14. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  15. SenateCS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
  16. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  17. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  1. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 02/25/26
  2. SenateCS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
  3. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 436
  4. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 436
  5. SenateCS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 43636–0 vote
  6. SenateImmediately certified -SJ 437
  7. HouseIn Messages
  8. HouseDied in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 1452 (Ch. 2026-174 )

Roll calls

4 recorded votes: 1 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 436 · Full Senate

36–0
Feb 25, 2026 · journal entry
Yes 36 No 0 Not voting 3
Democrats: 10 yes, 0 no Independents: 0 yes, 0 no Republicans: 26 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 36

Not voting · 3

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Jan 13, 2026 Senate Banking and Insurance CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 10–0
Feb 12, 2026 Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 10–0
Feb 24, 2026 Senate Rules Rules vote 22–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Jonathan MartinR Primary sponsor · District 33
  • R Rules Sponsoring committee
  • AC Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Sponsoring committee
  • Ba Banking and Insurance Sponsoring committee

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