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CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 260: Financial Transactions

GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; Rules ; Judiciary ; Banking and Insurance ; Smith ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Richter

Financial Transactions; Providing that a convenience fee imposed upon a student or family paying certain fees by credit card to a private school is not considered a surcharge; providing that ch. 670, F.S., governs certain funds transfers that are remittance transfers; reducing the time limit for a mortgagee or an assignee to cancel a mortgage, except in cases where the loan is an open-end mortgage; providing that a requirement that certain mortgages be cancelled within a specified timeframe does not apply to an open-ended mortgage existing before a certain date if the loan agreement contained procedures for cancelling the mortgage, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
 Last Action: 2/24/2016 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 145 (Ch. 2016-53) -SJ 491
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)
  4. Banking and Insurance (BI)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/11/2015 Senate • Filed
9/17/2015 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 22
1/4/2016 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/11/16, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
1/11/2016 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 180
1/12/2016 Senate • Introduced -SJ 22
1/13/2016 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Judiciary -SJ 180
• CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 180
1/15/2016 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/20/16, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
1/20/2016 Senate • CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 239
1/21/2016 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Rules -SJ 239
• CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 240
1/22/2016 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/16, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
1/27/2016 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 291
1/29/2016 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Remaining references corrected to Banking and Insurance -SJ 301
• Now in Banking and Insurance -SJ 291
2/2/2016 Senate • CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 297
2/4/2016 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/09/16, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
2/9/2016 Senate • CS/CS/CS/CS by- Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 345
2/10/2016 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 345
• CS/CS/CS/CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 345
2/18/2016 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/24/16
2/24/2016 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 491
• Substituted CS/CS/HB 145 -SJ 491
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 145 (Ch. 2016-53) -SJ 491