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CS/CS/CS/SB 540: Office of Financial Regulation

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government ; Banking and Insurance ; Martin

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.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 2/25/2026 House - In Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/17/2025 Senate • Filed
12/1/2025 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
1/8/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
1/13/2026 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
• Introduced
1/15/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/16/2026 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
1/22/2026 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
2/9/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/12/26, 4:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/12/2026 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
2/16/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Rules
2/18/2026 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
2/19/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/24/2026 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/25/26
• CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
2/25/2026 Senate • Read 2nd time
• Read 3rd time
• CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
• Immediately certified
2/25/2026 House • In Messages