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FL H0183

Bill

Status

Introduced

10/15/2025

Primary Sponsor

Webster Barnaby

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes Florida's Chief Financial Officer and State Board of Administration to invest up to 10% of public funds—including the General Revenue Fund, Budget Stabilization Fund, and Florida Retirement System Trust Fund—in digital assets such as Bitcoin and exchange-traded products holding digital assets

  • Requires digital asset investments to be held through qualified custodians (FDIC/NCUA-insured institutions, registered broker-dealers, or trust companies) or directly by the state with documented control under Florida's electronic records law

  • Permits the Chief Financial Officer and authorized parties to loan state-held digital assets if secured by collateral worth at least 100% of the loaned assets and compliant with fiduciary standards

  • Mandates that all investment decisions be based solely on pecuniary factors (risk/return), prohibiting consideration of social, political, or ideological interests, and requires any lapse in digital asset control to be cured within 5 business days

  • Effective date: July 1, 2026

Legislative Description

Investments and Deposits of Public Funds

Last Action

1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

1/13/2026

Committee Referrals

Insurance And Banking Subcommittee10/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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