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HB 195FLORIDA · STATEWIDESession 2026Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

Proposed Payment Scam Task Force

Original title: Payment Scam Task Force

October 16, 2025

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Where This Stands

Introduced
Committee
Floor Vote
Passed
Signed

Currently Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.

Procedural history

6 actions
  1. Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroduced
    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  2. Oct 21, 2025House
    Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
  3. Oct 21, 2025HouseCommittee
    Referred to Commerce Committee
  4. Oct 21, 2025HouseCommittee
    Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee
  5. Oct 21, 2025HouseCommittee
    Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
  6. Oct 16, 2025HouseIntroduced
    Filed

Version history

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The Frame

What this does

The bill would have established a formal state-level body to coordinate anti-scam efforts across financial, telecommunications, and technology sectors, potentially impacting how consumers report and recover from electronic payment fraud.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Financial institutions

Representatives from banks, credit unions, and digital payment networks would have been required to serve on the task force to provide expertise.

Consumers

The task force would have been mandated to develop education programs and reporting mechanisms to assist consumers in identifying and avoiding scams.

Law enforcement agencies

The Department of Law Enforcement would have been required to provide representation to coordinate efforts in identifying and pursuing scammers.

What changed

Current stage: Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee.

What's next

Floor Vote.

Background

  • The Chief Financial Officer is an elected official in Florida who oversees the Department of Financial Services. context

Summary

This bill would have created a state task force to study electronic payment scams and recommend ways to prevent them. The group would have included representatives from government agencies, financial institutions, and consumer advocacy groups to develop strategies for identifying and reporting fraud.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What would the Payment Scam Task Force have done?
It would have examined scam trends, identified prevention methods, developed consumer education strategies, and coordinated with law enforcement to pursue scammers.
Who would have been on the task force?
The task force would have included the Chief Financial Officer, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Attorney General, representatives from state departments, and appointees from financial institutions, consumer groups, and technology associations.
Would members have been paid?
No, members would have served without compensation, though they would have been eligible for reimbursement for travel and expenses.

Why It Matters

The bill would have established a formal state-level body to coordinate anti-scam efforts across financial, telecommunications, and technology sectors, potentially impacting how consumers report and recover from electronic payment fraud.

News Coverage

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Lobbying Activity

AARP

$4,110,000

2026

HEALTH ISSUESMEDICARE/MEDICAIDLAW ENFORCEMENT/CRIME/CRIMINAL JUSTICEPHARMACY

P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology

Sponsors

Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift100% confidence

Legislative Failure

Despite the broad scope of the proposed task force, the bill failed to advance past the Insurance & Banking Subcommittee.

Connected Entities

organizationState Administration Budget SubcommitteeA committee to which the bill was referred.Map →
date2025-10-16Date the bill was initially filed.Map →
date2026-01-13Date of the 1st Reading.Map →
organizationCommerce CommitteeA committee to which the bill was referred.Map →
organizationPayment Scam Task ForceThe name of the bill's central focus.Map →
organizationInsurance & Banking SubcommitteeA committee to which the bill was referred.Map →
date2025-10-21Date the bill was referred to multiple committees.Map →

Sources

Open source document

openstates.org

Analysis Score

0–100
  • Significance45
    How much this matters to a regular citizen
  • Controversy10
    Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
  • Entertainment5
    Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
  • Buzz10
    Current news / social attention level

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