Florida SB 570: Alternative Headquarters for District Court of Appeal Judges

Bill Text

570 
Task Force on Payment Scams 
2026-01-29T09:19:45Z 
Creating the Task Force on Payment Scams adjunct to the Department of Financial Services; defining the terms “payment” and “task force”; requiring the Chief Financial Officer to establish the task force by a specified date; providing for future repeal and legislative review of the task force, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 570 

 By the Committee on Banking and Insurance; and Senator Polsky 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Task Force on Payment Scams; 
 3 creating s. 17.675, F.S.; creating the Task Force on 
 4 Payment Scams adjunct to the Department of Financial 
 5 Services; requiring the department to provide 
 6 administrative and staff support relating to the 
 7 functions of the task force; defining the terms 
 8 “payment” and “task force”; requiring the Chief 
 9 Financial Officer to establish the task force by a 
 10 specified date; providing the purpose of the task 
 11 force; specifying the chair and membership of the task 
 12 force; providing that members serve without 
 13 compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel 
 14 expenses; providing requirements for meetings; 
 15 providing duties of the task force; providing 
 16 reporting requirements; providing for future repeal 
 17 and legislative review of the task force; providing an 
 18 effective date. 
 19 
 20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 21 
 22 Section 1. Section 17.675, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 23 read: 
 24 17.675 Task Force on Payment Scams.— 
 25 (1) The Task Force on Payment Scams, a task force as 
 26 defined in s. 20.03(5), is created adjunct to the Department of 
 27 Financial Services. Except as otherwise provided in this 
 28 section, the task force shall operate in a manner consistent 
 29 with s. 20.052. The department shall provide administrative and 
 30 staff support relating to the functions of the task force. 
 31 (2) As used in this section, the term: 
 32 (a) “Payment” means any mechanism through which an 
 33 individual can electronically transfer funds to another 
 34 individual via a platform or intermediary. 
 35 (b) “Task force” means the Task Force on Payment Scams 
 36 created under this section. 
 37 (3) No later than October 1, 2026, the Chief Financial 
 38 Officer shall establish the Task Force on Payment Scams. The 
 39 purpose of the task force is to recognize and avert payment 
 40 scams by doing all of the following: 
 41 (a) Examining current trends and developments in payment 
 42 scams, identifying effective methods for preventing such scams, 
 43 and issuing recommendations to enhance efforts to identify and 
 44 prevent such activities. 
 45 (b) Adopting a cross-sector approach to ensure the task 
 46 force’s recommendations reflect the full scope of the issue, 
 47 given that scams impact individuals across a wide range of 
 48 industries, including financial services, telecommunications, 
 49 and technology. 
 50 (c) Including representation from stakeholders with direct 
 51 experience supporting victims of scams, as well as industry 
 52 participants with insight into scam tactics and prevention 
 53 strategies. 
 54 (4)(a) The task force shall be chaired by the Chief 
 55 Financial Officer or his or her designee and task force members 
 56 shall include all of the following: 
 57 1. The Commissioner of Agriculture or his or her designee. 
 58 2. The Attorney General or his or her designee. 
 59 3. A representative from the Division of Treasury of the 
 60 Department of Financial Services, appointed by the Chief 
 61 Financial Officer. 
 62 4. The Secretary of Commerce or his or her designee. 
 63 5. A representative from the Financial Crime Analysis 
 64 Center of the Department of Law Enforcement, who has experience 
 65 using and general knowledge of the Financial Transaction 
 66 Database, appointed by the Chief Financial Officer. 
 67 6. A representative from a financial institution who has 
 68 expertise in identifying, preventing, and combating payment 
 69 scams, appointed by the Chief Financial Officer in consultation 
 70 with the task force. 
 71 7. A representative from a credit union who has expertise 
 72 in identifying, preventing, and combating payment scams, 
 73 appointed by the Chief Financial Officer in consultation with 
 74 the task force. 
 75 8. A representative from a digital payment network who has 
 76 expertise in identifying, preventing, and combating payment 
 77 scams, appointed by the Chief Financial Officer in consultation 
 78 with the task force. 
 79 9. A representative from a community bank, appointed by the 
 80 Chief Financial Officer in consultation with the task force. 
 81 10. A representative from a consumer group, appointed by 
 82 the Chief Financial Officer in consultation with the task force. 
 83 11. A representative f