Florida SB 738: Jury Service

Bill Text

738 
Virtual Currency Transfers 
2025-12-03T08:23:15Z 
Providing that requests by a defendant, regardless of location, to residents of this state to transfer virtual currency to an account located outside of this state subjects the defendant to the jurisdiction of the state courts, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 738 

 By Senator Martin 

 33-00644-26 2026738__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to virtual currency transfers; 
 3 amending s. 48.193, F.S.; providing that requests by a 
 4 defendant, regardless of location, to residents of 
 5 this state to transfer virtual currency to an account 
 6 located outside of this state subjects the defendant 
 7 to the jurisdiction of the state courts; providing an 
 8 effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 48.193, Florida 
 13 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 14 48.193 Acts subjecting person to jurisdiction of courts of 
 15 state.— 
 16 (2) A defendant who is engaged in substantial and not 
 17 isolated activity within this state, whether such activity is 
 18 wholly interstate, intrastate, or otherwise, is subject to the 
 19 jurisdiction of the courts of this state, regardless of whether 
 20 or not the claim arises from that activity. Such activity 
 21 includes, but is not limited to, a request by a defendant, 
 22 regardless of his or her location, to a resident of this state 
 23 to transfer virtual currency as defined in s. 560.103 to an 
 24 account located outside of this state. 
 25 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.