CS/SB 1612: Electronic Payments Made to Units of Local Governments

GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability, DiCeglie

Electronic Payments Made to Units of Local Governments; Requiring units of local government to accept certain forms of payments; providing an exception; requiring such local governments to accept payments online, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/12/2026 03:10 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 967 (er) by State Affairs Committee Electronic Payments Made to Units of Local Governments Last Action: 3/6/2026 H Ordered enrolled	Similar

• Analyses (2)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Rules (Pre-Meeting)   2/23/2026
  • Rules (Post-Meeting)   2/24/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  2/24/2026 12:00 PM	S 1612	Rules	21 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  215.322

  Acceptance of credit cards, charge cards, debit cards, or electronic funds transfers by state agencies, units of local government, and the judicial branch.

  Page 1 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/9/2026	S	• Filed
  1/16/2026	S	• Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
  1/22/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building • Introduced
  1/27/2026	S	• Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  1/28/2026	S	• Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  2/6/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  2/11/2026	S	• CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  2/12/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules
  2/18/2026	S	• CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
  2/19/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  2/24/2026	S	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 0
  2/25/2026	S	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  3/3/2026	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
  3/6/2026	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 637 • Substituted CS/HB 967 -SJ 637 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 967 -SJ 637