# Florida SB 1198: Fraudulent Use of Gift Cards

Florida SB 1198, Fraudulent Use of Gift Cards, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Nick DiCeglie (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-06-23 (Chapter No. 2025-151) (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1198-2025
- As of: 2026-10-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 1198
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Fraudulent Use of Gift Cards
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-25
- Last action: 2025-06-23, Chapter No. 2025-151
- Sponsor: Nick DiCeglie (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Criminal Justice, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Rules, House Calendar
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (194 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New criminal penalties for gift card fraud: mixed, medium. Beginning October 1, 2025, Florida law makes it a crime to take or keep a gift card or its access information without consent, tamper with a card or its packaging, get card information through false claims, or use unlawfully obtained cards to get something of value. A violation is a first-degree mi…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Nick DiCeglie (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Criminal Justice

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-29 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 115 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-01 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 24 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-11 | Senate | Criminal Justice Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (33)

- 2025-06-23: Chapter No. 2025-151
- 2025-06-19: Approved by Governor
- 2025-06-18: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2025-04-29: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2025-04-29: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2025-04-29: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-29: Placed on 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-04-29: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2025-04-28: 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) (House)
- 2025-04-28: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025) (House)
- 2025-04-28: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-09: In Messages (House)
- 2025-04-09: Immediately certified -SJ 392 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 386 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Read 3rd time -SJ 386 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Amendment(s) adopted (590140) -SJ 385 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Read 2nd time -SJ 385 (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/24/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/11/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2025-10-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/er/PDF)
- e1, 2025-04-09: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/e1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/e1/PDF)
- c1, 2025-03-12: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-02-25: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed)
- HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed)
- HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed)
- HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed)
- HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed)
- HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/er/PDF)
- [e1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/e1/HTML)
- [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/e1/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1198/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025)
- [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025)
- [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025)
- [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025)
- [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025)
- [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1198-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).