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HB 601

Jurisdiction Over Virtual Currency Transactions

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underlined language is being added; struck language is being deleted. Line numbers are the Legislature's own — the same ones amendments cite.

1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to jurisdiction over virtual currency
3 transactions; creating s. 925.13, F.S.; providing for
4 jurisdiction over virtual currency transactions
5 originating in this state and when certain acts occur
6 in this state; providing an effective date.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10 Section 1. Section 925.13, Florida Statutes, is created to
11 read:
12 925.13 Jurisdiction; virtual currency transactions.—For
13 the jurisdictional purposes of courts and law enforcement
14 agencies of this state, a virtual currency or bank account into
15 which currency or virtual currency from a transaction
16 originating in this state is traced is deemed to be located in
17 the county in this state where the transaction originated or in
18 any county in this state where any act or acts subjecting such
19 currency or virtual currency to a claim under the laws of this
20 state occurred.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.