SB0684 • 2026

Electronic Signatures Associated with Total Loss Vehicles and Vessels

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: McClain
Last action: 2026-03-04
Official status: Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 961 -SJ 527
Effective date: 2026-07-01

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Electronic Signatures Associated with Total Loss Vehicles and Vessels

Electronic Signatures Associated with Total Loss Vehicles and Vessels; Requiring insurance companies or their authorized agents to implement certain control processes and procedures for certain electronic signatures; deleting a requirement that electronic signatures on odometer disclosures submitted through insurance companies be executed in a specified manner, etc.

What This Bill Does

Electronic Signatures Associated with Total Loss Vehicles and Vessels; Requiring insurance companies or their authorized agents to implement certain control processes and procedures for certain electronic signatures; deleting a requirement that electronic signatures on odometer disclosures submitted through insurance companies be executed in a specified manner, etc.

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Amendments

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903488

Committee amendment S 684 Filed • Rules (McClain)

Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/18/2026

Plain English: Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.

Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.
SB 684 Ì903488OÎ903488 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate .
House Comm: RCS .
02/18/2026 .

Bill History

2026-03-04 Senate
• Read 2nd time -SJ 527 • Substituted CS/HB 961 -SJ 527 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 961 -SJ 527
2026-03-02 Senate
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
2026-02-18 Senate
• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • CS by Rules read 1st time
2026-02-17 Senate
• CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
2026-02-12 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-04 Senate
• Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 • Now in Rules
2026-01-30 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-21 Senate
• Now in Banking and Insurance
2026-01-20 Senate
• Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2026-01-15 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 37 Senate Building
2026-01-13 Senate
• Introduced
2025-12-16 Senate
• Referred to Transportation; Banking and Insurance; Rules
2025-12-01 Senate
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Electronic Signatures Associated with Total Loss Vehicles and Vessels; Requiring insurance companies or their authorized agents to implement certain control processes and procedures for certain electronic signatures; deleting a requirement that electronic signatures on odometer disclosures submitted through insurance companies be executed in a specified manner, etc.

Current Bill Text

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Florida Senate
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2026

CS for SB 684

By
the Committee on Rules; and Senator McClain

595-02931-26 2026684c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to electronic signatures associated
3 with total loss vehicles and vessels; amending s.
4 319.30, F.S.; requiring insurance companies or their
5 authorized agents to implement certain control
6 processes and procedures for certain electronic
7 signatures; deleting a requirement that electronic
8 signatures on odometer disclosures submitted through
9 insurance companies be executed in a specified manner;
10 providing an effective date.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
15 319.30, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
16 319.30 Definitions; dismantling, destruction, change of
17 identity of motor vehicle, vessel, or mobile home; salvage.—
18 (3)
19 (d) An electronic signature that is consistent with chapter
20 668 satisfies any signature required under this subsection
.

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However, insurance companies or their authorized agents must

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implement control processes

and procedures acceptable to the

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department to ensure adequate identity verification and

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preservation, disposition, integrity, security, confidentiality,

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and auditability of electronic signature
s
, except that an

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electronic signature on an odometer disclosure submitted through

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an insurance company must be executed using an electronic

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signature, as defined in s. 668.003(4),
which uses a system

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providing an Identity Assurance Level, Authenticator Assurance

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Level, and Federation Assurance Level, as described in the

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National Institute of Standards and Technology Special

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Publication 800-63-3, as of December 1, 2017, which are

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equivalent to or greater than Level 2, for each level, for a

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certificate of destruction or for a salvage certificate of

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title
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36 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.