Florida House Bill 295 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 14 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-14 - Died in Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Requires specified real estate licensees to disclose construction defect claim relating to residential real property & its outcome; revises provisions relating to construction defects including notice of claim requirements, inspections of property subject to claim, & service of copies of notice; provides jury verdict & final judgment requirements; requires seller of real property to disclose specified information relating to construction defect to buyer; requires claimant to notify mortgagee or assignee within specified timeframe after settlement or judgment of construction defect claim; requires claimant to update notice within specified timeframe under certain circumstances.

Construction Defects

House Civil Justice Subcommittee

Rep. David Santiago [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-14	House	Died in Commerce Committee
2020-03-14	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2020-02-25	House	On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Webster Hall -- Temporarily Postponed
2020-02-03	House	CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
2020-02-03	House	Now in Commerce Committee
2020-02-03	House	CS referred to Commerce Committee; Judiciary Committee
2020-02-03	House	Original reference(s) removed: Business and Professions Subcommittee
2020-01-31	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
2020-01-29	House	CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 4
2020-01-27	House	On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/29/20, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
2020-01-14	House	Introduced
2019-10-16	House	Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Business and Professions Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2019-10-04	House	Filed

S948 (Similar To) 2020-03-14 - Died in Community Affairs
S1488 (Similar To) 2020-03-14 - Died in Community Affairs
H1381 (Similar To) 2020-03-14 - Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
475	278		Amended Code	See Bill Text
558	004		Amended Code	See Bill Text
558	0045		Amended Code	See Bill Text
558	006		Amended Code	See Bill Text
558	007		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/295
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/295/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/295/BillText/c1/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/295/Amendment/403739/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/295/Amendment/643711/PDF