Florida Senate Bill 708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 26 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-26 - Chapter No. 2023-135
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Revising the timeframe within which a mortgagee or mortgage servicer must send or cause to be sent an estoppel letter containing specified information; requiring notice to the mortgagor of a request for an estoppel letter under certain circumstances; revising requirements for an estoppel letter; prohibiting certain actions by the mortgagee or mortgage servicer; prohibiting the mortgagee or mortgage servicer from denying the accuracy of certain information provided in an estoppel letter under certain circumstances; prohibiting payments received pursuant to an estoppel letter from being returned and requiring such payments to be promptly applied to any unpaid balance of the loan properly due under or secured by a mortgage, etc.

Estoppel Letters

Sen. Daniel Burgess [R]

2023-05-02 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#372 (Y: 119 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-12 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#12 (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-05 - Senate - Senate Rules (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-03-21 - Senate - Senate Judiciary (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-26		Chapter No. 2023-135
2023-05-25		Approved by Governor
2023-05-16		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2023-05-02	Senate	Ordered enrolled
2023-05-02	House	Passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0
2023-05-02	House	Read 3rd time
2023-05-01	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2023-05-01	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2023-05-01	House	Read 2nd time
2023-04-28	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2023-04-28	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
2023-04-28	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2023-04-12	House	In Messages
2023-04-12	Senate	Immediately certified
2023-04-12	Senate	Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
2023-04-12	Senate	Read 3rd time
2023-04-12	Senate	Read 2nd time
2023-04-05	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/12/23
2023-04-05	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2023-04-05	Senate	Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
2023-03-31	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/05/23, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2023-03-22	Senate	Now in Rules
2023-03-21	Senate	Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
2023-03-16	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/21/23, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2023-03-07	Senate	Introduced
2023-02-23	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Rules
2023-02-10	Senate	Filed

H743 (Same As) 2023-05-01 - Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 708 (Ch. 2023-135)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
701	04		Amended Code	See Bill Text
701	041		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/708
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/708/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/708/BillText/er/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/708/Analyses/2023s00708.pre.ju.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/708/Analyses/2023s00708.ju.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/708/Analyses/2023s00708.pre.rc.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/708/Analyses/2023s00708.rc.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/708/Vote/2023-03-21%200230PM~S00708%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/708/Vote/2023-04-05%201100AM~S00708%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/708/Vote/SenateVote_s00708__012.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/708/Vote/HouseVote_s00708__372.PDF