Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Secured Transactions"
+description: "Secured Transactions; Providing that a description of certain accounts and entitlements by a certain type of collateral is insufficient for the purpose of security agreements, etc."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 978"
+citation: "Florida SB 978 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["commercial relations"]
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2023-266"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bradley", "Community Affairs"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-02-20"
+last_action: "2023-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44e7e6fa-ed0f-426b-8b50-8abd9b9ec456"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/978/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "c91b550115da0f6a7f9d645d0929830c0e7190e2adea86af6e76ebf2863e7afa"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
+---
+
+# Florida SB 978 (2023) — Secured Transactions
+
+Secured Transactions; Providing that a description of certain accounts and entitlements by a certain type of collateral is insufficient for the purpose of security agreements, etc.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-266.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S 978 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/978/BillText/Filed/HTML)
+2. **S 978 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/978/BillText/c1/HTML)
+3. **S 978 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/978/BillText/er/HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bradley — primary (person)
+- Community Affairs — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-20** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-28** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/20/23, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
+- **2023-03-20** Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-21** Now in Community Affairs
+- **2023-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/29/23, 8:30 am, 401 Senate Building
+- **2023-03-29** CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
+- **2023-03-30** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
+- **2023-03-30** Now in Rules
+- **2023-03-30** CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
+- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/11/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
+- **2023-04-11** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2023-04-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
+- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-18** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2023-04-19** In Messages
+- **2023-04-19** Bill referred to House Calendar
+- **2023-04-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
+- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-20** Substituted for CS/HB 901
+- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-22** Chapter No. 2023-266
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44e7e6fa-ed0f-426b-8b50-8abd9b9ec456`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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