---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bankruptcy Matters in Foreclosure Proceedings"
description: "Bankruptcy Matters in Foreclosure Proceedings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 220"
citation: "Florida SB 220 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["mortgages"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-15"
primary_sponsors: ["Passidomo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-08-24"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05cd2025-cb50-4c37-834b-ca29140ad0b7"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00220/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b967313c7dbd7467e0ef0ba82bd39c21dcee6ef2850456e0f3357bbe552ff42a"
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 220 (2018) — Bankruptcy Matters in Foreclosure Proceedings

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-15.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 220 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/220/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 220 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/220/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Passidomo — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-08-24** Filed `filing`
- **2017-09-22** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-30** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 11/07/17, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2017-11-07** Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-11-07** Now in Judiciary
- **2017-11-27** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 12/05/17, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2017-12-05** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-12-06** Now in Rules
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/11/18, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-01-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/01/18
- **2018-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-08** In Messages
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
- **2018-02-08** Received
- **2018-02-14** Substituted for HB 271
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-20** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter No. 2018-15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05cd2025-cb50-4c37-834b-ca29140ad0b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).