---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Estate Conveyances"
description: "Real Estate Conveyances; Providing that subscribing witnesses are not required to validate certain instruments conveying or pertaining to a lease of real property, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 469"
citation: "Florida HB 469 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-102"
primary_sponsors: ["Duggan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-10-28"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d98f8285-43cf-4501-9fb1-b3eb79ae40f0"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/469/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ea3a6f7a6003da39240e605cdca99d93342b4829b1fd26e8eb6e1d1cb31bf792"
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 HB 469 (2020) — Real Estate Conveyances

Real Estate Conveyances; Providing that subscribing witnesses are not required to validate certain instruments conveying or pertaining to a lease of real property, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-102.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 469 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/469/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 469 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/469/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 469 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/469/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Business & Professions Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Duggan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-11-07** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Business and Professions Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-05** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 12/12/19, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-12-12** Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-12-13** Now in Business and Professions Subcommittee
- **2020-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Favorable by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-15** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2020-01-21** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 01/23/20, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2020-01-23** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-24** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-01-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/05/20
- **2020-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** Amendment(s) adopted (031327)
- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** Passed as amended; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-12** In Messages
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Received
- **2020-03-04** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Substituted for SB 1224
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Chapter No. 2020-102

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d98f8285-43cf-4501-9fb1-b3eb79ae40f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).