---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act"
description: "Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act; Creates Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act; provides provisions relating to court orders, court jurisdiction, receivers & ancillary receivers, posting of bonds, receivership property, timeframes for specified claims, defenses & immunities, & awards of certain costs & fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 783"
citation: "Florida HB 783 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-106"
primary_sponsors: ["Beltran"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-11-26"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebfc3716-95fe-4506-8b95-2982df0b68b0"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/783/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c7be18e151e606167c7d07e5ffa085ba0184b667703a8760fc5703467c129fe0"
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 783 (2020) — Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act

Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act; Creates Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act; provides provisions relating to court orders, court jurisdiction, receivers & ancillary receivers, posting of bonds, receivership property, timeframes for specified claims, defenses & immunities, & awards of certain costs & fees.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-106.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 783 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/783/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 783 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/783/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 783 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/783/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beltran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-12-16** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/22/20, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-01-22** Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-23** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-04** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-02-12** CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-17** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-17** CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** In Messages
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Received
- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/SB 660
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** 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. 2020-106

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebfc3716-95fe-4506-8b95-2982df0b68b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).