---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Statutes"
description: "Florida Statutes; Deleting provisions which have become inoperative by noncurrent repeal or expiration and, pursuant to s. 11.242(5)(b) and (i), F.S., may be omitted from the 2020 Florida Statutes only through a reviser’s bill duly enacted by the Legislature, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 598"
citation: "Florida SB 598 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["social welfare", "reclamation", "and use", "insurance", "torts", "criminal procedure and corrections", "(adopted)", "civil practice and procedure"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-3"
primary_sponsors: ["Benacquisto"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-12-12"
last_action: "2020-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a0e9d7d-fee2-4450-890d-c65f82ea1a32"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/598/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8fafb6825da82582b33c73dbbb74e3a112d88c9f7373340ec5a34d4b2a069211"
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 598 (2020) — Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes; Deleting provisions which have become inoperative by noncurrent repeal or expiration and, pursuant to s. 11.242(5)(b) and (i), F.S., may be omitted from the 2020 Florida Statutes only through a reviser’s bill duly enacted by the Legislature, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-3.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 598 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/598/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 598 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/598/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benacquisto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-12-13** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/15/20, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-15** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-01-16** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/22/20
- **2020-01-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-22** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-01-22** Immediately certified
- **2020-01-22** In Messages
- **2020-01-23** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/29/20
- **2020-01-23** Received
- **2020-01-29** Substituted for HB 7033
- **2020-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-02-10** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-02-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-13** Chapter No. 2020-3

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a0e9d7d-fee2-4450-890d-c65f82ea1a32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).