---
type: "Bill"
title: "Errors in Deeds"
description: "Errors in Deeds; Providing that a deed containing a scrivener’s error conveys title as if there had been no such error if certain requirements are met; providing a form for a curative notice; requiring the clerks of the circuit court to accept and record curative notices; providing for the operation of a curative notice, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 886"
citation: "Florida SB 886 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-33"
primary_sponsors: ["Powell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-11-12"
last_action: "2020-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/006bf85d-481e-4d1f-af05-17869932b298"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/886/ByCategory"
source_hash: "926c783f57726623bac4059082c1c632814e4dda2f14e07446a0955a6bb75376"
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 886 (2020) — Errors in Deeds

Errors in Deeds; Providing that a deed containing a scrivener’s error conveys title as if there had been no such error if certain requirements are met; providing a form for a curative notice; requiring the clerks of the circuit court to accept and record curative notices; providing for the operation of a curative notice, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-33.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 886 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/886/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 886 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/886/BillText/e1/HTML)
3. **S 886 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/886/BillText/e2/HTML)
4. **S 886 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/886/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-11-21** Referred to Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-02** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 12/10/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-12-10** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-12-11** Now in Commerce and Tourism
- **2020-01-09** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/14/20, 2:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-14** Now in Rules
- **2020-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/29/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-01-29** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-01-29** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/04/20
- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Amendment(s) adopted (199466)
- **2020-02-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 227,228 `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Immediately certified
- **2020-02-04** In Messages
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/12/20
- **2020-02-06** Received
- **2020-02-12** Substituted for CS/HB 567
- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** Amendment(s) adopted (220329)
- **2020-02-12** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Passed as amended; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-19** In returning messages
- **2020-03-12** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (220329)
- **2020-03-12** Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2020-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-19** Chapter No. 2020-33

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/006bf85d-481e-4d1f-af05-17869932b298`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).