---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/Trust Proceedings"
description: "Public Records/Trust Proceedings; Requiring clerks to take certain actions relating to court records for proceedings under ch. 736, F.S., and ch. 738, F.S., in which a family trust company, licensed family trust company, or foreign licensed family trust company is a party and upon written notice; creating an exemption from public records requirements for such records; authorizing certain persons to inspect such records if certain requirements are met; providing a statement of public necessity, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1304"
citation: "Florida SB 1304 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["banks and banking"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-211"
primary_sponsors: ["Gruters", "Judiciary", "Rules"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-17"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef07e035-8eeb-4587-862d-e05ba6499d30"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1304/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a4d065be893f06aff4cd6ac3f39e4cdb841a61807d16b73ddaf5dd7594ef2ef1"
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 1304 (2022) — Public Records/Trust Proceedings

Public Records/Trust Proceedings; Requiring clerks to take certain actions relating to court records for proceedings under ch. 736, F.S., and ch. 738, F.S., in which a family trust company, licensed family trust company, or foreign licensed family trust company is a party and upon written notice; creating an exemption from public records requirements for such records; authorizing certain persons to inspect such records if certain requirements are met; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-211.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1304 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1304/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1304 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1304/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1304 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1304/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1304 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1304/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **15–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **92–24** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gruters — primary (person)
- Judiciary — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-17** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-05** Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/31/22, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-01-31** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-02** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-02** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2022-02-02** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2022-02-07** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/10/22, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2022-02-10** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** Now in Rules
- **2022-02-18** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/23/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-23** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 2
- **2022-02-24** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-28** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/03/22
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/7/2022)
- **2022-03-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-07** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** CS passed; YEAS 92, NAYS 24 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-27** Chapter No. 2022-211

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef07e035-8eeb-4587-862d-e05ba6499d30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).