---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legal Instruments"
description: "Legal Instruments; Requiring that a lien created by an assignment of rents be perfected against a mortgagor in addition to third parties under certain conditions; revising the types of expenses that may be paid by collected rents in foreclosure actions under certain circumstances; expanding the scope of a final judgment of foreclosure to include other liens; requiring the award of attorney fees in certain circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "Florida SB 286 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["real and personal property"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-215"
primary_sponsors: ["Banking and Insurance", "Powell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2b739e2-5dd7-43bf-89a6-5ff88b47a6d6"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/286/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e3b6af41999175b4c33191654c684e20445647ff047597ede2fe33f8f3d05143"
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 286 (2023) — Legal Instruments

Legal Instruments; Requiring that a lien created by an assignment of rents be perfected against a mortgagor in addition to third parties under certain conditions; revising the types of expenses that may be paid by collected rents in foreclosure actions under certain circumstances; expanding the scope of a final judgment of foreclosure to include other liens; requiring the award of attorney fees in certain circumstances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-215.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 286 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/286/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 286 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/286/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 286 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/286/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Banking and Insurance — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/08/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-02-08** CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2023-02-09** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-02-09** Now in Judiciary
- **2023-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/21/23, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-02-21** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-03** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/08/23, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
- **2023-03-08** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-03-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/15/23
- **2023-03-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Immediately certified
- **2023-03-15** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
- **2023-04-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-215

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2b739e2-5dd7-43bf-89a6-5ff88b47a6d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).