--- type: "Bill" title: "Improvements to Real Property" description: "Improvements to Real Property; Authorizing a program administrator to offer a program for financing qualifying improvements for residential property when authorized by a county or municipality; authorizing a program administrator to levy non-ad valorem assessments for a certain purpose; providing for compensation for tax collectors for actual costs incurred to collect non-ad valorem assessments; requiring certain financing agreement and contract provisions for change orders under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipality to establish or approve a process for the registration of a qualifying improvement contractor to install qualifying improvements, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "SB 770" citation: "Florida SB 770 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["(vetoed)"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2024-273" primary_sponsors: ["Community Affairs", "Fiscal Policy", "Martin"] version_count: 6 action_count: 42 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-12-06" last_action: "2024-07-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9172135-fafe-4a2d-9d3c-f5aca0c737d4" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/770/ByCategory" source_hash: "53d5e47f21e587811d6ea361c12ac6123c77c29442bdcd621ca39a93121b4f85" 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 770 (2024) — Improvements to Real Property Improvements to Real Property; Authorizing a program administrator to offer a program for financing qualifying improvements for residential property when authorized by a county or municipality; authorizing a program administrator to levy non-ad valorem assessments for a certain purpose; providing for compensation for tax collectors for actual costs incurred to collect non-ad valorem assessments; requiring certain financing agreement and contract provisions for change orders under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipality to establish or approve a process for the registration of a qualifying improvement contractor to install qualifying improvements, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-273. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 770 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/770/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 770 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/770/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 770 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/770/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 770 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/770/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 770 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/770/BillText/e2/HTML) 6. **S 770 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/770/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **38–2** (pass) · upper - Returning Messages — **34–2** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **87–24** (pass) · lower - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **20–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Community Affairs — primary (person) - Fiscal Policy — primary (person) - Martin — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-12-06** Filed `filing` - **2023-12-15** Referred to Community Affairs; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction` - **2024-01-17** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/22/24, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Building - **2024-01-22** CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 - **2024-01-24** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-01-24** CS by Community Affairs read 1st time - **2024-01-24** Now in Fiscal Policy - **2024-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 01/31/24, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building - **2024-01-31** CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 - **2024-02-01** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-02-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2024-02-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/07/24 - **2024-02-01** CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time - **2024-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-02-07** Amendment(s) adopted (133022) - **2024-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-02-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 2 `passage` - **2024-02-07** Immediately certified - **2024-02-07** In Messages - **2024-02-22** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2024-02-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024) - **2024-02-22** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2024-02-27** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading - **2024-02-27** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2024-02-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2024) - **2024-03-01** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/HB 927 - **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-01** Amendment 828993 adopted - **2024-03-01** Amendment 092337 adopted as amended - **2024-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2024-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 87, NAYS 24 `passage` - **2024-03-04** In returning messages - **2024-03-04** Amendment 264549 engrossed amendment (replaces 092337, 828993) - **2024-03-06** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (264549) - **2024-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 2 `passage` - **2024-03-06** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2024-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-06-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2024-07-01** Chapter No. 2024-273 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9172135-fafe-4a2d-9d3c-f5aca0c737d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).