---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judgment Liens"
description: "Judgment Liens; Authorizing a judgment lien to be acquired on specified personal property and in all payment intangibles and accounts of a judgment debtor whose location is in this state; specifying that the rights of certain judgment creditors to proceed against a judgment debtor’s property are subject to certain provisions; prohibiting security interests and liens on payment intangibles or accounts and the proceeds thereof from taking priority over payment intangibles or accounts by a judgment lien certificate filed before a specified date, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 984"
citation: "Florida SB 984 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-233"
primary_sponsors: ["Judiciary", "Rouson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-12-18"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c950a79-945b-44cf-8968-2eb9867251a0"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/984/ByCategory"
source_hash: "43d3caa0a1297a6e06fa295dae5ff6f29b117eb74fce349f9f22c0c8d88fe580"
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 984 (2024) — Judgment Liens

Judgment Liens; Authorizing a judgment lien to be acquired on specified personal property and in all payment intangibles and accounts of a judgment debtor whose location is in this state; specifying that the rights of certain judgment creditors to proceed against a judgment debtor’s property are subject to certain provisions; prohibiting security interests and liens on payment intangibles or accounts and the proceeds thereof from taking priority over payment intangibles or accounts by a judgment lien certificate filed before a specified date, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-233.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 984 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/984/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 984 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/984/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 984 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/984/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (person)
- Rouson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-18** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-04** Referred to Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-11** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/16/24, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-01-16** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2024-01-16** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2024-01-17** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2024-01-18** Now in Banking and Insurance
- **2024-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/29/24, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-01-29** Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** Now in Rules
- **2024-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/08/24, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-02-08** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/21/24
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-21** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024)
- **2024-03-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-17** Chapter No. 2024-233

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c950a79-945b-44cf-8968-2eb9867251a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).