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| Bill | Bank Property of Deceased Account Holders | Bank Property of Deceased Account Holders; Authorizes financial institution to pay funds on deposit in certain accounts to specified family member of decedent without court proceeding, order, or judgment; requires family member to provide certified copy of decedent's death certificate & specified affidavit to receive funds; specifies that person does not have right or cause of action against financial institution for taking or failing to take certain actions; provides liability for family member who withdraws funds; authorizes financial institution to provide copies of affidavit to certain persons; provides that specified types of personal property are not subject to probate administration or formal proceedings; requires certain actions relating to decedent's creditors; provides bona fide purchasers protection from specified claims of creditors & from rights of spouses, beneficiaries, & heirs of decedents; provides limitation on liability of decedent's estate & recipients of estate. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2020 | HB 1439 | Florida HB 1439 (2020) |
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enacted | 2020-110 |
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4 | 33 | 4 | 2020-01-14 | 2020-06-29 | openstates | ocd-bill/6e0303d9-55f0-4c7e-a5eb-56096fabc9c1 | http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1439/ByCategory | aa6816ade3d04a5d3a91e13a6eef72b52880dc597cf164945e479e57df4897da | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 1439 (2020) — Bank Property of Deceased Account Holders
Bank Property of Deceased Account Holders; Authorizes financial institution to pay funds on deposit in certain accounts to specified family member of decedent without court proceeding, order, or judgment; requires family member to provide certified copy of decedent's death certificate & specified affidavit to receive funds; specifies that person does not have right or cause of action against financial institution for taking or failing to take certain actions; provides liability for family member who withdraws funds; authorizes financial institution to provide copies of affidavit to certain persons; provides that specified types of personal property are not subject to probate administration or formal proceedings; requires certain actions relating to decedent's creditors; provides bona fide purchasers protection from specified claims of creditors & from rights of spouses, beneficiaries, & heirs of decedents; provides limitation on liability of decedent's estate & recipients of estate.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-110.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 1439 Filed (filed) — source
- H 1439 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 1439 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 1439 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Yarborough — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-14 Filed
filing - 2020-01-14 Introduced
introduction - 2020-01-17 Referred to Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2020-01-24 On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 3:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- 2020-01-28 CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- 2020-01-30 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- 2020-01-30 CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee read 1st time
- 2020-01-31 Original reference(s) removed: Civil Justice Subcommittee
- 2020-01-31 CS referred to Commerce Committee
- 2020-01-31 Now in Commerce Committee
- 2020-02-11 On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/13/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
- 2020-02-13 CS/CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- 2020-02-17 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- 2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-18 CS/CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
- 2020-02-20 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
- 2020-02-26 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2020-02-26 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2020-02-26 CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0
passage - 2020-03-03 In Messages
- 2020-03-05 Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules
referral-committee - 2020-03-05 Received
- 2020-03-10 Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules
withdrawal - 2020-03-10 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2020-03-10 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 380
- 2020-03-10 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2020-03-10 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2020-03-11 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2020-03-11 CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
passage - 2020-03-11 Ordered enrolled
- 2020-06-17 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2020-06-27 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-06-29 Chapter No. 2020-110
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e0303d9-55f0-4c7e-a5eb-56096fabc9c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).