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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bank Property of Deceased Account Holders"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1439"
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citation: "Florida HB 1439 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["banks and banking", "estates and trusts"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-110"
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primary_sponsors: ["Yarborough"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-01-14"
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last_action: "2020-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e0303d9-55f0-4c7e-a5eb-56096fabc9c1"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1439/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "aa6816ade3d04a5d3a91e13a6eef72b52880dc597cf164945e479e57df4897da"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 1439 (2020) — Bank Property of Deceased Account Holders
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-110.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 1439 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1439/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 1439 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1439/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 1439 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1439/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 1439 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1439/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Yarborough — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-17** Referred to Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 3:30 pm, Sumner Hall
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- **2020-01-28** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
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- **2020-01-30** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-01-30** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee read 1st time
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- **2020-01-31** Original reference(s) removed: Civil Justice Subcommittee
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- **2020-01-31** CS referred to Commerce Committee
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- **2020-01-31** Now in Commerce Committee
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- **2020-02-11** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/13/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
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- **2020-02-13** CS/CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
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- **2020-02-17** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-18** CS/CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
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- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
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- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-03** In Messages
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- **2020-03-05** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-05** Received
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- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 380
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- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** Chapter No. 2020-110
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e0303d9-55f0-4c7e-a5eb-56096fabc9c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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