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type: "Bill"
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title: "Protection of Vulnerable Investors"
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description: "Protection of Vulnerable Investors; Requires securities dealers, investment advisers, & associated persons to report knowledge or suspicion of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults to DCF; authorizes dealers & investment advisers to delay certain disbursements or transactions based on reasonable belief of financial exploitation of specified adult; requires dealer or investment adviser to notify certain persons & OFR of such delays within specified timeframe; authorizes dealer or investment adviser to extend delay; provides that length of such delays may be shortened or extended by court of competent jurisdiction; provides immunity from administrative & civil liability for dealers, investment advisers, & associated persons; requires dealers & investment advisers to develop certain training policies or programs & maintain written records of compliance."
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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 813"
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citation: "Florida HB 813 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-157"
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primary_sponsors: ["McClure"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-11-26"
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last_action: "2020-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8b69077-d7e3-46a8-bcdc-9a0982886ed8"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/813/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "241c084e1bec0e75a7f8afe91bbe7564245cd60b64dc1d801615e4e68de50be8"
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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 813 (2020) — Protection of Vulnerable Investors
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Protection of Vulnerable Investors; Requires securities dealers, investment advisers, & associated persons to report knowledge or suspicion of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults to DCF; authorizes dealers & investment advisers to delay certain disbursements or transactions based on reasonable belief of financial exploitation of specified adult; requires dealer or investment adviser to notify certain persons & OFR of such delays within specified timeframe; authorizes dealer or investment adviser to extend delay; provides that length of such delays may be shortened or extended by court of competent jurisdiction; provides immunity from administrative & civil liability for dealers, investment advisers, & associated persons; requires dealers & investment advisers to develop certain training policies or programs & maintain written records of compliance.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-157.
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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 813 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/813/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 813 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/813/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 813 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/813/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 813 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/813/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- McClure — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-26** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-12-16** Referred to Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 3:30 pm, Sumner Hall
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-15** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
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- **2020-01-16** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-01-16** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee read 1st time
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- **2020-01-20** Now in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee
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- **2020-01-27** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 01/29/20, 9:00 am, 12 HOB
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- **2020-01-29** Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-01-29** Now in Commerce Committee
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- **2020-02-04** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/06/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
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- **2020-02-06** CS/CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
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- **2020-02-10** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-02-10** CS/CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
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- **2020-02-11** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/20
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- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-19** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-20** CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** In Messages
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- **2020-02-27** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-02** Received
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- **2020-03-11** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2020-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-11** Substituted for CS/SB 1672
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- **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-12** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-01** Chapter No. 2020-157
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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/d8b69077-d7e3-46a8-bcdc-9a0982886ed8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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