republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2023/hb-27.md

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Bill	Judgment Liens	Judgment Liens; Specifies payment intangibles, accounts, & proceeds thereof are subject to judgment liens; removes provision specifying priority of liens; specifies validity & enforceability of liens against motor vehicles & vessels; prohibits issuing motor vehicle certificate of title under certain circumstances; specifies procedures for judgment lienholder to place lien on motor vehicles or vessels; revises authority of certain persons to demand & receive lien satisfaction; requires lienholder to enter satisfaction in certificate of title upon satisfaction or lapse of judgment lien.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2023	HB 27	Florida HB 27 (2023)	bill	(adopted) civil practice and procedure	enacted	2023-300	Benjamin	3	42	5	2022-12-06	2023-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/a153602a-ffc0-4559-b3e9-776850b274a3	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/27/ByCategory	2aaa4b971992802cb363571e2ccab85726221d3b657b44555303150e659febb7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 27 (2023) — Judgment Liens

Judgment Liens; Specifies payment intangibles, accounts, & proceeds thereof are subject to judgment liens; removes provision specifying priority of liens; specifies validity & enforceability of liens against motor vehicles & vessels; prohibits issuing motor vehicle certificate of title under certain circumstances; specifies procedures for judgment lienholder to place lien on motor vehicles or vessels; revises authority of certain persons to demand & receive lien satisfaction; requires lienholder to enter satisfaction in certificate of title upon satisfaction or lapse of judgment lien.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-300.

Version chain

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

1. H 27 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 27 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 27 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Benjamin — primary (person)
• Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Woodson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-06 Filed filing
• 2022-12-23 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-12-23 Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-12-23 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2022-12-23 Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2023-02-17 Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
• 2023-02-24 Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-24 Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2023-02-24 Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
• 2023-03-07 Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
• 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2023-03-09 Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-11 Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
• 2023-03-11 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2023-03-11 CS Filed filing
• 2023-03-13 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2023-03-14 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2023-03-21 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
• 2023-03-23 Favorable by Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-23 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• 2023-03-23 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2023-03-23 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2023-04-13 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
• 2023-04-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-04-20 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2023-04-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-04-20 CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 passage
• 2023-04-20 In Messages
• 2023-04-21 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 Received enrolled
• 2023-04-27 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2023-04-27 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2023-04-27 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1574
• 2023-04-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-04-27 CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 passage
• 2023-04-27 In Messages
• 2023-04-27 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2023-06-26 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-27 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-06-29 Chapter No. 2023-300

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a153602a-ffc0-4559-b3e9-776850b274a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).