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type: "Bill"
title: "Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors"
description: "Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors; Revising requirements for the commencement of proceedings for general assignments; authorizing assignees to rely on certain orders, judgments, decrees, rules, and documents; limiting the assets a creditor or other party in interest may pursue in an action against an assignee; providing requirements for a creditor or other party in interest in certain actions against an assignee, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 600"
citation: "Florida SB 600 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["general assignments"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-219"
primary_sponsors: ["Judiciary", "Martin", "Rules"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3210e9f-444d-44d1-8444-ae859f0f38c7"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/600/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2763142feabb21af7a09f9edbbd19b85035bbc3a89231e75cdd770549c0daeec"
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 600 (2023) — Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors
Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors; Revising requirements for the commencement of proceedings for general assignments; authorizing assignees to rely on certain orders, judgments, decrees, rules, and documents; limiting the assets a creditor or other party in interest may pursue in an action against an assignee; providing requirements for a creditor or other party in interest in certain actions against an assignee, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-219.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 600 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/600/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 600 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/600/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 600 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/600/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 600 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/600/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **110** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **180** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Judiciary — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/21/23, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-21** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-22** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-22** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2023-03-23** Now in Banking and Insurance
- **2023-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/29/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Now in Rules
- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/11/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-11** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2023-04-12** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-04-12** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/19/23
- **2023-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Immediately certified
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-19** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Substituted for CS/HB 491
- **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 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-219
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3210e9f-444d-44d1-8444-ae859f0f38c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).