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| Bill | Estoppel Letters | Estoppel Letters; Revising the timeframe within which a mortgagee or mortgage servicer must send or cause to be sent an estoppel letter containing specified information; requiring notice to the mortgagor of a request for an estoppel letter under certain circumstances; revising requirements for an estoppel letter; prohibiting certain actions by the mortgagee or mortgage servicer; prohibiting the mortgagee or mortgage servicer from denying the accuracy of certain information provided in an estoppel letter under certain circumstances; prohibiting payments received pursuant to an estoppel letter from being returned and requiring such payments to be promptly applied to any unpaid balance of the loan properly due under or secured by a mortgage, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | SB 708 | Florida SB 708 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-135 |
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2 | 27 | 4 | 2023-02-10 | 2023-05-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/ee062a75-66e1-4c80-b5d4-1285fc185ed3 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/708/ByCategory | 18ad7342ff1a11ffcdf1f3218183f6d7f4200b2334bdc9d4a0e6e65e478637a1 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 708 (2023) — Estoppel Letters
Estoppel Letters; Revising the timeframe within which a mortgagee or mortgage servicer must send or cause to be sent an estoppel letter containing specified information; requiring notice to the mortgagor of a request for an estoppel letter under certain circumstances; revising requirements for an estoppel letter; prohibiting certain actions by the mortgagee or mortgage servicer; prohibiting the mortgagee or mortgage servicer from denying the accuracy of certain information provided in an estoppel letter under certain circumstances; prohibiting payments received pursuant to an estoppel letter from being returned and requiring such payments to be promptly applied to any unpaid balance of the loan properly due under or secured by a mortgage, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-135.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Favorable — 17–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 119–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Burgess — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-10 Filed
filing - 2023-02-23 Referred to Judiciary; 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 Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-22 Now in Rules
- 2023-03-31 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/05/23, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2023-04-05 Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-04-05 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-04-05 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/12/23
- 2023-04-12 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-12 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-12 Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
passage - 2023-04-12 Immediately certified
- 2023-04-12 In Messages
- 2023-04-28 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-04-28 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
- 2023-04-28 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2023-05-01 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-05-01 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-05-01 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-05-02 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-05-02 Passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0
passage - 2023-05-02 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-25 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-26 Chapter No. 2023-135
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee062a75-66e1-4c80-b5d4-1285fc185ed3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).