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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Delivery of Notices"
description: "Delivery of Notices; Revising the definition of the term “registered mail” for purposes of construction of the Florida Statutes, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 7020"
citation: "Florida SB 7020 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["construction of statutes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-147"
primary_sponsors: ["Judiciary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de0f4a40-af55-47a8-8bb9-01616a611e51"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7020/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c9eecacebf4ba942bdd4037520fe4619d600154dddf48c7f4ffd6174627d72d1"
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 7020 (2024) — Delivery of Notices
Delivery of Notices; Revising the definition of the term “registered mail” for purposes of construction of the Florida Statutes, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-147.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 7020 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7020/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7020 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7020/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7020 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7020/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 7020 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7020/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable — **100** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **90** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **190** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Judiciary — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-04** Submitted for consideration by Judiciary
- **2024-01-04** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/09/24, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-01-09** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2024-01-10** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-11** Referred to Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 01/24/24, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2024-01-24** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2024-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 01/31/24, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2024-01-31** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/24
- **2024-02-14** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Amendment(s) adopted (711484)
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-21** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2024)
- **2024-03-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-07** Chapter No. 2024-147
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de0f4a40-af55-47a8-8bb9-01616a611e51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).