Florida House Bill 213 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Reduces limitations period for action to enforce deficiency judgment subsequent to foreclosure; specifies contents of complaint seeking to foreclose on certain types of residential properties with respect to authority of plaintiff to foreclose on note & location of note; provides exception; limits amount of deficiency judgment; expands class of persons authorized to move for expedited foreclosure; provides requirements & procedures for order directed to defendants to show cause why final judgment of foreclosure should not be entered; provides that certain failures by defendant may have specified legal consequences; requires court to enter final judgment of foreclosure & order foreclosure sale; limits restriction requests to order mortgagor defendant to make payments or to vacate premises during foreclosure to all but owner-occupied residential property; provides presumption regarding owner-occupied residential property; establishes expedited foreclosure proceedings for abandoned residential real property; provides application of act.

Mortgage Foreclosures

House Civil Justice Subcommittee	Rep. Fredrick Costello [R]	House Judiciary Committee	Rep. George Moraitis [R]
Sen. Kathleen Passidomo [R]	Sen. Greg Steube [R]

2012-02-29 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#954 (Y: 94 N: 17 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Judiciary
2012-03-05		Referred to Judiciary; Banking and Insurance -SJ 840
2012-03-05		Received -SJ 840
2012-02-29		In Messages
2012-02-29		CS passed as amended; YEAS 94 NAYS 17 -HJ 935
2012-02-29		Read 3rd time -HJ 934
2012-02-28		Placed on 3rd reading
2012-02-28		Read 2nd time -HJ 889
2012-02-24		Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/12
2012-02-23		CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 795
2012-02-23		Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
2012-02-22		CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 2 -HJ 814
2012-02-20		On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/22/12, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
2012-02-09		Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 572
2012-02-08		Favorable by Economic Affairs Committee; YEAS 12 NAYS 4 -HJ 572
2012-02-06		On Committee agenda-- Economic Affairs Committee, 02/08/12, 8:00 am, Reed Hall
2012-01-30		Now in Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 309
2012-01-30		Original reference(s) removed: Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2012-01-27		CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 288
2012-01-27		Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2012-01-25		CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 1 -HJ 300
2012-01-23		PCS on Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/25/12, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 23
2011-10-17		Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 24
2011-09-26		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
201	02		Amended Code	See Bill Text
48	23		Amended Code	See Bill Text
701	04		Amended Code	See Bill Text
702	035		Amended Code	See Bill Text
702	04		Amended Code	See Bill Text
702	06		Amended Code	See Bill Text
702	065		Amended Code	See Bill Text
702	10		Amended Code	See Bill Text
95	11		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/213
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0213/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0213/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0213/BillText/c2/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0213/BillText/e1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0213/BillText/e2/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/213/Vote/HouseVote_h0213e1954.PDF