Florida House Bill 833 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: Passed on July 1 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-07-01 - Chapter No. 2013-244
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Defines "negative notice"; requires assignee's bond to be in at least specific amount or double liquidation value of unencumbered & liquid assets of estate, whichever is higher; authorizes assignee to conduct certain discovery to determine whether to prosecute certain claims or causes of action; extends time period assignee may conduct business of assignor; authorizes assignee to continue conducting business of assignor by serving negative notice; extends time period for which court may authorize assignee to conduct business of assignor; provides procedures for assignee's rejection of unexpired lease of nonresidential real property or of personal property; requires assignee to serve notice of rejection on certain persons & file with court; requires that notice of rejection for personal property include certain information about affected property; specifies effective date of rejection; requires estate's rights & obligations to & liability for affected property to terminate; extends minimum time period for giving notice to assignor & creditors; provides procedure for serving notice on persons; requires objection to be filed & served within specific time period; requires notice to be in specified form; provides that assignee may take certain actions if objection is not filed.

General Assignments

House Judiciary Committee

House Civil Justice Subcommittee

Sen. Kathleen Passidomo [R]

2013-04-26 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#32 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2013-04-24 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#208 (Y: 113 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-01		Chapter No. 2013-244
2013-06-28		Approved by Governor
2013-06-17		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2013-04-29	House	Ordered enrolled
2013-04-26	Senate	CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
2013-04-26	Senate	Read 3rd time
2013-04-25	Senate	Placed on 3rd reading
2013-04-25	Senate	Read 2nd time
2013-04-25	Senate	Substituted for CS/SB 1098
2013-04-25	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2013-04-25	Senate	Withdrawn from Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules
2013-04-24	Senate	Received
2013-04-24	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules
2013-04-24	Senate	In Messages
2013-04-24	House	CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0
2013-04-24	House	Read 3rd time
2013-04-23	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2013-04-23	House	Read 2nd time
2013-04-19	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/13
2013-04-05	House	Placed on Calendar
2013-04-04	House	CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
2013-04-04	House	Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
2013-04-03	House	CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
2013-04-01	House	On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/03/13, 8:30 am, 404 HOB
2013-03-28	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2013-03-28	House	Favorable by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
2013-03-26	House	On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 03/28/13, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
2013-03-18	House	CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
2013-03-18	House	Now in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee
2013-03-15	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2013-03-13	House	CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
2013-03-11	House	PCS on Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/13/13, 12:00 pm, 404 HOB
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-02-28	House	Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2013-02-15	House	Filed

S1098 (Same As) 2013-04-25 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 833 (Ch. 2013-244)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
727	103		Amended Code	See Bill Text
727	104		Amended Code	See Bill Text
727	108		Amended Code	See Bill Text
727	109		Amended Code	See Bill Text
727	110		Amended Code	See Bill Text
727	111		Amended Code	See Bill Text
727	113		Amended Code	See Bill Text
727	117		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/833
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0833/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0833/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0833/BillText/c2/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0833/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0833/Amendment/167595/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0833/Amendment/532737/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0833/FloorVotes/LY1fo5dbLfVvflcyNqDVOkvepWM%3D%7C14%2FPublic%2FVotes%2FBill%2F20130424%2FHouseVote%5Fh0833c2208%2EPDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0833/FloorVotes/yNDgm4pA9c0FtEBgtqtSvc2vEZs%3D%7C14%2FPublic%2FVotes%2FBill%2F20130426%2FSenateVote%5Fh0833c2032%2EPDF