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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 116: Protection of Specified Persons Against the Fraudulent and Exploitative Conveyance of Property Interests

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 116 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on October 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Protection of Specified Persons Against the Fraudulent and Exploitative Conveyance of Property Interests. Primary sponsor: Shev Jones (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Judiciary.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Protection of Specified Persons Against the Fraudulent and Exploitative Conveyance of Property Interests; Revising the list of persons who must report abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults to include the clerk of the court; requiring that any deed or instrument purporting to convey real property or an interest therein be executed in the presence of a specified number of independent witnesses; authorizing a specified adult to file with the clerk the contact information of a trusted person; requiring the clerk to refer an objection to a not-for-profit legal aid organization to investigate whether the deed or instrument was obtained through fraudulent or exploitative means, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shev JonesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Judiciary
  2. Introduced
  3. Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
  4. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source