SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549
                                     
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                                 FORM 8-K
                                     
                              CURRENT REPORT
                  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                     
                                     
Date of Report (Date of                    October  10, 1996
earliest event reported)         
                                     
                                     
                    HUGHES SUPPLY, INC.
     (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


      Florida            001-08772           59-0559446
  (State or other       (Commission         (IRS Employer
  Jurisdiction of      File Number)      Identification No.)
  Incorporation)


20 North Orange Avenue, Suite 200, Orlando, Florida       32801
(Address of Principal Executive Offices              (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area    (407) 841-4755


                       Not Applicable
   (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last
                          Report)

Item 5.   Other Events

     Hughes Supply, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "Registrant"), entered
into an Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Line of Credit Agreement,
dated as of October 10, 1996 (the "Amended Credit Agreement"), with
SunTrust Bank, Atlanta ("SunTrust Bank, Atlanta"), individually, as Agent,
and as Administrative Agent, SunTrust Bank, Central Florida, National
Association ("SunTrust, Central Florida"), individually and as Agent,
NationsBank, N.A. (South) ("NationsBank"), SouthTrust Bank of Alabama,
National Association ("SouthTrust"), and First Union National Bank of
Florida ("First Union") (SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, SunTrust, Central Florida,
NationsBank, SouthTrust and First Union are collectively referred to herein
as the "Lenders") providing for the amendment and restatement of the
Registrant's existing credit facility with the Lenders (the "Original
Credit Agreement") and for a Revolving Loan Commitment and a Line of Credit
Commitment of up to $100 million and $50 million respectively.  A copy of
the Amended Credit Agreement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and
is incorporated by reference herein.


Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and
Exhibits

     (c)  Exhibits

          99.1 Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Line of Credit
               Agreement, dated as of October 10, 1996, by and among the
               Registrant, SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, SunTrust Bank, Central
               Florida, NationsBank, SouthTrust and First Union.  The
               Amended Credit Agreement contains a table of contents
               identifying the contents of the Schedules and Exhibits, all
               of which have been omitted.  The Registrant agrees to
               furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted Schedule or
               Exhibit to the Commission upon request.

                                SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                              HUGHES SUPPLY, INC.


Date:  October 22, 1996            By: /s/ J. Stephen Zepf
                                   J. Stephen Zepf
                                   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
                               EXHIBIT INDEX
                                     
Exhibit
Number    Description

99.1      Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Line of Credit
          Agreement, dated as of October 10, 1996, by and among the
          Registrant, SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, SunTrust Bank, Central
          Florida, NationsBank, SouthTrust and First Union.