Florida House Bill 399 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum:
Status: Passed on May 10 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-10 - Chapter No. 2017-16
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Requires each examining committee member in proceeding to determine incapacity to file report with clerk of court within specified time; requires clerk to serve each report on specified persons within specified time; revises time before hearing on petition within which specified parties must be served; authorizes petitioner & alleged incapacitated person to move for continuance if service is not timely & to object to introduction of all or any part of report; specifies that admissibility of report is governed by rules of evidence; requires that adjudicatory hearing be conducted within specified time; changes time that guardian has to file required annual guardianship plan; eliminates requirement that court must first find that ward's spouse has consented to dissolution of marriage before authorizing guardian to exercise specified rights; removes cap on funeral expenses.

Guardianship

House Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee

Rep. Ben Diamond [D]

Rep. Ross Spano [R]

2017-04-18 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#6 (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-04-05 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#88 (Y: 93 N: 22 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-10		Chapter No. 2017-16
2017-05-09		Approved by Governor
2017-05-04		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2017-04-19	House	Ordered enrolled
2017-04-18	Senate	CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
2017-04-18	Senate	Read 3rd time
2017-04-13	Senate	Placed on 3rd reading
2017-04-13	Senate	Read 2nd time
2017-04-13	Senate	Substituted for CS/CS/SB 172
2017-04-13	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2017-04-13	Senate	Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
2017-04-12	Senate	Received
2017-04-12	Senate	Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
2017-04-12	Senate	In Messages
2017-04-05	House	CS passed; YEAS 93 NAYS 22
2017-04-05	House	Read 3rd time
2017-04-04	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2017-04-04	House	Read 2nd time
2017-03-30	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/04/17
2017-03-23	House	Placed on Calendar
2017-03-23	House	Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 1
2017-03-21	House	On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 03/23/17, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
2017-03-09	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2017-03-08	House	Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 1
2017-03-07	House	CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee read 1st time
2017-03-07	House	Introduced
2017-03-06	House	On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 03/08/17, 12:00 pm, 12 HOB
2017-02-28	House	Now in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee
2017-02-24	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
2017-02-23	House	CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 1
2017-02-16	House	On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 02/23/17, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
2017-02-06	House	Referred to Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2017-01-23	House	Filed

S0172 (Same As) 2017-04-13 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 399 (Ch. 2017-16)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
744	3215		Amended Code	See Bill Text
744	331		Amended Code	See Bill Text
744	367		Amended Code	See Bill Text
744	3725		Amended Code	See Bill Text
744	441		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/399
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0399/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/399/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/399/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0399/Amendment/572113/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0399/Amendment/172745/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/399/Vote/HouseVote_h00399c1088.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/399/Vote/SenateVote_h00399c1006.PDF