Florida House Bill 625 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on June 23 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-23 - Chapter No. 2021-145
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Requires attorney representing personal representative in estate administration or trustee in initial administration of trust who intends to charge certain fee to make specified written disclosures; requires attorney to obtain certain signature; prohibits attorney who does not make such disclosures from being paid for legal services except in certain circumstances; provides that complexity of estate or trust may be considered when determining what is extraordinary service; requires court to consider certain agreements & written disclosures when determining reasonable compensation of attorney.

Attorney Compensation

House Judiciary Committee	Sen. Clay Yarborough [R]	Rep. Christopher Benjamin [D]	Rep. James Bush [D]
Rep. Daisy Morales [D]

2021-04-29 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#419 (Y: 113 N: 1 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#57 (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-04-21 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#230 (Y: 118 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-04-06 - House - House Judiciary Committee (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-03-12 - House - House Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-23		Chapter No. 2021-145
2021-06-21		Approved by Governor
2021-06-18		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2021-04-29	House	Message sent to senate
2021-04-29	House	Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
2021-04-29	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 1
2021-04-29	House	Amendment 767926 Concur
2021-04-29	House	Added to Senate Message List
2021-04-22	House	In Messages
2021-04-22	Senate	CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
2021-04-22	Senate	Read 3rd time
2021-04-22	Senate	Amendment(s) adopted (767926)
2021-04-22	Senate	Read 2nd time
2021-04-22	Senate	Substituted for CS/CS/SB 954
2021-04-22	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2021-04-22	Senate	Withdrawn from Rules
2021-04-21	Senate	Received
2021-04-21	Senate	Referred to Rules
2021-04-21	Senate	In Messages
2021-04-21	House	Message sent to senate
2021-04-21	House	CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 1
2021-04-21	House	Read 3rd time
2021-04-20	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2021-04-20	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2021-04-20	House	Read 2nd time
2021-04-15	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
2021-04-09	House	Added to Second Reading Calendar
2021-04-09	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2021-04-07	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2021-04-07	House	CS Filed
2021-04-07	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2021-04-06	House	Reported out of Judiciary Committee
2021-04-06	House	Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
2021-04-02	House	PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
2021-03-25	House	Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
2021-03-12	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2021-03-12	House	Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
2021-03-12	House	Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
2021-03-10	House	Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
2021-03-02	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2021-02-18	House	Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
2021-02-18	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2021-02-18	House	Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
2021-01-29	House	Filed

S954 (Same As) 2021-04-22 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 625 (Ch. 2021-145)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
733	6171		Amended Code	See Bill Text
736	1007		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/BillText/e1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/Amendment/426409/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/Amendment/096167/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/Amendment/767926/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/Analyses/h0625.CIV.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/Analyses/h0625a.CIV.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/Analyses/h0625b.JDC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/Analyses/h0625c.JDC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/Analyses/h0625z.CIV.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/Analyses/h0625z1.CIV.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/Vote/HouseVote_h00625c1230.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/Vote/SenateVote_h00625c1057.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/Vote/HouseVote_h00625c1419.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=58261&IsPCB=0&BillId=70937
Roll Call	https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=59982&IsPCB=1&BillId=70937