H 0131
Curators of Estates
When someone dies without a will or executor and their estate needs immediate protection, courts can now appoint a temporary curator more easily. That curator must post a bond, file regular status reports, and can be removed or fined if they mismanage assets.
Timeline
- Chapter No. 2026-85
- Approved by Governor
- Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- Withdrawn from Rules
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading36–0
- Substituted for CS/SB 326
- Read 2nd time
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
- In Messages
- Ordered enrolled
- Referred to Rules
- Received
- Read 2nd time
- Added to Third Reading Calendar110–0
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0
- In Messages
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
- Favorable by Judiciary Committee20–0
- Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- Bill released to House Calendar
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- Referred to Judiciary Committee
- Now in Judiciary Committee
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee16–0
- Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Referred to Judiciary Committee
- Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Filed
Status
Chapter No. 2026-85
- Stage:
- Enacted
- Chamber:
- House
- Last movement:
- May 22, 2026
Bill text, sponsors and roll-call data via LegiScan · 2026 Regular Session of the Florida Legislature.