HB 1337 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Estates

Summary

Estates; Revising the issues a court may resolve for a personal representative; requiring the court to award taxable costs and attorney fees in certain proceedings; authorizing the court to direct such payment from certain persons; revising when summary administration proceedings may commence for either a resident or nonresident decedent’s estate; revising the sum for funds certain financial institutions may make payable to a decedent’s family member, etc.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

Signed into Law

Apr 2026

Introduced Jan 9, 2026 Signed Apr 29, 2026

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What changed between versions

H 1337 c1 → H 1337 er · 3 edits

MINOR

The document status changed from a Committee Substitute version to the Enrolled version, indicating the bill has been fully approved by both legislative chambers and is ready for the Governor's signature. No substantive policy changes, legal requirements, or text were altered; the differences are purely administrative formatting updates to the document headers and footers.

TECHNICAL

Removed 'Committee Substitute' (CS) designation and blank header lines.

Added 'ENROLLED' designation to indicate final passage and added 'Legislature' to the version label.

Updated the document identifier from 'hb1337-01-c1' to 'hb1337 -01-er' to reflect the enrolled status.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2026 · House Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 39

Feb 26, 2026

D Democratic11

10 Yea 1

90% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican27

26 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 29, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

legislature

Feb 26, 2026

Upper · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Judiciary Committee

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Committee

Referred to Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Committee

Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor