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CS/CS/HB 583: Estates

GENERAL BILL by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee ; Civil Justice Subcommittee ; Spano ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Perry

Estates; Deletes provision that provides that information relating to state death tax credit or generation-skipping transfer credit is not applicable to estates of decedents dying after specified date; provides for retroactive effect & application; provides for retroactive effect & application; provides exception to property held by agents & fiduciaries; provides that property held by fiduciaries under trust instruments is presumed unclaimed; revises language regarding instruments governed by laws of different state; provides provisions relating to gifts to lawyers & other disqualified persons; requires custodian of will to supply testator's date of death or last four digits of testator's social security number; provides original will submitted with pleading is considered to be deposited with clerk; requires clerk to retain & preserve original will in its original form for period of time; provides for in rem jurisdiction & personal jurisdiction over trustee, beneficiary, or other person; deletes provision referring to other methods of obtaining jurisdiction; provides methods of service of process in actions involving trusts & beneficiaries; repeals provisions relating to trust proceedings & dismissal of matters relating to foreign trusts; repeals provision relating to delegation of powers by trustee; clarifies duties of trustee.

Effective Date: 10/1/2013
Last Action: 4/30/2013 House - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 492 (Ch. 2013-172) -HJ 1006
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/1/2013 House • Filed
2/12/2013 House • Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 64
3/4/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/06/13, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
3/5/2013 House • Introduced -HJ 64
3/6/2013 House • CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 216
3/11/2013 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 209
3/12/2013 House • Now in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee -HJ 226
3/15/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 03/19/13, 1:00 pm, 404 HOB
3/19/2013 House • CS/CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 286
3/20/2013 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 281
3/21/2013 House • Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 305
3/26/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/28/13, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
3/28/2013 House • Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 372
• Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 372
4/1/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/03/13, 8:30 am, 404 HOB
4/3/2013 House • Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 414
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 414
4/29/2013 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/13
4/30/2013 House • Substituted CS/CS/SB 492 -HJ 1006
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 492 (Ch. 2013-172) -HJ 1006