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CS/SB 1154: Decedents’ Property

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Berman

Decedents’ Property; Specifying that precious metals are tangible personal property for the purposes of the Florida Probate Code; expanding the list of sales or encumbrances that are voidable by interested persons under certain circumstances; specifying when an attorney or a person related to the attorney is deemed appointed in a trust instrument, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect October 1, 2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/18/2019 Senate • Filed
    2/28/2019 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules -SJ 121
    3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 120
    3/13/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/18/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/18/2019 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 255
    3/19/2019 Senate • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    3/27/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/01/19, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
    4/1/2019 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 284
    4/2/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    4/3/2019 Senate • Now in Rules
    • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 316
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Rules

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  • CS/SB 1154, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/2/2019 at 2:08 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1307 (c1) Decedents' Property Driskell Identical Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Judiciary

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    731.1065 Page 2 (pdf)
    731.301 Notice. Page 3 (pdf)
    733.610 Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest. Page 3 (pdf)
    733.617 Compensation of personal representative. Page 4 (pdf)
    736.0708 Compensation of trustee. Page 7 (pdf)

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  • SB 1154, Original Filed Version Posted 2/18/2019 at 10:31 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/15/2019 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/19/2019 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/29/2019 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 4/2/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1307 Decedents' Property Driskell Identical Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Judiciary

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    113228 - Amendment
    Delete lines 61 - 142.
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    (Berman)
    3/29/2019
    3:56 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/2/2019
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/18/2019 4:00 PM Judiciary 6 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/1/2019 4:00 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    689.151 Page 3 (pdf)
    731.1065 Page 5 (pdf)
    731.301 Notice. Page 6 (pdf)
    733.610 Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest. Page 6 (pdf)
    733.617 Compensation of personal representative. Page 7 (pdf)
    736.0708 Compensation of trustee. Page 11 (pdf)

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