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CS/CS/SB 954: Attorney Compensation

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Judiciary ; Bean

Attorney Compensation; Requiring an attorney representing a personal representative in an estate administration who intends to charge a certain fee to make specified written disclosures; prohibiting an attorney who does not make such disclosures from being paid for legal services except in certain circumstances; requiring an attorney representing a trustee in the initial administration of a trust who intends to charge a certain fee to make specified written disclosures; providing that the complexity of a trust may be considered when determining what is an extraordinary service, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2021
 Last Action: 4/22/2021 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 625 (Ch. 2021-145) -SJ 640
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/29/2021 Senate • Filed
    2/4/2021 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Rules -SJ 105
    3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 105
    3/10/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/15/21, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/15/2021 Senate • CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 3 -SJ 271
    3/17/2021 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Commerce and Tourism
    3/18/2021 Senate • CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 276
    3/24/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/29/21, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/29/2021 Senate • Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 2 -SJ 324
    3/30/2021 Senate • Now in Rules
    4/15/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/20/2021 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 559
    • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    4/21/2021 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21 -SJ 642
    • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 560
    4/22/2021 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 639
    • Substituted CS/HB 625 -SJ 640
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 625 (Ch. 2021-145) -SJ 640

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  • CS/CS/SB 954, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/20/2021 at 5:15 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/21/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 625 (er) Attorney Compensation Judiciary Committee Identical Last Action: 6/23/2021 Chapter No. 2021-145 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    733.6171 Compensation of attorney for the personal representative. Page 2 (pdf)
    736.1007 Trustee’s attorney fees. Page 7 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 954, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/17/2021 at 2:08 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) 3/26/2021 (pdf)
    Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting) 3/30/2021 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/19/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 625 (c1) Attorney Compensation Judiciary Committee Compare Last Action: 6/23/2021 Chapter No. 2021-145 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    387788 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Rules
    (Bean)     		4/20/2021
    10:53 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/20/2021     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/29/2021 3:30 PM Commerce and Tourism 9 Yeas - 2 Nays
    4/20/2021 8:30 AM Rules 16 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    733.106 Costs and attorney fees. Page 12 (pdf)
    733.6171 Compensation of attorney for the personal representative. Page 1 (pdf)
    736.1005 Attorney fees for services to the trust. Page 14 (pdf)
    736.1007 Trustee’s attorney fees. Page 6 (pdf)

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  • SB 954, Original Filed Version Posted 1/29/2021 at 1:06 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/17/2021 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/17/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 625 Attorney Compensation Judiciary Committee Identical Last Action: 6/23/2021 Chapter No. 2021-145 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    283472 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Judiciary
    (Bean)     		3/12/2021
    2:32 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/15/2021     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/15/2021 3:30 PM Judiciary 8 Yeas - 3 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    733.6171 Compensation of attorney for the personal representative. Page 1 (pdf)

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