SB 1500: Estates
GENERAL BILL by Bradley
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.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/8/2026 Senate • Filed
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SB 1500, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/8/2026 at 3:25 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1337 Estates Tuck Identical Last Action: 1/9/2026 H Filed 
Citations - Statutes (13)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 655.933 Access by fiduciaries. Page 2 (pdf) 655.936 Delivery of safe-deposit box contents or property held in safekeeping to personal representative. Page 3 (pdf) 655.937 Access to safe-deposit boxes leased in two or more names. Page 11 (pdf) 733.106 Costs and attorney fees. Page 12 (pdf) 733.603 Personal representative to proceed without court order. Page 3 (pdf) 733.612 Transactions authorized for the personal representative; exceptions. Page 4 (pdf) 733.6125 Page 4 (pdf) 733.6171 Compensation of attorney for the personal representative. Page 4 (pdf) 734.101 Foreign personal representative. Page 11 (pdf) 735.201 Summary administration; nature of proceedings. Page 6 (pdf) 735.302 Income tax refunds in certain cases. Page 6 (pdf) 735.303 Payment to successor without court proceedings. Page 7 (pdf) 735.304 Disposition without administration of intestate property in small estates. Page 10 (pdf)