Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Guardianship"
+description: "Guardianship; Expanding factors for a court to consider when appointing a guardian; revising requirements for a petition for the appointment of a guardian; prohibiting professional guardians from petitioning for their own appointment except under certain circumstances; prohibiting guardians from taking certain actions on behalf of an alleged incapacitated person or minor, etc."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 994"
+citation: "Florida SB 994 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["domestic relations"]
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2020-35"
+primary_sponsors: ["Passidomo"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-11-19"
+last_action: "2020-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/181d2919-3a67-4440-a6f5-57a210724feb"
+source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/994/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "b724659a03c86d530746ae4ae227f462d06da781a6ff160aa54788f171ee48ba"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
+---
+
+# Florida SB 994 (2020) — Guardianship
+
+Guardianship; Expanding factors for a court to consider when appointing a guardian; revising requirements for a petition for the appointment of a guardian; prohibiting professional guardians from petitioning for their own appointment except under certain circumstances; prohibiting guardians from taking certain actions on behalf of an alleged incapacitated person or minor, etc.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-35.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S 994 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/994/BillText/Filed/HTML)
+2. **S 994 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/994/BillText/c1/HTML)
+3. **S 994 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/994/BillText/c2/HTML)
+4. **S 994 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/994/BillText/e1/HTML)
+5. **S 994 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/994/BillText/er/HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **16–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Passidomo — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-11-19** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-12-13** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-10** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/15/20, 10:30 am, 301 Senate Building
+- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2020-01-15** Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-01-15** Now in Judiciary
+- **2020-01-23** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/28/20, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
+- **2020-01-28** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
+- **2020-01-30** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
+- **2020-01-31** Now in Rules
+- **2020-02-04** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
+- **2020-02-07** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/12/20, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
+- **2020-02-12** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
+- **2020-02-13** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2020-02-13** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
+- **2020-03-02** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/20
+- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-04** Amendment(s) adopted (839922)
+- **2020-03-04** Ordered engrossed
+- **2020-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 425, 426 `passage`
+- **2020-03-05** In Messages
+- **2020-03-09** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-09** Received
+- **2020-03-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
+- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
+- **2020-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
+- **2020-06-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-19** Chapter No. 2020-35
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/181d2919-3a67-4440-a6f5-57a210724feb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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