---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardianship"
description: "Guardianship"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1187"
citation: "Florida HB 1187 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["courts", "guardians and guardianship"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-68"
primary_sponsors: ["Spano"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f84edea-3a60-421f-82b1-a1afea050467"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01187/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8dfb194ec37c9fcbe8f064515af5912edd3f1c2bc6e13b4146b77c2cb4372a3d"
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 HB 1187 (2018) — Guardianship

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-68.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1187 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1187/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1187 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1187/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1187 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1187/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spano — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-07** Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 01/23/18, 3:30 pm, 12 HOB
- **2018-01-23** Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-23** Now in Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee
- **2018-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-30** Favorable by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2018-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/07/18, 10:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-07** CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-09** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-12** CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
- **2018-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 746, 747 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Received
- **2018-03-05** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 1002
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter No. 2018-68

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f84edea-3a60-421f-82b1-a1afea050467`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).