---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder-focused Dispute Resolution Process"
description: "Elder-focused Dispute Resolution Process; Authorizes courts to appoint eldercaring coordinators & refer parties to eldercaring coordination; specifies duration of appointments; requires courts to conduct review hearings; provides for qualifications, disqualifications, removal, & suspension of coordinators; authorizes courts to award certain fees & costs of eldercaring coordination; provides immunity from liability for certain parties; requires Florida Supreme Court to establish minimum standards & procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 441"
citation: "Florida HB 441 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-67"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54ea85e9-22fb-47ef-9a00-7d87f1fd19c1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/441/ByCategory"
source_hash: "594899d620ffba2ed03033f5d06234c373bebc1516711a02058b17f25e33483e"
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 441 (2021) — Elder-focused Dispute Resolution Process

Elder-focused Dispute Resolution Process; Authorizes courts to appoint eldercaring coordinators & refer parties to eldercaring coordination; specifies duration of appointments; requires courts to conduct review hearings; provides for qualifications, disqualifications, removal, & suspension of coordinators; authorizes courts to award certain fees & costs of eldercaring coordination; provides immunity from liability for certain parties; requires Florida Supreme Court to establish minimum standards & procedures.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-67.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 441 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/441/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 441 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/441/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 441 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/441/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 441 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/441/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 441 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/441/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-16** Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-19** Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-19** CS Filed
- **2021-03-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2021-03-26** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-30** Favorable by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2021-03-30** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-02** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-06** CS Filed
- **2021-04-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-08** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Amendment 446849 filed
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 446849 adopted
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed as amended; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 368
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-04** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09** Chapter No. 2021-67

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54ea85e9-22fb-47ef-9a00-7d87f1fd19c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).