---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts"
description: "Estates and Trusts; Providing that the requirement for a claimant to file an independent action is satisfied if specified actions are taken; specifying that claimants, not creditors, are given certain priority of claims; revising the types of trusts deemed to have been contributed by a settlor’s spouse and not the settlor; providing that a trustee may resign by specified procedure and with notice to certain parties, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1502"
citation: "Florida SB 1502 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["estates and trusts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-101"
primary_sponsors: ["Banking and Insurance", "Powell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b688070-5265-4af9-a5fa-2f8ac4d24a5e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1502/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a978f481619dab10dbcbe8ce0b3058a6c27b7d76abf4bf5c495a8b659be249c8"
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 1502 (2022) — Estates and Trusts

Estates and Trusts; Providing that the requirement for a claimant to file an independent action is satisfied if specified actions are taken; specifying that claimants, not creditors, are given certain priority of claims; revising the types of trusts deemed to have been contributed by a settlor’s spouse and not the settlor; providing that a trustee may resign by specified procedure and with notice to certain parties, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-101.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1502 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1502/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1502 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1502/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1502 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1502/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Banking and Insurance — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/25/22, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-01-25** CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2022-01-27** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-01-28** Now in Judiciary
- **2022-02-02** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/07/22, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-02** CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
- **2022-02-07** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Now in Rules
- **2022-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/15/22, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-15** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/22
- **2022-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-23** In Messages
- **2022-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2022)
- **2022-03-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/HB 625
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-11** Chapter No. 2022-101

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b688070-5265-4af9-a5fa-2f8ac4d24a5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).