---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supported Decisionmaking Authority"
description: "Supported Decisionmaking Authority; Requires court to consider needs & abilities of person with developmental disability when determining whether to appoint guardian advocate; provides requirements for petition to appoint guardian advocate; authorizes agent acting for principal to grant supported decisionmaking agreement; prohibits such agreement from acting as durable power of attorney; provides certain communications shall be recognized as communication of principal; provides requirements for examining committee member when determining incapacitated person's ability to exercise his or her rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 73"
citation: "Florida HB 73 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["domestic relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-242"
primary_sponsors: ["Koster", "Tant"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-20"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba702f1c-0d45-4b0d-a453-cbd4b8984158"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/73/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0a9e2245b565258e00a5617ab3b12cc3ff249be2549d4d39988735375535a2ae"
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 73 (2024) — Supported Decisionmaking Authority

Supported Decisionmaking Authority; Requires court to consider needs & abilities of person with developmental disability when determining whether to appoint guardian advocate; provides requirements for petition to appoint guardian advocate; authorizes agent acting for principal to grant supported decisionmaking agreement; prohibits such agreement from acting as durable power of attorney; provides certain communications shall be recognized as communication of principal; provides requirements for examining committee member when determining incapacitated person's ability to exercise his or her rights.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-242.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 73 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/73/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 73 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/73/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Koster — primary (person)
- Tant — primary (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Gantt — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Keen — cosponsor (person)
- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Persons-Mulicka — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Skidmore — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Waldron — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-20** Filed `filing`
- **2023-10-05** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2023-11-28** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-12-05** Favorable by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-06** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2023-12-06** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-18** Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-18** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-09** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-09** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Substituted for SB 446
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-06-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-14** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-17** Chapter No. 2024-242

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba702f1c-0d45-4b0d-a453-cbd4b8984158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).