---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Trust Code"
description: "Florida Trust Code; Specifies circumstances in which Attorney General has exclusive authority to represent certain interests relating to charitable trust having its principal place of administration in this state; prohibits certain public officers of another state from asserting such rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1173"
citation: "Florida HB 1173 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["estates and trusts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-18"
primary_sponsors: ["Duggan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b08d4564-8577-4e9d-b63b-f4a73f35df43"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1173/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ac3bd3cfde396fadb95d640a77036c95cbef8408ba4e5573d708e52369c193a1"
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 1173 (2025) — Florida Trust Code

Florida Trust Code; Specifies circumstances in which Attorney General has exclusive authority to represent certain interests relating to charitable trust having its principal place of administration in this state; prohibits certain public officers of another state from asserting such rights.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-18.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1173 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1173/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1173 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1173/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1173 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1173/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1173 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1173/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **32–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **107–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Duggan — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2025-03-18** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-20** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2025-03-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2025-03-25** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-27** Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2025-03-27** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-03-31** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-02** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-02** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-03** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-03** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/9/2025)
- **2025-04-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** CS passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** In Messages
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-16** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-16** Substituted for CS/SB 806
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 32 NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-16** In Messages
- **2025-04-16** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Chapter No. 2025-18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b08d4564-8577-4e9d-b63b-f4a73f35df43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).