---
type: "Bill"
title: "Curators of Estates"
description: "Curators of Estates; Revising the requirements for a court to appoint a curator of estates; revising bond requirements for a curator of estates; clarifying who may subject a curator of estates to removal and surcharge; requiring a curator to file reports with the court in specified circumstances; requiring that certain details be included in such reports; requiring the court to review such reports; authorizing the court to require more frequent reporting or additional documents under certain circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Florida HB 131 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["estates and trusts", "evidence"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-85"
primary_sponsors: ["Maggard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-08"
last_action: "2026-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dcf8ed6-506c-42f8-b7cb-4897c33f6a5c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/131/ByCategory"
source_hash: "decbab0dcfd22b5dcca4f8992ba4a292dccf93d4e6ad43a5207bad68a86301c6"
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 131 (2026) — Curators of Estates

Curators of Estates; Revising the requirements for a court to appoint a curator of estates; revising bond requirements for a curator of estates; clarifying who may subject a curator of estates to removal and surcharge; requiring a curator to file reports with the court in specified circumstances; requiring that certain details be included in such reports; requiring the court to review such reports; authorizing the court to require more frequent reporting or additional documents under certain circumstances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-85.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 131 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/131/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 131 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/131/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 131 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/131/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Maggard — primary (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-08** Filed `filing`
- **2025-10-14** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-14** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-14** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-16** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-21** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2026-01-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-21** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2026-01-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-23** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2026-01-27** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-01-27** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-01-27** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** In Messages
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 326
- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** In Messages
- **2026-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-06** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-22** Chapter No. 2026-85

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dcf8ed6-506c-42f8-b7cb-4897c33f6a5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).