---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates"
description: "Estates; Revising the issues a court may resolve for a personal representative; requiring the court to award taxable costs and attorney fees in certain proceedings; authorizing the court to direct such payment from certain persons; revising when summary administration proceedings may commence for either a resident or nonresident decedent’s estate; revising the sum for funds certain financial institutions may make payable to a decedent’s family member, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1337"
citation: "Florida HB 1337 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["banks and banking"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-57"
primary_sponsors: ["Fabricio", "Tuck"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53c318b4-c4c4-4b1f-83cc-80b055d1aeef"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1337/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c8a8c9513017344a73fe3021a1b465ff24b6ac493b9a1cb237f5af295828aa06"
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 1337 (2026) — Estates

Estates; Revising the issues a court may resolve for a personal representative; requiring the court to award taxable costs and attorney fees in certain proceedings; authorizing the court to direct such payment from certain persons; revising when summary administration proceedings may commence for either a resident or nonresident decedent’s estate; revising the sum for funds certain financial institutions may make payable to a decedent’s family member, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-57.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1337 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1337/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1337 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1337/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1337 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1337/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fabricio — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Tuck — primary (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2026-01-27** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-29** Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2026-01-29** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2026-01-30** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2026-02-03** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-03** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** 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`
- **2026-02-26** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-02-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-26** Substituted for CS/SB 1500
- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-26** In Messages
- **2026-02-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-30** Chapter No. 2026-57

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53c318b4-c4c4-4b1f-83cc-80b055d1aeef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).