republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2020/sb-994.md

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Bill	Guardianship	Guardianship; Expanding factors for a court to consider when appointing a guardian; revising requirements for a petition for the appointment of a guardian; prohibiting professional guardians from petitioning for their own appointment except under certain circumstances; prohibiting guardians from taking certain actions on behalf of an alleged incapacitated person or minor, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2020	SB 994	Florida SB 994 (2020)	bill	domestic relations	enacted	2020-35	Passidomo	5	35	5	2019-11-19	2020-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/181d2919-3a67-4440-a6f5-57a210724feb	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/994/ByCategory	b724659a03c86d530746ae4ae227f462d06da781a6ff160aa54788f171ee48ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 994 (2020) — Guardianship

Guardianship; Expanding factors for a court to consider when appointing a guardian; revising requirements for a petition for the appointment of a guardian; prohibiting professional guardians from petitioning for their own appointment except under certain circumstances; prohibiting guardians from taking certain actions on behalf of an alleged incapacitated person or minor, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-35.

Version chain

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

1. S 994 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 994 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 994 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 994 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. S 994 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Passidomo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-11-19 Filed filing
• 2019-12-13 Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules referral-committee
• 2020-01-10 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/15/20, 10:30 am, 301 Senate Building
• 2020-01-14 Introduced introduction
• 2020-01-15 Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-01-15 Now in Judiciary
• 2020-01-23 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/28/20, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
• 2020-01-28 CS by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
• 2020-01-30 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2020-01-31 Now in Rules
• 2020-02-04 CS by Judiciary read 1st time
• 2020-02-07 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/12/20, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
• 2020-02-12 CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
• 2020-02-13 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2020-02-13 CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
• 2020-03-02 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/20
• 2020-03-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-04 Amendment(s) adopted (839922)
• 2020-03-04 Ordered engrossed
• 2020-03-04 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-05 CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 425, 426 passage
• 2020-03-05 In Messages
• 2020-03-09 Referred to Calendar referral-committee
• 2020-03-09 Received
• 2020-03-10 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
• 2020-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-10 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-11 CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-11 Ordered enrolled
• 2020-06-03 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2020-06-18 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-19 Chapter No. 2020-35

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/181d2919-3a67-4440-a6f5-57a210724feb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).