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| Bill | Attorney Compensation | Attorney Compensation; Requires attorney representing personal representative in estate administration or trustee in initial administration of trust who intends to charge certain fee to make specified written disclosures; requires attorney to obtain certain signature; prohibits attorney who does not make such disclosures from being paid for legal services except in certain circumstances; provides that complexity of estate or trust may be considered when determining what is extraordinary service; requires court to consider certain agreements & written disclosures when determining reasonable compensation of attorney. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021 | HB 625 | Florida HB 625 (2021) |
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enacted | 2021-145 | 4 | 44 | 5 | 2021-01-29 | 2021-06-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/695635bc-f3a4-4c48-8b0c-da62b4983a78 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/ByCategory | e08e655102c95de817474d4912fa4f326358232d9c43936f29baffa536ad7ee1 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 625 (2021) — Attorney Compensation
Attorney Compensation; Requires attorney representing personal representative in estate administration or trustee in initial administration of trust who intends to charge certain fee to make specified written disclosures; requires attorney to obtain certain signature; prohibits attorney who does not make such disclosures from being paid for legal services except in certain circumstances; provides that complexity of estate or trust may be considered when determining what is extraordinary service; requires court to consider certain agreements & written disclosures when determining reasonable compensation of attorney.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-145.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 625 Filed (filed) — source
- H 625 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 625 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 625 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage — 113–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 118–1 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Judiciary Committee) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-29 Filed
filing - 2021-02-18 Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2021-02-18 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2021-02-18 Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- 2021-03-10 Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
- 2021-03-12 Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-12 Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- 2021-03-12 Now in Judiciary Committee
- 2021-03-25 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 2021-04-02 PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 2021-04-06 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- 2021-04-06 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- 2021-04-07 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- 2021-04-07 CS Filed
- 2021-04-07 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- 2021-04-09 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2021-04-09 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-15 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- 2021-04-20 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-20 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-20 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-21 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-21 CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 1
passage - 2021-04-21 Message sent to senate
- 2021-04-21 In Messages
- 2021-04-21 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2021-04-21 Received
- 2021-04-22 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2021-04-22 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2021-04-22 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 954
- 2021-04-22 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-22 Amendment(s) adopted (767926)
- 2021-04-22 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-22 CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
passage - 2021-04-22 In Messages
- 2021-04-29 Added to Senate Message List
- 2021-04-29 Amendment 767926 Concur
- 2021-04-29 CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 1
passage - 2021-04-29 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- 2021-04-29 Message sent to senate
- 2021-06-18 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2021-06-21 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-06-23 Chapter No. 2021-145
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/695635bc-f3a4-4c48-8b0c-da62b4983a78. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).