republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-1187.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	chapter_law	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Guardianship	Guardianship	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2018	HB 1187	Florida HB 1187 (2018)	bill	courts guardians and guardianship	enacted	2018-68	Spano	3	33	5	2018-01-04	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/7f84edea-3a60-421f-82b1-a1afea050467	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01187/ByCategory	8dfb194ec37c9fcbe8f064515af5912edd3f1c2bc6e13b4146b77c2cb4372a3d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 1187 (2018) — Guardianship

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-68.

Version chain

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

1. H 1187 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 1187 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 1187 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 34–1 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Spano — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-04 Filed filing
• 2018-01-07 Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-19 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 01/23/18, 3:30 pm, 12 HOB
• 2018-01-23 Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-23 Now in Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee
• 2018-01-26 On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
• 2018-01-30 Favorable by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-30 Now in Health and Human Services Committee
• 2018-02-05 On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/07/18, 10:30 am, Morris Hall
• 2018-02-07 CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
• 2018-02-09 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-02-12 CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
• 2018-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-22 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
• 2018-02-28 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-28 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-01 CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 746, 747 passage
• 2018-03-01 In Messages
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-03-01 Received
• 2018-03-05 Withdrawn from Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations withdrawal
• 2018-03-05 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-05 Substituted for CS/SB 1002
• 2018-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-05 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-06 CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 1 passage
• 2018-03-06 Ordered enrolled
• 2018-03-14 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-21 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-22 Chapter No. 2018-68

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f84edea-3a60-421f-82b1-a1afea050467. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).