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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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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.

  1. H 625 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 625 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 625 e1 (engrossed) — source
  4. H 625 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — 150 (pass) · lower
  • Passage — 1131 (pass) · lower
  • Passage, Third Reading — 1181 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable With Amendment(s) (Judiciary Committee) — 190 (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).