republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2021/hb-625.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney Compensation"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 625"
citation: "Florida HB 625 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["estates and trusts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-145"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/695635bc-f3a4-4c48-8b0c-da62b4983a78"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e08e655102c95de817474d4912fa4f326358232d9c43936f29baffa536ad7ee1"
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 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](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 625 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 625 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 625 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/625/BillText/er/PDF)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/695635bc-f3a4-4c48-8b0c-da62b4983a78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).