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type: "Bill"
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title: "Supported Decisionmaking Authority"
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description: "Supported Decisionmaking Authority; Requires court to consider needs & abilities of person with developmental disability when determining whether to appoint guardian advocate; provides requirements for petition to appoint guardian advocate; authorizes agent acting for principal to grant supported decisionmaking agreement; prohibits such agreement from acting as durable power of attorney; provides certain communications shall be recognized as communication of principal; provides requirements for examining committee member when determining incapacitated person's ability to exercise his or her rights."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 73"
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citation: "Florida HB 73 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["domestic relations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2024-242"
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primary_sponsors: ["Koster", "Tant"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-09-20"
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last_action: "2024-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba702f1c-0d45-4b0d-a453-cbd4b8984158"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/73/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "0a9e2245b565258e00a5617ab3b12cc3ff249be2549d4d39988735375535a2ae"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 73 (2024) — Supported Decisionmaking Authority
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Supported Decisionmaking Authority; Requires court to consider needs & abilities of person with developmental disability when determining whether to appoint guardian advocate; provides requirements for petition to appoint guardian advocate; authorizes agent acting for principal to grant supported decisionmaking agreement; prohibits such agreement from acting as durable power of attorney; provides certain communications shall be recognized as communication of principal; provides requirements for examining committee member when determining incapacitated person's ability to exercise his or her rights.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-242.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 73 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/73/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 73 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/73/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Koster — primary (person)
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- Tant — primary (person)
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- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
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- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
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- Canady — cosponsor (person)
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- Cross — cosponsor (person)
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- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
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- Gantt — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
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- Keen — cosponsor (person)
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- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
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- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- McClain — cosponsor (person)
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- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
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- Persons-Mulicka — cosponsor (person)
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- Roth — cosponsor (person)
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- Skidmore — cosponsor (person)
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- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
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- Waldron — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-09-20** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-10-05** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-10-05** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-10-05** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-10-05** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
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- **2023-11-28** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-12-05** Favorable by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-12-06** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
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- **2023-12-06** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
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- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2024-01-16** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
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- **2024-01-18** Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-18** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
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- **2024-01-18** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2024-02-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
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- **2024-02-08** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-09** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2024-02-09** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2024-02-09** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
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- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-15** Passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-02-15** In Messages
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- **2024-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2024-03-04** Substituted for SB 446
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- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** In Messages
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- **2024-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-06-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-14** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-06-17** Chapter No. 2024-242
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba702f1c-0d45-4b0d-a453-cbd4b8984158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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