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type: "Bill"
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title: "Curators of Estates"
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description: "Curators of Estates; Revising the requirements for a court to appoint a curator of estates; revising bond requirements for a curator of estates; clarifying who may subject a curator of estates to removal and surcharge; requiring a curator to file reports with the court in specified circumstances; requiring that certain details be included in such reports; requiring the court to review such reports; authorizing the court to require more frequent reporting or additional documents under certain circumstances, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 131"
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citation: "Florida HB 131 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["estates and trusts", "evidence"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-85"
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primary_sponsors: ["Maggard"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-10-08"
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last_action: "2026-05-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dcf8ed6-506c-42f8-b7cb-4897c33f6a5c"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/131/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "decbab0dcfd22b5dcca4f8992ba4a292dccf93d4e6ad43a5207bad68a86301c6"
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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 131 (2026) — Curators of Estates
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Curators of Estates; Revising the requirements for a court to appoint a curator of estates; revising bond requirements for a curator of estates; clarifying who may subject a curator of estates to removal and surcharge; requiring a curator to file reports with the court in specified circumstances; requiring that certain details be included in such reports; requiring the court to review such reports; authorizing the court to require more frequent reporting or additional documents under certain circumstances, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-85.
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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 131 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/131/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 131 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/131/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 131 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/131/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Maggard — primary (person)
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- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-10-08** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-10-14** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-10-14** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-10-14** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2026-01-16** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-01-21** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-21** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2026-01-21** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2026-01-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2026-01-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-23** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2026-01-27** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-27** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2026-01-27** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2026-01-27** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
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- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** In Messages
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2026-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 326
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- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** In Messages
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- **2026-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-05-06** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-22** Chapter No. 2026-85
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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/1dcf8ed6-506c-42f8-b7cb-4897c33f6a5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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