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IntroducedDec 10, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 25, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Florida House Bill
Persons Disqualified from Being Appointed as a Guardian; Authorizes court to appoint person who has been convicted of felony to be guardian of proposed ward; requires court to consider imposing additional requirements on certain guardians to safeguard proposed ward & his or her property; authorizes court to deny appointment as guardian if it determines appointment would place proposed ward, or his or her property, at risk.
Summary
Comments on HB 737
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 116
- Abbott
- Eskamani
- Oliver
- Albert
- Esposito
- Overdorf
- Alvarez, D.
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Alvarez, J.
- Franklin
- Partington
- Anderson
- Gantt
- Perez
- Andrade
- Garrison
- Persons-Mulicka
- Antone
- Gentry
- Plakon
- Aristide
- Gerwig
- Plasencia
- Baker
- Giallombardo
- Porras
- Bankson
- Gonzalez Pittman
- Rayner
- Barnaby
- Gossett-Seidman
- Redondo
- Bartleman
- Gottlieb
- Rizo
- Basabe
- Greco
- Robinson, F.
- Benarroch
- Griffitts
- Robinson, W.
- Berfield
- Grow
- Rosenwald
- Black
- Harris
- Salzman
- Blanco
- Hart-Lowman
- Sapp
- Booth
- Hinson
- Shoaf
- Borrero
- Hodgers
- Sirois
- Botana
- Holcomb
- Skidmore
- Boyles
- Hunschofsky
- Smith
- Brackett
- Jacques
- Snyder
- Brannan
- Johnson
- Spencer
- Buchanan
- Stark
- Busatta
- Kendall
- Steele
- Campbell
- Kincart Jonsson
- Tant
- Canady
- Koster
- Tendrich
- Cassel
- LaMarca
- Tomkow
- Chamberlin
- Long
- Trabulsy
- Chambliss
- López, J.
- Tramont
- Chaney
- Maggard
- Tuck
- Cobb
- Maney
- Valdés
- Conerly
- McClure
- Weinberger
- Cross
- McFarland
- Woodson
- Daley
- Melo
- Yarkosky
- Daniels
- Michael
- Yeager
- Driskell
- Miller
- Young
- Duggan
- Mooney
- Dunkley
- Nix
- Edmonds
- Nixon
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Rules
- Received
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- In Messages
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- Feb 13, 2026 | House
- Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- Feb 06, 2026 | House
- Referred to Judiciary Committee
- Now in Judiciary Committee
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee
- Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Now in Human Services Subcommittee
- Jan 16, 2026 | House
- Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 13, 2026 | House
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Dec 16, 2025 | House
- Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Referred to Human Services Subcommittee
- Referred to Judiciary Committee
- Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Dec 10, 2025 | House
- Filed

