2025 Regular SessionFlorida Legislature

S0262: Trusts

Legislative Summary

Revising how an authorized trustee may exercise the power to invade principal as an authorized trustee administering a trust; providing that property devised to or from a revocable trust which is devised, given, or distributed to a donee by a settlor during the settlor's lifetime is treated as a satisfaction of devise to that donee if certain criteria are met; providing that homestead property transferred by one or both settlor spouses to a community property trust will not be treated as a change of ownership for the purposes of reassessing the property, etc.

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Bill History

1/14/2025
Filed
Senate
1/29/2025
Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules
Senate
2/10/2025
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/18/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
Senate
2/18/2025
CS by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
Senate
2/20/2025
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate
2/21/2025
Now in Community Affairs
Senate
3/4/2025
Introduced
Senate
3/4/2025
CS by Judiciary read 1st time
Senate
3/6/2025
On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/11/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
Senate
3/11/2025
CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
Senate
3/12/2025
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate
3/12/2025
Now in Rules
Senate
3/12/2025
CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
Senate
3/14/2025
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/19/25, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
Senate
3/19/2025
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 25 NAYS 0
Senate
3/19/2025
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Senate
3/25/2025
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/25
Senate
3/27/2025
Read 2nd time
Senate
3/27/2025
Read 3rd time
Senate
3/27/2025
CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
Senate
3/27/2025
Immediately certified
Senate
3/27/2025
In Messages
House of Representatives

Amendments

Senate Committee Amendment #762740

2/17/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Senate: Third Reading RCS#8
3/27/2025
36
Yea
0
Nay
2
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Rules
3/19/2025
25
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Community Affairs
3/11/2025
7
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Judiciary
2/18/2025
9
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(3/27/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Lori Berman
Lori Berman
Democrat

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text3/12/202516.1 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/20/202516.1 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/14/202516.9 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter3/19/2025339.8 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter3/18/2025339.8 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter3/12/2025339.8 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter3/10/2025338.6 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter2/20/2025338.1 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter2/17/2025336.0 KB