Florida · House Bill 407 · 2025 Regular Session

Guardianship of Property

HB 407 Sponsored by Michael A. "Mike" Caruso Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 5, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 12, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Guardianship of Property; Requires guardians of property to file quarterly, rather than annual, accounting reports by specified dates; authorizes court to set different quarterly schedule; requires guardian to mail copy of each quarterly accounting to ward's next of kin; requires first quarterly accounting period to end within certain timeframe after letters of guardianship are issued; requires guardians of property…

Read the full title (137 words)

Guardianship of Property; Requires guardians of property to file quarterly, rather than annual, accounting reports by specified dates; authorizes court to set different quarterly schedule; requires guardian to mail copy of each quarterly accounting to ward's next of kin; requires first quarterly accounting period to end within certain timeframe after letters of guardianship are issued; requires guardians of property to file quarterly, rather than annual, accounting reports; requires guardian to mail copy of each quarterly accounting to ward's next of kin; authorizes certain guardians to file each monthly statement of ward's account from ward's financial institution for preceding quarter; requires court to appoint appraiser to appraise ward's property; requires all documentation, including bids submitted to purchase such property, from appraiser to be retained in court file; requires court to refer certain guardians to FDLE for criminal investigation.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee · House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Human Services Subcommittee · House Human Services Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to Judiciary Committee · House Judiciary Committee
  5. CommitteeNow in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee · House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  6. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee · House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.