Florida · Senate Bill 1272 · 2025 Regular Session

Guardianship

  1. Introduced Feb 26, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 6, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  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; Prohibiting a guardian from restricting the ability of an adult ward to maintain contact with a person except in certain circumstances; requiring that an initial guardianship plan identify the persons entitled to certain information; requiring that an initial guardianship plan for an incapacitated person identify persons entitled to certain notice and to visit the incapacitated person, etc.

Every action

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

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules · Senate Judiciary
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Judiciary
  5. CommitteeFavorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Judiciary9–0 vote
  6. CommitteeNow in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  7. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Apr 1, 2025 Senate Judiciary Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 9

Not voting · 2

9–0

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.