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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 737: Persons Disqualified from Being Appointed as a Guardian

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 737 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on December 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Persons Disqualified from Being Appointed as a Guardian. Primary sponsor: Adam Botana (Republican), Human Services Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee. It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Rules.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Adam BotanaPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse80
Human Services SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Judiciary CommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mike GottliebCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse102
Alex RizoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112
Susan ValdésCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Rules
  2. Received
  3. Referred to Rules
  4. In Messages
  5. CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar
  8. Read 2nd time
  9. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
  10. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  11. Bill referred to House Calendar
  12. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

Showing 12 most recent of 35 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source