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CS/CS/SB 872: Estates

GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; Judiciary ; Hukill

Estates; Authorizing the court, if costs and attorney fees are to be paid from the estate under specified sections of law, to direct payment from a certain part of the estate or, under specified circumstances, to direct payment from a trust; requiring a personal representative to be removed and the letters of administration revoked if he or she was not qualified to act at the time of appointment; providing that a governing instrument may not direct that taxes be paid from property other than property passing under the governing instrument, except under specified conditions, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 5/15/2015 - Chapter No. 2015-27
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/12/2015 Senate • Filed
2/20/2015 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules -SJ 91
3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 91
3/5/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/10/15, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
3/10/2015 Senate • CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 192
3/12/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Banking and Insurance -SJ 192
3/17/2015 Senate • CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 207
3/26/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/31/15, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
3/31/2015 Senate • CS/CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 344
4/2/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Rules -SJ 344
• CS/CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 346
4/6/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/09/15, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
4/9/2015 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 377
4/10/2015 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 377
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/14/15
4/14/2015 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 422
4/22/2015 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 464
• Amendment(s) adopted (388318, 733094, 738696) -SJ 464
• Ordered engrossed -SJ 465
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/23/2015 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 574
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 575
4/23/2015 House • In Messages
4/24/2015 House • Referred to Calendar -HJ 848
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/15
• Received -HJ 847
4/27/2015 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 861
• Substituted for CS/CS/CS/HB 343 -HJ 862
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/28/2015 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 879
• CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 880
4/28/2015 Senate • Ordered enrolled -SJ 703
5/7/2015 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/14/2015 • Approved by Governor
5/15/2015 • Chapter No. 2015-27