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SB 1500: Estates

GENERAL BILL by Bradley

Estates; Revising the issues a court may resolve for a personal representative; requiring the court to award taxable costs and attorney fees in certain proceedings; authorizing the court to direct such payment from certain persons; revising when summary administration proceedings may commence for either a resident or nonresident decedent’s estate; revising the sum for funds certain financial institutions may make payable to a decedent’s family member, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/22/2026 Senate - Introduced
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/8/2026 Senate • Filed
    1/16/2026 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules
    1/22/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    • Introduced

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  • SB 1500, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/8/2026 at 3:25 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1337 Estates Tuck, Fabricio Identical Last Action: 1/15/2026 H Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (13)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    655.933 Access by fiduciaries. Page 2 (pdf)
    655.936 Delivery of safe-deposit box contents or property held in safekeeping to personal representative. Page 3 (pdf)
    655.937 Access to safe-deposit boxes leased in two or more names. Page 11 (pdf)
    733.106 Costs and attorney fees. Page 12 (pdf)
    733.603 Personal representative to proceed without court order. Page 3 (pdf)
    733.612 Transactions authorized for the personal representative; exceptions. Page 4 (pdf)
    733.6125 Page 4 (pdf)
    733.6171 Compensation of attorney for the personal representative. Page 4 (pdf)
    734.101 Foreign personal representative. Page 11 (pdf)
    735.201 Summary administration; nature of proceedings. Page 6 (pdf)
    735.302 Income tax refunds in certain cases. Page 6 (pdf)
    735.303 Payment to successor without court proceedings. Page 7 (pdf)
    735.304 Disposition without administration of intestate property in small estates. Page 10 (pdf)

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