Florida 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 2 R cosponsors

SB 446 — Supported Decisionmaking Authority

Last action — Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 73 (Ch. 2024-242)

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Supported Decisionmaking Authority; Requiring a circuit court to consider certain needs and abilities of a person with a developmental disability when determining whether to appoint a guardian advocate; defining the term “supported decisionmaking agreement”; prohibiting such agreement from acting as a durable power of attorney; requiring a petition to determine incapacity of a person to include specified information relating to the alleged incapacitated person’s use of assistance, etc.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 73 (Ch. 2024-242)

  2. Substituted HB 73

  3. Read 2nd time

  4. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/24

  5. Retained on Calendar

  6. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/24

  7. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  8. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0

  9. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/30/24, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

  10. Now in Rules

  11. Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0

  12. On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/17/24, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building

  13. Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

  14. Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

  15. Introduced

  16. On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/09/24, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

  17. Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules

  18. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 162 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (162)

162 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Favorable

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4002
Republican 11000
Democrat 3000
Total 18002
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Baxley — Yea
Book — Yea
Hutson — Yea
Perry — Yea
Broxson — Not Voting
Torres — Not Voting
Jones, Shevrin D. "Shev" Democrat Yea
Osgood, Rosalind Democrat Yea
Rouson, Darryl Ervin Democrat Yea
Boyd, Jim Republican Yea
Brodeur, Jason Republican Yea
Burgess, Danny Republican Yea
Burton, Colleen Republican Yea
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Hooper, Ed Republican Yea
Mayfield, Debbie Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Simon, Corey Republican Yea
Yarborough, Clay Republican Yea

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Subjects

civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 446 do?
Supported Decisionmaking Authority; Requiring a circuit court to consider certain needs and abilities of a person with a developmental disability when determining whether to appoint a guardian advocate; defining the term “supported decisionmaking agreement”; prohibiting such agreement from acting as a durable power of attorney; requiring a petition to determine incapacity of a person to include specified information relating to the alleged incapacitated person’s use of assistance, etc.
Who sponsors SB 446?
SB 446 is sponsored by Simon, Corey (Republican) and Harrell, Gayle (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 446?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 446?
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