CS/SB 1500: Estates

GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance, 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.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/5/2026 09:04 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1337 (er) by Judiciary Committee Estates Last Action: 2/26/2026 H Ordered enrolled	Identical

• Analyses (2)

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  • Rules (Pre-Meeting)   2/16/2026
  • Rules (Post-Meeting)   2/17/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  2/17/2026 12:00 PM	S 1500	Rules	24 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (13)

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  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)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/8/2026	S	• Filed
  1/16/2026	S	• Referred to Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules
  1/22/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building • Introduced
  1/27/2026	S	• Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 • Now in Banking and Insurance
  1/30/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/4/2026	S	• CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
  2/5/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules
  2/10/2026	S	• CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
  2/12/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  2/17/2026	S	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
  2/18/2026	S	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  2/23/2026	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
  2/26/2026	S	• Read 2nd time • Substituted CS/HB 1337 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 1337