Just a week after Britney Spears overcame a significant hurdle in her conservatorship case, a bipartisan conservatorship reform bill was introduced in the House of Representatives. The bill would allow those under conservatorships to request that their guardian be replaced.

"Abusive conservatorships can be an unending nightmare, and tragically we don't know how many people are being held captive against their will under the broken guardianship system," bill co-author Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Florida, wrote in a press release. "We do know, however, that we need federal safeguards to protect persons under guardianship from abuse and exploitation."

The Freedom and Right to Emancipate from Exploitation (FREE) or "Free Britney" Act establishes a number of improvements to the conservatorship system as it currently stands. As the bill's second co-author states, this bill is meant to do more than address Britney Spears' case.

According to the Representatives' statement, there are currently an estimated 1.3 million adults in the U.S. who are under a conservatorship or legal guardianship.

"To see a woman like Britney Spears have her most basic human rights permanently stripped away from her under the guise of 'protection' should be illegal," Mace stated. "Our bipartisan bill will do more than #FreeBritney, it will give anyone in a conservatorship the right to petition the court for a public guardian with absolutely no conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise."

Conservatorships have been recognized by critics as relationships vulnerable to abuse for some time. There's no denying that the #FreeBritney Movement had a massive hand in bringing this issue into the public eye.

"The case of Britney Spears reveals a darker side to a system meant to protect people," Mace wrote. "This is a solid first step toward conservatorship reform. I want to thank Ms. Spears for her courage in coming forward."

Currently, those under conservatorships must prove in court that fraud has occurred in order to have their guardian replaced. Under the new FREE Act, individuals would be able to replace court-appointed private guardians with public guardians who are "free from financial conflicts of interest."

The bill would also establish a system of independent caseworkers to monitor the well-being of those under conservatorships. To prove that they have no conflict of interest where the conservatee is concerned, the caseworkers would also be required to disclose their finances.

Finally, the FREE act would require states to create up-to-date databases of all individuals under conservatorships or legal guardianships.

Spears has been fighting to remove her father from his position as her legal guardian since last year at the latest, but her requests to have him replaced have so far been denied.

In a court hearing last month, Spears spoke on the conditions of her conservatorship which she described as "abusive". According to her testimony, Spears has been forced to use birth control against her wishes, one among a number of other alleged abuses.