---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage Licenses"
description: "Marriage Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Florida SB 140 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["marriage", "courts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-81"
primary_sponsors: ["Benacquisto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-08-14"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be5f1e42-b470-458f-b3aa-eabab59a1498"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00140/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bb93aa3206482890cd0f5fc133d55bbf76028fd3ebe33b2560738e88fd07a43d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 140 (2018) — Marriage Licenses

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-81.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 140 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/140/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 140 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/140/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 140 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/140/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 140 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/140/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 140 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/140/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage — **109–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **108–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Co-Introduce, Third Reading — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benacquisto — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-08-14** Filed `filing`
- **2017-08-28** Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-16** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 10/24/17, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2017-10-24** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2017-10-26** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2017-10-30** Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- **2017-11-06** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/06/17, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building --Meeting cancelled
- **2017-11-06** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/13/17, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
- **2017-11-13** Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-11-14** Now in Rules
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/11/18, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2018-01-11** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-12** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2018-01-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-01-17** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2018-01-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/24/18
- **2018-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-01** In Messages
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
- **2018-02-08** Received
- **2018-02-14** Substituted for CS/HB 335
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Amendment(s) adopted (186227, 951669) -HJ 580, 581
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** CS passed as amended; YEAS 108 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2018-02-20** In returning messages
- **2018-03-05** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (756720) -SJ 717, 718
- **2018-03-05** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (923493) -SJ 716, 717
- **2018-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** In returning messages
- **2018-03-09** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) to House amendment(s) (756720) -HJ 1125, 1126
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Chapter No. 2018-81

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be5f1e42-b470-458f-b3aa-eabab59a1498`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).