---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appointment of Attorneys for Dependent Children with Special Needs"
description: "Appointment of Attorneys for Dependent Children with Special Needs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "Florida SB 146 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["attorneys at law", "justice administrative commission", "child dependency"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-14"
primary_sponsors: ["Bean"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-08-15"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1752c07-8904-448e-bc06-06df6c68917d"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00146/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7958b413a57fbdad78e9ebea7f3c1a162598478e4e3b2b2911e0075cf1dd5a32"
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 146 (2018) — Appointment of Attorneys for Dependent Children with Special Needs

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-14.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 146 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/146/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 146 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/146/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bean — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-15** Filed `filing`
- **2017-08-28** Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-16** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 10/24/17, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2017-10-24** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-25** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- **2017-11-27** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 12/07/17, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Office Building
- **2017-12-07** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- **2017-12-07** Now in Appropriations
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 01/11/18, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **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** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
- **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 HB 57
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Passed; YEAS 109 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-20** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter No. 2018-14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1752c07-8904-448e-bc06-06df6c68917d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).