---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Support"
description: "Child Support; Authorizes deferral of support payments for obligor's good faith job training efforts; revises & provides child support requirements relating to depository, clerks of circuit court, fees, DCF, & State Disbursement Unit; removes exceptions relating to incarceration when establishing or modifying support order; authorizes child's caregiver to provide affidavit or written declaration regarding putative father."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1087"
citation: "Florida HB 1087 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(adopted)", "civil practice and procedure"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-152"
primary_sponsors: ["Caruso"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/176cfbe1-8ded-4676-8be3-4a16ca62afdf"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1087/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e6fd062dd480566cc4dc795ed0ddebb6c103260521b6a0f69d9808c620084293"
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 HB 1087 (2023) — Child Support

Child Support; Authorizes deferral of support payments for obligor's good faith job training efforts; revises & provides child support requirements relating to depository, clerks of circuit court, fees, DCF, & State Disbursement Unit; removes exceptions relating to incarceration when establishing or modifying support order; authorizes child's caregiver to provide affidavit or written declaration regarding putative father.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-152.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1087 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1087/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1087 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1087/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **28–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caruso — primary (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2023-03-09** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2023-03-13** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2023-03-15** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2023-03-15** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-03-22** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2023-03-24** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-03-24** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-27** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-27** Substituted for CS/SB 536
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-04-27** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-152

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/176cfbe1-8ded-4676-8be3-4a16ca62afdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).