---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shared Parental Responsibility after Establishment of Paternity"
description: "Shared Parental Responsibility after Establishment of Paternity; Authorizes parent to request certain determinations & creation of parenting plan & time-sharing schedule; requires determination of parental responsibility & child support & creation of parenting plan & time-sharing schedule to be done through certain action; specifies mother of child born out of wedlock & father who has established paternity of such child are natural guardians of child & subject to rights & responsibilities of being parents; specifies mother of child born out of wedlock is natural guardian if father has not established paternity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 775"
citation: "Florida HB 775 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["domestic relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-209"
primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin", "Hawkins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b99b775e-e5e9-4e58-b755-1e80c1c30ee1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/775/ByCategory"
source_hash: "412e54ffcbd411cb5eac700fce2e6e35c002423d52bd5b34419a8290d229fe5a"
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 775 (2023) — Shared Parental Responsibility after Establishment of Paternity

Shared Parental Responsibility after Establishment of Paternity; Authorizes parent to request certain determinations & creation of parenting plan & time-sharing schedule; requires determination of parental responsibility & child support & creation of parenting plan & time-sharing schedule to be done through certain action; specifies mother of child born out of wedlock & father who has established paternity of such child are natural guardians of child & subject to rights & responsibilities of being parents; specifies mother of child born out of wedlock is natural guardian if father has not established paternity.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-209.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 775 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/775/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 775 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/775/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 775 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/775/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 775 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/775/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benjamin — primary (person)
- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-10** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Original reference removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-31** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-31** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-31** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-03** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-27** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-27** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1146
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-04-27** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Chapter No. 2023-209

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b99b775e-e5e9-4e58-b755-1e80c1c30ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).