---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dissolution of Marriage"
description: "Dissolution of Marriage; Authorizing the court to consider the adultery of either spouse and any resulting economic impact in determining the amount of alimony awarded; providing a burden of proof for the party seeking support, maintenance, or alimony; removing the unanticipated change of circumstances requirement regarding modifying a parenting plan and time-sharing schedule; requiring the court to reduce or terminate support, maintenance, or alimony under certain circumstances; authorizing the court to reduce or terminate an award of support, maintenance, or alimony upon specific written findings of fact regarding the obligor’s retirement, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1416"
citation: "Florida SB 1416 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure", "domestic relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-315"
primary_sponsors: ["Fiscal Policy", "Gruters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/921b9646-9d31-4131-958f-f43ee9c9b4ba"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1416/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a8cb9383cd3b7f60425f4b6a213d4c0bb1884c821bcf566f64fc119c07ab7e0b"
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 1416 (2023) — Dissolution of Marriage

Dissolution of Marriage; Authorizing the court to consider the adultery of either spouse and any resulting economic impact in determining the amount of alimony awarded; providing a burden of proof for the party seeking support, maintenance, or alimony; removing the unanticipated change of circumstances requirement regarding modifying a parenting plan and time-sharing schedule; requiring the court to reduce or terminate support, maintenance, or alimony under certain circumstances; authorizing the court to reduce or terminate an award of support, maintenance, or alimony upon specific written findings of fact regarding the obligor’s retirement, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-315.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1416 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1416/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1416 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1416/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1416 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1416/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **102–12** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–6** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **15–2** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **17–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fiscal Policy — primary (person)
- Gruters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Fiscal Policy; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/23/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-23** CS by Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 2
- **2023-03-24** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-24** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-28** CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
- **2023-03-31** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/05/23, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-05** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 6 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Immediately certified
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
- **2023-04-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 102, NAYS 12 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-05** Chapter No. 2023-315, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1301 (Ch. 2023-301)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/921b9646-9d31-4131-958f-f43ee9c9b4ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).