---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lactation Spaces"
description: "Lactation Spaces; Requiring each county courthouse to provide at least one lactation space for members of the public by a specified date; providing requirements for such lactation space; authorizing the use of state or private funds to provide lactation spaces in appellate courthouses; providing exceptions, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Florida SB 144 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["judicial branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-88"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e31c6c51-bd15-4e20-b9f6-676600df4494"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/144/ByCategory"
source_hash: "95cd7f1d7c47ff54eb59e4b62590a7b604e7239915001e649d660f7dba2ee174"
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 144 (2023) — Lactation Spaces

Lactation Spaces; Requiring each county courthouse to provide at least one lactation space for members of the public by a specified date; providing requirements for such lactation space; authorizing the use of state or private funds to provide lactation spaces in appellate courthouses; providing exceptions, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-88.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 144 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/144/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 144 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/144/BillText/e1/HTML)
3. **S 144 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/144/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Judiciary; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/07/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-02-07** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2023-03-06** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/09/23, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-03-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/15/23
- **2023-03-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Amendment(s) adopted (907602)
- **2023-03-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-15** Immediately certified
- **2023-03-15** In Messages
- **2023-03-23** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/30/2023)
- **2023-03-23** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Substituted for CS/HB 87
- **2023-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Chapter No. 2023-88

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e31c6c51-bd15-4e20-b9f6-676600df4494`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).