---
type: "Bill"
title: "Roller Skating Rink Safety"
description: "Roller Skating Rink Safety; Providing that an operator of a roller skating rink is not liable for damages or personal injury resulting from inherent risks of roller skating; providing exceptions; providing that certain persons assume the inherent risk of roller skating; providing that an operator is not required to eliminate, alter, or control the inherent risks in roller skating, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1458"
citation: "Florida SB 1458 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["torts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-56"
primary_sponsors: ["Commerce and Tourism", "Yarborough"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe5604ae-0010-4760-b23a-b63dee072bc5"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1458/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ff372de0f6387b256b9992b5ac2c7e852addea8ecd42486f9615a59282536366"
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 1458 (2023) — Roller Skating Rink Safety

Roller Skating Rink Safety; Providing that an operator of a roller skating rink is not liable for damages or personal injury resulting from inherent risks of roller skating; providing exceptions; providing that certain persons assume the inherent risk of roller skating; providing that an operator is not required to eliminate, alter, or control the inherent risks in roller skating, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-56.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1458 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1458/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1458 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1458/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1458 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1458/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Tourism — primary (person)
- Yarborough — primary (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/27/23, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-03-27** CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-28** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-28** Now in Judiciary
- **2023-03-28** CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
- **2023-03-30** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/04/23, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-04** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Now in Rules
- **2023-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/19/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-19** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/23
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** 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 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-56

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe5604ae-0010-4760-b23a-b63dee072bc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).