---
type: "Bill"
title: "Support for Dependent Adult Children"
description: "Support for Dependent Adult Children; Providing that civil suits to establish support for dependent adult children may be filed only in a certain court by specified individuals; requiring such support to be paid to the dependent adult child or other specified persons; specifying that a child support order does not terminate on the child’s 18th birthday in certain circumstances; requiring the court to consider certain factors when determining the amount of support for a dependent adult child; providing an additional circumstance under which a guardian advocate must be represented by an attorney in guardianship proceedings, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "Florida SB 226 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["domestic relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-213"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman", "Children, Families, and Elder Affairs", "Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/349b1772-0310-4d3d-a7e2-87dc48dc75f9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/226/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d1202da08da5450a2ab76d3d8004455a60fef50b024f3af8a191f101c061efa3"
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 226 (2023) — Support for Dependent Adult Children

Support for Dependent Adult Children; Providing that civil suits to establish support for dependent adult children may be filed only in a certain court by specified individuals; requiring such support to be paid to the dependent adult child or other specified persons; specifying that a child support order does not terminate on the child’s 18th birthday in certain circumstances; requiring the court to consider certain factors when determining the amount of support for a dependent adult child; providing an additional circumstance under which a guardian advocate must be represented by an attorney in guardianship proceedings, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-213.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 226 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/226/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 226 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/226/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 226 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/226/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 226 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/226/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 226 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/226/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs — primary (person)
- Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/07/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-02-07** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2023-02-08** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-02-09** Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- **2023-02-27** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/06/23, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-06** CS/CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2023-03-08** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-08** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-08** CS/CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
- **2023-03-17** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/22/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-22** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-03-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/30/23
- **2023-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Amendment(s) adopted (581458)
- **2023-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Immediately certified
- **2023-03-31** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-213

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/349b1772-0310-4d3d-a7e2-87dc48dc75f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).