republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/sb-140.md

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Bill	Marriage Licenses	Marriage Licenses	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2018	SB 140	Florida SB 140 (2018)	bill	marriage courts	enacted	2018-81	Benacquisto	5	42	8	2017-08-14	2018-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/be5f1e42-b470-458f-b3aa-eabab59a1498	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00140/ByCategory	bb93aa3206482890cd0f5fc133d55bbf76028fd3ebe33b2560738e88fd07a43d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 140 (2018) — Marriage Licenses

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-81.

Version chain

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

1. S 140 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 140 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 140 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 140 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. S 140 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage — 109–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 108–2 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Co-Introduce, Third Reading — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Returning Messages — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Benacquisto — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-08-14 Filed filing
• 2017-08-28 Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules referral-committee
• 2017-10-16 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 10/24/17, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
• 2017-10-24 CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
• 2017-10-26 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2017-10-30 Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
• 2017-11-06 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/06/17, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building --Meeting cancelled
• 2017-11-06 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/13/17, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
• 2017-11-13 Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-11-14 Now in Rules
• 2018-01-08 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/11/18, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-09 CS by Judiciary read 1st time
• 2018-01-11 CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
• 2018-01-12 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2018-01-16 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-01-17 CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
• 2018-01-22 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/24/18
• 2018-01-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-01-24 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-01-31 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-01-31 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-02-01 In Messages
• 2018-02-08 Referred to Calendar referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
• 2018-02-08 Received
• 2018-02-14 Substituted for CS/HB 335
• 2018-02-14 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-14 Amendment(s) adopted (186227, 951669) -HJ 580, 581
• 2018-02-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-14 CS passed as amended; YEAS 108 NAYS 2 passage
• 2018-02-20 In returning messages
• 2018-03-05 Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (756720) -SJ 717, 718
• 2018-03-05 Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (923493) -SJ 716, 717
• 2018-03-05 CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-03-05 In returning messages
• 2018-03-09 Concurred in Senate amendment(s) to House amendment(s) (756720) -HJ 1125, 1126
• 2018-03-09 CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 1 passage
• 2018-03-09 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
• 2018-03-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-23 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-26 Chapter No. 2018-81

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be5f1e42-b470-458f-b3aa-eabab59a1498. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).