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type: "Bill"
title: "Custody of Minor Children by Extended Family"
description: "Custody of Minor Children by Extended Family; Revising the purposes of ch. 751, F.S.; revising the requirements for individuals seeking concurrent custody; allowing any other provisions related to the best interest of the child to be considered in a petition for temporary or concurrent custody; authorizing courts to include provisions requested in petitions for temporary or concurrent custody which relate to the best interest of the child, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "Florida SB 124 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["domestic relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-146"
primary_sponsors: ["Bean"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-08-12"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3806fcd6-3228-4606-89b7-6840706ded45"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/124/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ec26516fb7eec53e04e53d8fdd6ad0f8ac0d01f9ed23328e9bfb87c5f4765946"
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 124 (2020) — Custody of Minor Children by Extended Family
Custody of Minor Children by Extended Family; Revising the purposes of ch. 751, F.S.; revising the requirements for individuals seeking concurrent custody; allowing any other provisions related to the best interest of the child to be considered in a petition for temporary or concurrent custody; authorizing courts to include provisions requested in petitions for temporary or concurrent custody which relate to the best interest of the child, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-146.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 124 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/124/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 124 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/124/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 124 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/124/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 124 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/124/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 124 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/124/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **340** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1151** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **150** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **70** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bean — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-08-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-09-03** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-28** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/05/19, 2:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2019-11-05** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2019-11-06** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-11-07** Now in Judiciary
- **2019-12-02** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 12/10/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-12-10** CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- **2019-12-12** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-12-13** Now in Rules
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
- **2020-01-14** CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2020-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/29/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-01-29** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-02-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/06/20
- **2020-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Amendment(s) adopted (652166)
- **2020-02-06** Ordered engrossed
- **2020-02-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-13** In Messages
- **2020-03-06** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/20
- **2020-03-06** Received
- **2020-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-01** Chapter No. 2020-146
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3806fcd6-3228-4606-89b7-6840706ded45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).