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type: "Bill"
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title: "Support for Dependent Adult Children"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 226"
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citation: "Florida SB 226 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["domestic relations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-213"
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primary_sponsors: ["Berman", "Children, Families, and Elder Affairs", "Judiciary"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-18"
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last_action: "2023-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/349b1772-0310-4d3d-a7e2-87dc48dc75f9"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/226/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "d1202da08da5450a2ab76d3d8004455a60fef50b024f3af8a191f101c061efa3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 226 (2023) — Support for Dependent Adult Children
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-213.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 226 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/226/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 226 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/226/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 226 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/226/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 226 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/226/BillText/e1/HTML)
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5. **S 226 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/226/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Berman — primary (person)
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- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs — primary (person)
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- Judiciary — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-18** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-01-26** Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/07/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-02-07** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
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- **2023-02-08** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-02-09** Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
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- **2023-02-27** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/06/23, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
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- **2023-03-06** CS/CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-07** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
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- **2023-03-08** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-03-08** Now in Rules
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- **2023-03-08** CS/CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
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- **2023-03-17** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/22/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-03-22** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-03-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/30/23
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- **2023-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-30** Amendment(s) adopted (581458)
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- **2023-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-03-30** Immediately certified
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- **2023-03-31** In Messages
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- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
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- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-213
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## Source
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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).
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