No, Florida HB 943 Isn't an Alimony Formula Bill (2026)

If you have seen a claim that Florida HB 943 is advancing a formula-based alimony multiplier in the 2026 session, it is not accurate. HB 943 (2026) is a property insurance bill with no alimony provisions. The formula-multiplier idea comes from dead 2015 legislation. Florida's real, enacted alimony law is the 2023 reform under Section 61.08, Florida Statutes.

What the Claim Says

A story circulating online states that Florida HB 943 moved to the House floor in 2026 and would add income-and-duration multipliers to spousal support, creating a formula for calculating alimony. As a Florida family-law attorney, I checked the bill and the legislative record before repeating any of it. The claim does not hold up.

What HB 943 Actually Is

According to the official Florida Legislature bill record, HB 943 in the 2026 session addresses Citizens Property Insurance Corporation and commercial property insurance coverage. It contains no alimony or spousal-support provisions. The bill was laid on the table on March 9, 2026, in favor of a related insurance measure. It has nothing to do with divorce, alimony, or family law.

Where the Formula-Multiplier Idea Comes From

The multiplier concept is real, but it is old. Back in the 2015 Florida legislative session, a different HB 943 and its Senate companion SB 1248 proposed formulas that used the length of the marriage and the difference in each spouse's income, multiplied by a set factor, to produce an alimony range. Those 2015 bills advanced through committee but never became law. Attaching that decade-old proposal to a 2026 insurance bill of the same number is how the confusion happened.

The Real Florida Alimony Law

Florida did overhaul alimony, but in 2023, not 2026. Governor DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1416, effective July 1, 2023, which rewrote Section 61.08, Florida Statutes. That is the law governing Florida divorces filed today.

What SB 1416 changed

• Permanent alimony was eliminated for cases filed on or after July 1, 2023.
• Florida now recognizes four alimony types: temporary, bridge-the-gap, rehabilitative, and durational.
• Durational alimony duration is capped by marriage length: generally up to 50% of the length of a short-term marriage (under 10 years), up to 60% of a moderate-term marriage (10 to 20 years), and up to 75% of a long-term marriage (20 years or more).
• The amount of durational alimony is limited to the recipient's reasonable need or no more than 35% of the difference between the parties' net incomes, whichever is less.

Net income for this purpose follows the definition in Section 61.30, Florida Statutes, the same statute that governs child support: gross income minus allowable deductions such as taxes, FICA and Medicare, mandatory retirement, and certain health insurance premiums.

Legal Implications for Florida Divorce Cases

The practical point is simple. A Florida divorce is governed by the statute in effect when you file, which is currently the 2023 framework, not any rumored 2026 formula. The 35% net-income cap is a ceiling set by judicial discretion within statutory limits, not an automatic multiplier calculation. There is no enacted combined alimony-plus-child-support formula in Florida.

Because both alimony and child support run on the same net-income definition in Section 61.30, the accuracy of each spouse's financial affidavit matters more than any pending bill. Overstated or understated income moves the outcome under the law that actually applies.

Practical Takeaways for Florida Residents

Do not act on a false headline

Never delay or rush a divorce because of a story about a pending alimony formula. The bill described does not exist as alimony legislation, and even genuine reform bills routinely die in committee. Your rights are set by the enacted statute.

Agreement beats any formula

If you and your spouse agree on support, or agree there will be none, the court generally honors a written marital settlement agreement, and the statutory caps operate only as outer boundaries. That is the heart of an uncontested divorce and the reason it stays a flat 750 dollars at this firm, with or without minor children.

Children add paperwork, not price

In an uncontested filing, a case with minor children simply adds a parenting plan, a child support guidelines worksheet, and a UCCJEA affidavit. See our guide to uncontested divorce with children in Jacksonville at /blog/uncontested-divorce-with-children-jacksonville-florida/.

The real action is in the appellate courts

Florida's alimony law is being shaped less by new 2026 bills and more by appeals decisions applying the 2023 reform. For accurate coverage, see our analysis of the Sheff and Gaul rulings at /blog/news-news-florida-appeals-alimony-rulings-sheff-gaul-june-2026/. For another example of a widely misreported Florida family-law bill, see why the child support cap did not jump to 50,000 dollars at /blog/news-news-florida-hb-1014-child-support-income-cap-50000-2026/.

The Bottom Line

Florida HB 943 (2026) is an insurance bill, not an alimony reform. No 2026 formula-based alimony multiplier has become law. Florida divorces filed today run on the 2023 SB 1416 reform: no permanent alimony, durational limits by marriage length, and a 35% net-income cap under Section 61.08. For couples who agree, the smartest and cheapest path is unchanged: settle support in writing and finish an uncontested divorce for a predictable flat fee.