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CS/HB 6501: Relief/Sidney Holmes/State of Florida

CLAIMS/GENERAL BILL by Budget Committee ; Gottlieb ; Gantt ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bankson ; Casello ; Chambliss ; Daley ; Driskell ; Eskamani ; Hart ; Mooney ; Nixon ; Smith ; Valdés ; Woodson

Relief/Sidney Holmes/State of Florida; Provides appropriation from State of Florida to compensate Sidney Holmes for wrongful incarceration; directs CFO to draw warrant payable directly to Sidney Holmes; declares that Legislature does not waive certain defenses or increase state's limits of liability with respect to act; prohibits funds awarded from being used or paid for attorney or lobbying fees; provides that certain benefits are void upon specified findings. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,722,000

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/3/2025	House	• Filed
  1/15/2025	House	• Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee • Referred to Budget Committee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  3/3/2025	House	• Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
  3/4/2025	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3/5/2025	House	• Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee • Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee • Now in Budget Committee
  4/21/2025	House	• Added to Budget Committee agenda
  4/22/2025	House	• Favorable with CS by Budget Committee • Reported out of Budget Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • Bill referred to House Calendar • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) • Added to Second Reading Calendar
  4/30/2025	House	• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 10 (Ch. 2025-215)

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• CS/HB 6501, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/22/2025 at 6:11 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 10 (er)	Relief of Sidney Holmes by the State of Florida	Pizzo	Identical	Last Action: 7/8/2025 Chapter No. 2025-215

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• HB 6501, Original Filed Version Posted 1/3/2025 at 10:16 AM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/5/2025 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 10 (c1)	Relief of Sidney Holmes by the State of Florida	Pizzo	Similar	Last Action: 7/8/2025 Chapter No. 2025-215

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  275767 - Amendment Remove lines 84-127 and insert:	Gottlieb	4/21/2025 5:14 PM	Adopted without Objection 4/22/2025	PDF

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