HB 6501 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Relief/Sidney Holmes/State of Florida

Summary

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

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 3, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

H 6501 Filed → H 6501 c1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was revised to streamline the language and update the bill status from 'Filed' to 'Committee Substitute' (CS). The substantive policy content regarding compensation for Sidney Holmes remains largely the same, though some wording was refined for clarity and consistency.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on providing relief and compensation to Sidney Holmes for wrongful incarceration; no major changes to applicability or eligibility criteria were made.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated from 'HB 6501' to 'CS/HB 6501' to reflect it is now a committee substitute version.

Page count was updated from 'Page 1 of 6' to 'Page 1 of 5' reflecting the revised text.

Some 'WHEREAS' clauses were reorganized and condensed for better flow, particularly regarding the timeline of events and findings of innocence.

Minor wording adjustments were made throughout the bill to improve clarity and consistency in legal language.

Floor votes · House Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

28–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 30

Apr 22, 2025

D Democratic8

8 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican22

20 Yea 2

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 22, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (28-0-2)

house

Apr 22, 2025

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Budget Committee

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Budget Committee

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Budget Committee agenda

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Budget Committee

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Committee

Referred to Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Committee

Referred to Budget Committee

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Committee

Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

2 primary · 11 co-sponsors