Relief/Estate of M.N./Broward County Sheriff's Office
Summary
Relief/Estate of M.N./Broward County Sheriff's Office; Provides for an appropriation to compensate estate for injuries sustained by M.N. & her subsequent death as result of negligence of Broward County Sheriff's Office; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees. CLAIM: $2,588,259
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2026
Last action Mar 13, 2026
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The bill has been updated from its original version to the first engrossed version, indicating it has passed through the legislative process and is ready for final action. The changes are purely technical, involving the addition of 'Engrossed 1' to the bill title and updating the internal document identifiers to reflect this new stage. No substantive policy, funding, or eligibility changes were made.
TECHNICAL
Updated document headers and footers to reflect the bill is now the first engrossed version (CS/HB 6531, Engrossed 1) instead of the original committee version.
Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2026
How they voted
104–0
Passed · 14 other
Total votes 118
Mar 5, 2026
D
Democratic34
85% Yea
R
Republican84
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
11
Committee
12
Mar 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 103, NAYS 0
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Amendment 888481 adopted
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Amendment 814919 adopted
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chip LaMarca
RRepublican
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