HB 6017 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death

Summary

Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death; Removes provision that precluded certain persons from recovering damages for medical negligence resulting in death.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Vetoed

May 2025

Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Vetoed May 29, 2025

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What changed between versions

H 6017 Filed → H 6017 er · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill transitioned from a filed draft version to an enrolled final version, indicating it has been signed into law. The substantive policy content of the bill remains unchanged; only the formatting and metadata (such as bill status and page identifiers) were updated to reflect its final legislative status.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill status from 'Filed' to 'Enrolled' to indicate the bill has been signed and is now official law.

Changed document identifiers from 'hb6017-00' to 'hb6017 -00-er' to reflect the enrolled version.

Added 'Legislature' to the 2025 session header for consistency in the enrolled format.

Floor votes · Senate May 1, 2025 · House Mar 26, 2025

How they voted

33–4

Passed

Total votes 37

May 1, 2025

D Democratic10

10 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican26

22 Yea 4 Nay

84% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 29, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

legislature

May 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 4

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed; YEAS 104, NAYS 6

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Judiciary Committee

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Judiciary Committee

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Judiciary 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

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Judiciary Committee

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

2 primary · 11 co-sponsors