SB 10 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relief of Sidney Holmes by the State of Florida

Summary

Relief of Sidney Holmes by the State of Florida; Providing for the relief of Sidney Holmes; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. Holmes for being wrongfully incarcerated for 34 years; directing the Chief Financial Officer to draw a warrant payable directly to Mr. Holmes; providing for the waiver of certain tuition and fees for Mr. Holmes; prohibiting funds awarded under the act to Mr. Holmes from being used or paid for attorney or lobbying fees, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,722,000

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Jul 2025

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Signed Jul 1, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

S 10 c1 → S 10 er · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was converted from a committee version (CS) to an enrolled version (er), indicating it has been finalized and signed into law. The substantive text of the bill remains identical, providing $1.722 million in compensation to Sidney Holmes for his 34 years of wrongful incarceration and waiving certain tuition and fees.

TECHNICAL

Added metadata headers including bill title, date stamps (2025-04-30 and 2025-07-01), bill type (Claim Bill/General), and status (ENROLLED) to indicate final legislative approval.

Removed page headers, footers, and committee markup indicators (e.g., 'CS for SB 10', 'Page X of 4', 'CODING: Words stricken are deletions') that were present in the draft version.

Changed bill identifier from '202510c1' (committee version) to '202510er' (enrolled version) to reflect its final legal status.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 29, 2025 · House Apr 30, 2025

How they voted

38–0

Passed

Total votes 38

Apr 29, 2025

D Democratic10

10 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican27

27 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jul 1, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

legislature

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Mar 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

upper

Nov 20, 2024

Committee

Referred to Special Master on Claim Bills; Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors