Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg
Summary
Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg; Provides an appropriation to compensate Mr. Sanchez-Mayen for injuries sustained as result of negligence of City of St. Petersburg; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees. CLAIM: $2,300,000
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Nov 24, 2025
Signed Jun 8, 2026
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The primary change is the transition of the bill from a filed draft to its final enrolled version, which includes formatting updates and the addition of the '2026 Legislature' designation. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or legal requirements were altered; the text of the relief bill remains identical.
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Updated header and footer text to reflect the bill's final enrolled status and the 2026 legislative session.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2026 · House Feb 4, 2026
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 11, 2026
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican28
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
11
Committee
11
Jun 8, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 0
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
lower
Dec 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Dec 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Dec 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kim Berfield
RRepublican
Co
Mike Gottlieb
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Redondo
RRepublican
Co
Webster Barnaby
RRepublican
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