---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief/Cathleen Smiley/Brevard County"
description: "Relief/Cathleen Smiley/Brevard County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 6515"
citation: "Florida HB 6515 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["relief bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-190"
primary_sponsors: ["Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-10-30"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85c67bb2-9dad-425c-8df2-31889eb6c96e"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/06515/ByCategory"
source_hash: "eb197cccea4b778509e2481fa3af0192661061a1abeaa6fed8c244b51719e54d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 6515 (2018) — Relief/Cathleen Smiley/Brevard County

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-190.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 6515 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6515/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 6515 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6515/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 6515 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6515/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **111–4** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-10-30** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-08** Referred to Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-29** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 4:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2017-12-06** CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2017-12-08** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2017-12-11** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 01/11/18, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-09** CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-11** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** CS passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2018-02-14** In Messages
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Received
- **2018-02-21** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-21** Substituted for CS/SB 52
- **2018-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-190

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85c67bb2-9dad-425c-8df2-31889eb6c96e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).