---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief/Estate of Dr. Sherrill Lynn Aversa/Department of Transportation"
description: "Relief/Estate of Dr. Sherrill Lynn Aversa/Department of Transportation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 6535"
citation: "Florida HB 6535 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["relief bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-165"
primary_sponsors: ["Newton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-11-16"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c7051e3-d2ab-46ab-87c6-a6bf8d45a3fa"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/06535/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f05c5b38ad3fbbd5f3c18fe931b92c7bd2255a1a12280f95d3d4ed6b83ca0102"
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 6535 (2018) — Relief/Estate of Dr. Sherrill Lynn Aversa/Department of Transportation

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-165.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 6535 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6535/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 6535 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6535/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 6535 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6535/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 6535 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6535/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **110–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-16** Filed `filing`
- **2017-12-08** Referred to Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-30** CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-30** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-31** Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2018-01-31** CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-02-09** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/13/18, 12:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2018-02-13** CS/CS by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 1
- **2018-02-14** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-14** CS/CS by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-02-19** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-19** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/21/18, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-02-21** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** CS passed; YEAS 110 NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for SB 40
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-165

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c7051e3-d2ab-46ab-87c6-a6bf8d45a3fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).