---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief/Ramiro Companioni, Jr./City of Tampa"
description: "Relief/Ramiro Companioni, Jr./City of Tampa"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 6545"
citation: "Florida HB 6545 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["relief bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-193"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc5ef946-6358-4b21-a6b2-83e165d40bd9"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/06545/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a062459a54919bcc641694d8248487d10775039d2ebbf76d42a1e0b118646b38"
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 6545 (2018) — Relief/Ramiro Companioni, Jr./City of Tampa

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-193.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 6545 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6545/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 6545 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6545/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 6545 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6545/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 6545 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6545/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santiago — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 01/23/18, 3:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-23** CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-24** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-24** CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-25** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/01/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-02-01** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** 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** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** Amendment(s) adopted (604971)
- **2018-03-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-02** In Messages
- **2018-03-02** Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Received
- **2018-03-07** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Substituted for CS/SB 46
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** 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. 2018-193

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc5ef946-6358-4b21-a6b2-83e165d40bd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).