---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief/Estate of Herminio Padilla, Jr./the City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, the City of Lake Worth, the City of Riviera Beach, and the Town of Palm Beach"
description: "Relief/Estate of Herminio Padilla, Jr./the City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, the City of Lake Worth, the City of Riviera Beach, and the Town of Palm Beach"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6515"
citation: "Florida HB 6515 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(claims bills)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-186"
primary_sponsors: ["Fernandez-Barquin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77f1f5a1-1465-469b-908e-cbe28e96272c"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/6515/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5bcacd9edbcbe7d80763b05a31bd4f0256e71eb12f9c0bacb43238972eaf4586"
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 (2019) — Relief/Estate of Herminio Padilla, Jr./the City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, the City of Lake Worth, the City of Riviera Beach, and the Town of Palm Beach

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-186.

## 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/2019/6515/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 6515 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/6515/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 6515 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/6515/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fernandez-Barquin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-21** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/25/19, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-25** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-26** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-27** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-27** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2019-04-01** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/03/19, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-04-03** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** In Messages
- **2019-04-18** Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Received
- **2019-04-30** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-30** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 200
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 30 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-08** Chapter No. 2019-186

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77f1f5a1-1465-469b-908e-cbe28e96272c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).