---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief of the Estate of Molly Parker/Department of Transportation"
description: "Relief of the Estate of Molly Parker/Department of Transportation; Providing for the relief of the Estate of Molly Parker; providing an appropriation to compensate the estate for Ms. Parker’s death as a result of the negligence of the Department of Transportation; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees; providing legislative intent regarding the waiver of certain liens, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Florida SB 2 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-318"
primary_sponsors: ["Hooper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-08-01"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5b3376d-9942-48eb-b847-c8000c35d7c3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/2/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a354cfe748e7ec401a7b077ce0582de2a743d61a7dcbff2e02a36d7ecc63a0c2"
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 SB 2 (2023) — Relief of the Estate of Molly Parker/Department of Transportation

Relief of the Estate of Molly Parker/Department of Transportation; Providing for the relief of the Estate of Molly Parker; providing an appropriation to compensate the estate for Ms. Parker’s death as a result of the negligence of the Department of Transportation; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees; providing legislative intent regarding the waiver of certain liens, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-318.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 2 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/2/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 2 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/2/BillText/e1/HTML)
3. **S 2 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/2/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **11–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-08-01** Filed `filing`
- **2022-12-15** Referred to Special Master on Claim Bills; Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Recommendation: Favorable by Special Master on Claim Bills
- **2023-03-30** Now in Judiciary
- **2023-03-30** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/04/23, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-04** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 04/12/23, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-04-12** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 11 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Now in Appropriations
- **2023-04-17** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-04-20** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/23
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Amendment(s) adopted (600820)
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
- **2023-04-26** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Substituted for CS/HB 6007
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed; YEAS 103, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-10** Chapter No. 2023-318

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5b3376d-9942-48eb-b847-c8000c35d7c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).