---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief/Jacob Rodgers/City of Gainesville"
description: "Relief/Jacob Rodgers/City of Gainesville; Provides for appropriation to compensate Jacob Rodgers for injuries sustained as result of negligence of employee of City of Gainesville; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6521"
citation: "Florida HB 6521 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(claims bills)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-253"
primary_sponsors: ["Weinberger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6065f6b-b891-42f4-a8b7-558e20945bfa"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/6521/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a3be6257996e3cc74a2a64e603d2fceb34461e148404a36c3cbe80bd21eddeae"
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 6521 (2025) — Relief/Jacob Rodgers/City of Gainesville

Relief/Jacob Rodgers/City of Gainesville; Provides for appropriation to compensate Jacob Rodgers for injuries sustained as result of negligence of employee of City of Gainesville; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-253.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 6521 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/6521/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 6521 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/6521/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weinberger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-27** Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2025-03-27** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-04** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-04-08** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-04-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-28** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-28** Substituted for SB 96
- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-28** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-08** Chapter No. 2025-253

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6065f6b-b891-42f4-a8b7-558e20945bfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).