---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief of J.N., a Minor, by Hillsborough County"
description: "Relief of J.N., a Minor, by Hillsborough County; Providing for the relief of J.N., a minor, by Hillsborough County; providing an appropriation to Stephany Grullon, as parent and guardian of J.N., to compensate J.N. for injuries and damages she sustained as a result of the negligence of Hillsborough County in maintaining sidewalks and culvert systems; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of certain fees and costs, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Florida SB 20 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(claims bills)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-219"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-08-02"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc0d5b85-71f6-48b7-a4a9-51ef0d365043"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/20/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9a28e1df70a539f6ec12382078ce05a7445a32c88c195864409e4814ad28e86f"
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 20 (2025) — Relief of J.N., a Minor, by Hillsborough County

Relief of J.N., a Minor, by Hillsborough County; Providing for the relief of J.N., a minor, by Hillsborough County; providing an appropriation to Stephany Grullon, as parent and guardian of J.N., to compensate J.N. for injuries and damages she sustained as a result of the negligence of Hillsborough County in maintaining sidewalks and culvert systems; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of certain fees and costs, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-219.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 20 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/20/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 20 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/20/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgess — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-08-02** Filed `filing`
- **2024-11-20** Referred to Special Master on Claim Bills; Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Recommendation: Favorable by Special Master on Claim Bills
- **2025-03-14** Now in Judiciary
- **2025-03-14** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2025-03-19** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Now in Community Affairs
- **2025-03-20** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/25/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2025-03-25** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Now in Rules
- **2025-03-27** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-04-01** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-09** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
- **2025-04-28** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-08** Chapter No. 2025-219

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc0d5b85-71f6-48b7-a4a9-51ef0d365043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).