---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief of Eric Miles, Jr., and Jennifer Miles by the South Broward Hospital District"
description: "Relief of Eric Miles, Jr., and Jennifer Miles by the South Broward Hospital District; Providing for the relief of Eric Miles, Jr., and Jennifer Miles, as copersonal representatives of their minor son, E.E.M., by the South Broward Hospital District, d/b/a Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital; providing for an appropriation to compensate Eric Miles, Jr., and Jennifer Miles for the injuries and damages sustained by their son as a result of the negligence of the South Broward Hospital District; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Florida SB 22 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(claims bills)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-220"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-08-02"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9d5e424-0416-4443-a00d-e5ccb2a6dde9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/22/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ad923db21591079089d691e4102ab80a51570a3138125a41ab579f42a9415e9f"
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 22 (2025) — Relief of Eric Miles, Jr., and Jennifer Miles by the South Broward Hospital District

Relief of Eric Miles, Jr., and Jennifer Miles by the South Broward Hospital District; Providing for the relief of Eric Miles, Jr., and Jennifer Miles, as copersonal representatives of their minor son, E.E.M., by the South Broward Hospital District, d/b/a Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital; providing for an appropriation to compensate Eric Miles, Jr., and Jennifer Miles for the injuries and damages sustained by their son as a result of the negligence of the South Broward Hospital District; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-220.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 22 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/22/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 22 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/22/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 22 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/22/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **9–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (organization)

## 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; Health Policy; 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 Health Policy
- **2025-03-27** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-04-01** Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Now in Rules
- **2025-04-03** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-04-08** CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 1
- **2025-04-10** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/15/25
- **2025-04-14** CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2025-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-15** 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 (Committee Substitute 1) `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** CS passed; YEAS 114, 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. 2025-220

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9d5e424-0416-4443-a00d-e5ccb2a6dde9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).