---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families"
description: "Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families; Provides appropriation to compensate L.E. for injuries & damages sustained as result of negligence of department; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 6507"
citation: "Florida HB 6507 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(claims bills)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tramont"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-10-14"
last_action: "2026-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b9282d3-a8c5-4238-9566-543014cdce87"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6507/ByCategory"
source_hash: "860484f814aa03ebdca6728e29b288be2936b3e8a19ac5d291c2ae4c219179e7"
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 6507 (2026) — Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families

Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families; Provides appropriation to compensate L.E. for injuries & damages sustained as result of negligence of department; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 6507 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6507/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 6507 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6507/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Budget Committee) — **28–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tramont — primary (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-10-21** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-21** Referred to Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-21** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-29** Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2026-01-29** Now in Budget Committee
- **2026-02-20** Added to Budget Committee agenda
- **2026-02-24** Favorable by Budget Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Reported out of Budget Committee
- **2026-02-24** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-24** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2026-02-26** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-26** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** In Messages
- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05** Substituted for SB 6
- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** In Messages
- **2026-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b9282d3-a8c5-4238-9566-543014cdce87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).