---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County"
description: "Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County; Provides appropriation to compensate Mr. & Mrs. Latour for injuries sustained as result of negligence of Miami-Dade County; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 6515"
citation: "Florida HB 6515 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(claims bills)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Busatta"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-11-05"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71d28460-43ce-42a5-9d59-e5f9b85446e0"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6515/ByCategory"
source_hash: "fefab4154ab1541b6fec83dd9cf87d84ef7d9a0ab46d89010ffd5267dc8e3c8a"
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 6515 (2026) — Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County

Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County; Provides appropriation to compensate Mr. & Mrs. Latour for injuries sustained as result of negligence of Miami-Dade County; 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 6515 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6515/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 6515 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6515/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Busatta — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-11-12** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-12** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-12** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2026-01-12** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-14** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2026-01-14** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2026-01-20** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2026-01-22** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-01-22** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-01-22** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-29** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/4/2026)
- **2026-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-04** In Messages
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-02-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-11** Substituted for SB 24
- **2026-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-11** In Messages
- **2026-02-11** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-25** 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/71d28460-43ce-42a5-9d59-e5f9b85446e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).