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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation"
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description: "Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation; Provides appropriation to compensate estate for injuries & damages sustained by Mr. LaGatta as result of negligence of DOT; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 6509"
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citation: "Florida HB 6509 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["(claims bills)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Grow"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-10-21"
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last_action: "2026-06-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfe4508a-50e3-4e05-867f-01e253688ce2"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6509/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "74212fea3cbf6066df4c6807f60516316ac91f625d4d1b14adca7ca7dd12f33a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 6509 (2026) — Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation
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Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation; Provides appropriation to compensate estate for injuries & damages sustained by Mr. LaGatta as result of negligence of DOT; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 6509 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6509/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 6509 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6509/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 6509 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6509/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 6509 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6509/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Budget Committee) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Budget Committee — primary (organization)
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- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Grow — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-10-21** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-10-28** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-10-28** Referred to Budget Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-10-28** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-10-28** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-02-11** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-11** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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- **2026-02-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2026-02-11** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-12** Referred to Budget Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Now in Budget Committee
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- **2026-02-12** Added to Budget Committee agenda
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- **2026-02-16** Favorable with CS by Budget Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-17** Reported out of Budget Committee
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- **2026-02-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2026-02-17** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2026-02-20** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2026-02-24** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-24** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2026-02-24** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2026-02-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
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- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** In Messages
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- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2026-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-05** Substituted for SB 26
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- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** In Messages
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- **2026-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-05-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfe4508a-50e3-4e05-867f-01e253688ce2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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