Florida · Senate Bill 130 · 2025 Regular Session

Compensation of Victims of Wrongful Incarceration

SB 130 Sponsored by Jennifer Bradley Became law

  1. Introduced Dec 20, 2024
  2. In committee Jan 15, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate Mar 27, 2025
  4. Passed the House Apr 29, 2025
  5. To the governor Jun 18, 2025
  6. Became law Jun 27, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Deleting the definition of the term “violent felony”; expanding the period during which a petition for compensation for wrongful incarceration may be filed; providing that a wrongfully incarcerated person is not eligible for compensation for any period of incarceration during which the person was concurrently serving a sentence for a conviction of another felony for which such person was lawfully incarcerated; revising provisions concerning the offset of civil judgments in favor of claimants against awards, etc.

Every action

30 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 22 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy · Senate Criminal Justice
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/11/25, 1:45 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Criminal Justice
  4. CommitteeFavorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Criminal Justice8–0 vote
  5. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  6. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/05/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  7. SenateIntroduced
  8. CommitteeFavorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice8–0 vote
  9. CommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy
  10. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/20/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Fiscal Policy
  11. CommitteeFavorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 · Senate Fiscal Policy19–0 vote
  12. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  13. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/25
  14. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 276
  15. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 276
  16. SenatePassed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 27638–0 vote
  17. SenateImmediately certified -SJ 279
  18. HouseIn Messages
  19. HouseBill referred to House Calendar
  20. HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
  21. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  22. HouseRead 2nd time
  1. HousePlaced on 3rd reading
  2. HouseAdded to Third Reading Calendar
  3. HouseRead 3rd time
  4. HousePassed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
  5. SenateOrdered enrolled
  6. GovernorSigned by Officers and presented to Governor
  7. GovernorApproved by Governor
  8. Chapter No. 2025-194

Roll calls

5 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 276 · Full Senate

Passed 38–0
Mar 27, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 38 No 0 Not voting 1
Democrats: 10 yes, 0 no Independents: 1 yes, 0 no Republicans: 27 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 38

Not voting · 1

Passage · Full House

Passed 116–0
Apr 29, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 116 No 0 Not voting 3
Democrats: 32 yes, 0 no Republicans: 84 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 116

Not voting · 3

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Feb 11, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 Passed 8–0
Mar 5, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 Passed 8–0
Mar 20, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 Passed 19–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.