# Florida SB 10: Relief of Sidney Holmes by the State of Florida

Florida SB 10, Relief of Sidney Holmes by the State of Florida, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Jason W. B. Pizzo (Independent); status signed, last action 2025-07-08 (Chapter No. 2025-215); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB10-2025
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 10
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Relief of Sidney Holmes by the State of Florida
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2024-08-02
- Last action: 2025-07-08, Chapter No. 2025-215
- Sponsor: Jason W. B. Pizzo (Independent)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Special Master on Claim Bills, Judiciary, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Appropriations, House Calendar
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (185 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Sidney Holmes gets $1.722 million: benefit, high. The law awards Sidney Holmes a one-time $1.722 million payment for wrongful incarceration. It provides the money from Florida’s General Revenue Fund to the Department of Financial Services. Florida’s Chief Financial Officer must issue the payment to Holmes. The law took effect upon becoming law.
- Sidney Holmes gets tuition-free education: benefit, high. The law waives Sidney Holmes’s tuition and fees for up to 120 total hours of instruction. Eligible schools are Florida public career centers, Florida College System institutions, and state universities. The waiver requires him to meet and maintain the school’s regular admission and registration req…
- Limits on Sidney Holmes’s relief benefits: cost, medium. After receiving payment, Holmes cannot apply for wrongful-incarceration compensation under Florida’s Chapter 961. The award is intended as his only compensation for all present and future claims arising from these events. He cannot use the award for attorney or lobbying fees tied to his claim. Any…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jason W. B. Pizzo (Independent), Senate
- Cosponsor: Judiciary

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-30 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 112 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-29 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 38 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | Senate | Appropriations Vote | pass | 16 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | Judiciary Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (33)

- 2025-07-08: Chapter No. 2025-215
- 2025-07-01: Approved by Governor
- 2025-06-18: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2025-04-30: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2025-04-30: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2025-04-30: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-30: Placed on 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-04-30: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2025-04-29: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House)
- 2025-04-29: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025) (House)
- 2025-04-29: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-29: In Messages (House)
- 2025-04-29: CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 622 (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Read 3rd time -SJ 622 (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Read 2nd time -SJ 622 (Senate)
- 2025-04-28: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-18: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: Now in Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: CS by Judiciary read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Now in Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Recommendation: Favorable by Special Master on Claim Bills (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Introduced (Senate)
- 2024-11-20: Referred to Special Master on Claim Bills; Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations (Senate)
- 2024-08-02: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2025-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/10/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/10/BillText/er/PDF)
- c1, 2025-03-19: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/10/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/10/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2024-08-02: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/10/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/10/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed)
- HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed)
- HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed)
- HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed)
- HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed)
- HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/10/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/10/BillText/er/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/10/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/10/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/10/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/10/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025)
- [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025)
- [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025)
- [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025)
- [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025)
- [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB10-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).