# Florida SB 828: Sovereign Immunity for Public Transit Contractors

Florida SB 828, Sovereign Immunity for Public Transit Contractors, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-13 (Died in Judiciary) (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB828-2026
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 828
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Sovereign Immunity for Public Transit Contractors
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-09
- Last action: 2026-03-13, Died in Judiciary
- Sponsor: Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Transportation, Judiciary
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (6 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Transportation

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-10 | Senate | Transportation Vote | pass | 6 | 2 |   |

## Actions (9)

- 2026-03-13: Died in Judiciary (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Now in Judiciary (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: CS by Transportation read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: CS by Transportation; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-12-16: Referred to Transportation; Judiciary; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-12-09: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c1, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/828/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/828/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-12-09: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/828/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/828/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg (signed)
- HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (signed)

## Sources
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/828/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/828/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/828/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/828/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6517-2026)
- [HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB4103-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB828-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).