Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 26 — Relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Last action — Chapter No. 2025-216

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced August 02, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Ron DeSantis (Republican) on July 01, 2025.

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Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

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  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Providing for the relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh; providing an appropriation to compensate Kristen and Lia McIntosh for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of an employee of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $2,252,000

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ENROLLED Legislature CS for SB 26 202526er 2 An act for the relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh;
Florida Senate - 2025 (NP) CS for SB 26 By the Committee on Judiciary;
and Senator Gruters 590-02601-25 202526c1 A bill to be entitled An act for the relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh;
ENROLLED Legislature CS for SB 26 202526er suffered a traumatic brain injury, multiple spinal fractures, and posttraumatic stress disorder, resulting in pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, mental anguish, emotional distress, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, expense of hospitalization, medical and nursing care and treatment, loss of earnings, loss of ability to earn money, and aggravation of any previously existing condition, and WHEREAS, as a result of the collision, Lia McIntosh suffered a fractured neck, a spinal fracture, a collapsed lung, internal bleeding, a bowel tear, and posttraumatic stress disorder, resulting in pain and suffering, disability or physical impairment, disfigurement, mental anguish, inconvenience, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, and aggravation of any previously existing condition, and WHEREAS, the Thornton-McIntosh family filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit in and for Nassau County under case number 2023-CA-0014 against the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services seeking compensatory damages for the injuries sustained in the crash, and WHEREAS, during the course of the litigation, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services agreed that the injuries sustained by Kristen and Lia McIntosh far exceeded the statutory limit of $200,000 per person and $300,000 per incident and would likely result in a multimillion-dollar verdict in their favor if tried before a judge or jury, and WHEREAS, in April 2024, a settlement agreement was entered into between the parties, whereby the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services agreed to pay its capped statutory limits Page 2 of 4 CODING:
Florida Senate - 2025 (NP) CS for SB 26 590-02601-25 202526c1 suffered a traumatic brain injury, multiple spinal fractures, and posttraumatic stress disorder, resulting in pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, mental anguish, emotional distress, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, expense of hospitalization, medical and nursing care and treatment, loss of earnings, loss of ability to earn money, and aggravation of any previously existing condition, and WHEREAS, as a result of the collision, Lia McIntosh suffered a fractured neck, a spinal fracture, a collapsed lung, internal bleeding, a bowel tear, and posttraumatic stress disorder, resulting in pain and suffering, disability or physical impairment, disfigurement, mental anguish, inconvenience, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, and aggravation of any previously existing condition, and WHEREAS, the Thornton-McIntosh family filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit in and for Nassau County under case number 2023-CA-0014 against the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services seeking compensatory damages for the injuries sustained in the crash, and WHEREAS, during the course of the litigation, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services agreed that the injuries sustained by Kristen and Lia McIntosh far exceeded the statutory limit of $200,000 per person and $300,000 per incident and would likely result in a multimillion-dollar verdict in their favor if tried before a judge or jury, and WHEREAS, in April 2024, a settlement agreement was entered into between the parties, whereby the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services agreed to pay its capped statutory limits Page 2 of 4 CODING:
ENROLLED Legislature CS for SB 26 202526er of $300,000 to the family and support a claim bill to recover additional damages for the severe injuries sustained by Kristen and Lia McIntosh, and WHEREAS, pursuant to the settlement agreement, a consent judgment was entered by the circuit court in the amount of $1.001 million to Kristen McIntosh and $1.251 million to Elizabeth Thornton as parent and natural guardian of Lia McIntosh, a minor child, with payment of this judgment contingent upon passage of this claim bill, which is fully supported by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Florida Senate - 2025 (NP) CS for SB 26 590-02601-25 202526c1 of $300,000 to the family and support a claim bill to recover additional damages for the severe injuries sustained by Kristen and Lia McIntosh, and WHEREAS, pursuant to the settlement agreement, a consent judgment was entered by the circuit court in the amount of $1.001 million to Kristen McIntosh and $1.251 million to Elizabeth Thornton as parent and natural guardian of Lia McIntosh, a minor child, with payment of this judgment contingent upon passage of this claim bill, which is fully supported by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
ENROLLED Legislature CS for SB 26 202526er and Consumer Services pursuant to s.
Florida Senate - 2025 (NP) CS for SB 26 590-02601-25 202526c1 and Consumer Services pursuant to s.
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Action History

  1. Chapter No. 2025-216

  2. Approved by Governor

  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

  4. Ordered enrolled

  5. CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0

  6. Read 3rd time

  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar

  8. Placed on 3rd reading

  9. Read 2nd time

  10. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  11. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)

  12. Bill referred to House Calendar

  13. In Messages

  14. CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

  15. Read 3rd time

  16. Read 2nd time

  17. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25

  18. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  19. Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0

  20. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building

  21. Now in Appropriations

  22. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

  23. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building

  24. Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

  25. CS by Judiciary read 1st time

  26. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  27. CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 1

  28. On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building

  29. Now in Judiciary

  30. Recommendation: Favorable by Special Master on Claim Bills

  31. Introduced

  32. Referred to Special Master on Claim Bills; Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations

  33. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 162 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (162)

162 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passage, Third Reading

Passed 112 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 76005
Democrat 31002
Unaffiliated 5000
Total 112007
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
Caruso — Yea
Casello — Yea
Temple — Yea
Tomkow — Yea
Lopez, V. — Yea
Alvarez, Jose Democrat Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Yea
Aristide, Wallace Democrat Yea
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Yea
Bracy Davis, LaVon Democrat Yea
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Yea
Chambliss, Kevin D. Democrat Yea
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Yea
Daley, Dan Democrat Yea
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Yea
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Yea
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Not Voting
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Franklin II, Gallop Democrat Yea
Gantt, Ashley Viola Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Yea
Hunschofsky, Christine Democrat Yea
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Yea
López, Johanna Democrat Yea
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Yea
Rayner, Michele K. Democrat Not Voting
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Yea
Rosenwald, Mitch Democrat Yea
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Yea
Smith, Carlos Guillermo Democrat Yea
Spencer, Leonard Democrat Yea
Tant, Allison Democrat Yea
Tendrich, Debra Democrat Yea
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Yea
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Albert, Jon Republican Yea
Alvarez, Daniel Antonio "Danny" Republican Yea
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Benarroch, Yvette Republican Not Voting
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Blanco, Omar Republican Yea
Booth, Erika Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Botana, Adam Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Busatta, Demi Republican Yea
Canady, Jennifer Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Yea
Chamberlin, Ryan Republican Yea
Chaney, Linda Republican Yea
Cobb, Nan Republican Yea
Conerly, William "Bill" Republican Yea
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Not Voting
Garrison, Sam Republican Yea
Gentry, Richard Republican Yea
Gerwig, Anne Republican Yea
Giallombardo, Mike Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Gossett-Seidman, Peggy Republican Yea
Greco, Sam Republican Yea
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Grow, J.J. Republican Yea
Holcomb, Jeff Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
Johnson, Chad Republican Yea
Kendall, Kim Republican Yea
Kincart Jonsson, Jennifer Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
Mayfield, Debbie Republican Not Voting
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Yea
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Michael, Kiyan Republican Not Voting
Miller, Monique Republican Yea
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Yea
Nix Jr., Danny Republican Yea
Oliver, Vanessa Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Owen, Michael Republican Yea
Partington, Bill Republican Yea
Perez, Daniel Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Redondo, Mike Republican Yea
Rizo, Alex Republican Yea
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Sapp, Judson Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea
Snyder, John Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Yea
Steele, Kevin M. Republican Yea
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Yea
Tramont, Chase Republican Yea
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Yea
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Yea
Weinberger, Meg Republican Yea
Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican Yea
Yeager, Bradford Troy "Brad" Republican Not Voting

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Third Reading

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 10000
Republican 24001
Unaffiliated 2000
No Party Affiliation 1000
Total 37001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Ingoglia — Yea
Collins — Yea
Arrington, Kristen Aston Democrat Yea
Berman, Lori Democrat Yea
Bernard, Mack Democrat Yea
Davis, Tracie Democrat Yea
Jones, Shevrin D. "Shev" Democrat Yea
Osgood, Rosalind Democrat Yea
Polsky, Tina Scott Democrat Yea
Rouson, Darryl Ervin Democrat Yea
Sharief, Barbara Democrat Yea
Smith, Carlos Guillermo Democrat Yea
Pizzo, Jason W. B. No Party Affiliation Yea
Albritton, Ben Republican Yea
Boyd, Jim Republican Yea
Bradley, Jennifer Republican Not Voting
Brodeur, Jason Republican Yea
Burgess, Danny Republican Yea
Burton, Colleen Republican Yea
Calatayud, Alexis Republican Yea
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Gaetz, Don Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Grall, Erin Republican Yea
Gruters, Joe Republican Yea
Harrell, Gayle Republican Yea
Hooper, Ed Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Martin, Jonathan Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
Passidomo, Kathleen Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Simon, Corey Republican Yea
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea
Trumbull, Jay Republican Yea
Vacant Republican Yea
Wright, Tom A. Republican Yea
Yarborough, Clay Republican Yea

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Favorable

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5000
Republican 9002
Unaffiliated 1000
No Party Affiliation 1000
Total 16002
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Collins — Yea
Berman, Lori Democrat Yea
Polsky, Tina Scott Democrat Yea
Rouson, Darryl Ervin Democrat Yea
Sharief, Barbara Democrat Yea
Smith, Carlos Guillermo Democrat Yea
Pizzo, Jason W. B. No Party Affiliation Yea
Brodeur, Jason Republican Yea
Burgess, Danny Republican Not Voting
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Not Voting
Grall, Erin Republican Yea
Harrell, Gayle Republican Yea
Hooper, Ed Republican Yea
Martin, Jonathan Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
Trumbull, Jay Republican Yea
Wright, Tom A. Republican Yea

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Favorable

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 3000
Republican 6001
Unaffiliated 1000
No Party Affiliation 1000
Total 11001
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
Collins — Yea
Arrington, Kristen Aston Democrat Yea
Berman, Lori Democrat Yea
Sharief, Barbara Democrat Yea
Pizzo, Jason W. B. No Party Affiliation Yea
Brodeur, Jason Republican Yea
Burton, Colleen Republican Yea
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Grall, Erin Republican Not Voting
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea

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Favorable with Committee Substitute

Passed 10 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 3000
Republican 7100
Total 10100
% of votes cast 91%9%0%0%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Berman, Lori Democrat Yea
Osgood, Rosalind Democrat Yea
Polsky, Tina Scott Democrat Yea
Burton, Colleen Republican Yea
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Gaetz, Don Republican Nay
Hooper, Ed Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Passidomo, Kathleen Republican Yea
Trumbull, Jay Republican Yea
Yarborough, Clay Republican Yea

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Subjects

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What does SB 26 do?
Relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Providing for the relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh; providing an appropriation to compensate Kristen and Lia McIntosh for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of an employee of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $2,252,000
Who sponsors SB 26?
SB 26 is sponsored by Gruters, Joe (Republican) and Judiciary.
What is the current status of SB 26?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced August 02, 2024. Enacted.
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