Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H6525: Relief/Reginald Jackson/City of Lakeland
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Provides appropriation to compensate Mr. Jackson for injuries & damages sustained as result of negligence of Officer Mike Cochran of Lakeland Police Department; provides limitation on payment of compensation & attorney fees. CLAIM WITH
What the bill says
An act for the relief of Reginald Jackson by the City of Lakeland; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. Jackson for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of Mike Cochran, a police officer with the Lakeland Police Department; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, December 23, 2025:
An act for the relief of Reginald Jackson by the City of Lakeland; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. Jackson for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of Mike Cochran, a police officer with the Lakeland Police Department; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, on October 18, 2001, Officer Mike Cochran of the Lakeland Police Department stopped Reginald Jackson for driving with an invalid license tag after the officer incorrectly typed the tag number into his computer and the tag number was, therefore, identified as invalid, and WHEREAS, Officer Cochran then issued a citation to Mr. Jackson for transporting his girlfriend's 18-month-old brother without a child safety seat and forbade Mr. Jackson to move the vehicle without properly restraining the child, and WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson asked if Officer Cochran could escort his vehicle to his home a short distance away, but the officer refused and directed Mr. Jackson to use an immediately adjacent pay phone to call someone to bring a car seat for the child, and WHEREAS, after the stop, Officer Cochran drove away and positioned himself in an alley parallel to the site of the initial stop and observed Mr. Jackson drive to a pay phone on HB 6525 2026 CODING: Words stricken …
Sponsors
- Franklin, Gallop (D, HD-008) · primary sponsor
- Franklin (D, 8) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- : Referred to Judiciary Committee
- : Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H6525?
- H6525 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Relief/Reginald Jackson/City of Lakeland.
- What does H6525 do?
- In its own words: An act for the relief of Reginald Jackson by the City of Lakeland; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. Jackson for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of Mike Cochran, a police officer with the Lakeland Police Department; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of H6525?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H6525?
- Franklin, Gallop (D, HD-008), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H6525?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6525
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