Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg
Status: Chaptered, July 1, 2026
Provides an appropriation to compensate Mr. Sanchez-Mayen for injuries sustained as result of negligence of City of St. Petersburg; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees. CLAIM: $2,300,000
What the bill says
An act for the relief of Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen by the City of St. Petersburg; providing for an appropriation to compensate Mr. Sanchez-Mayen for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of the City of St. Petersburg; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees; providing an effective date.
From the enrolled text, February 11, 2026:
An act for the relief of Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen by the City of St. Petersburg; providing for an appropriation to compensate Mr. Sanchez-Mayen for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of the City of St. Petersburg; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, on June 8, 2023, Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen, a resident of St. Petersburg, Florida, was found asleep on a piece of cardboard just after 10 a.m. in a daytime-only designated park by a St. Petersburg police officer, and WHEREAS, although Mr. Sanchez-Mayen was lawfully present on the property at this time of day, a St. Petersburg police officer arrested him for trespassing and called the prisoner transport van, and WHEREAS, the transport officer handcuffed Mr. Sanchez-Mayen and attached a metal belly chain, which restricted the use of his arms, and placed him unsecured, without a seatbelt or other stationary tethering, on a metal bench in the back of a metal transport van, and WHEREAS, while en route to the Pinellas County Jail, the transport officer, who had not engaged the van's interior video camera showing Mr. Sanchez-Mayen, stopped short for a red light, ENROLLED HB 6517 2026 Legislature CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb6517 -00-er Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES causing Mr. Sanchez-Mayen, …
Sponsors
- Berfield, Kimberly (R, HD-058) · primary sponsor
- Webster Barnaby (R, HD-027)
- Barnaby, Webster (R, HD-029)
- Gottlieb, Mike (D, HD-102)
- Redondo, Mike (R, HD-118)
Latest actions
- : Chapter No. 2026-228
- : Approved by Governor
- : Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- : Ordered enrolled
- : In Messages
- : Immediately certified -SJ 299
- : Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 291
- : Read 3rd time -SJ 291
- : Read 2nd time -SJ 291
- : Substituted for SB 16 -SJ 291
Votes
- Senate: H 6517 Filed (February 11, 2026): 39 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: H 6517 Filed (February 4, 2026): 107 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Judiciary Committee (January 22, 2026): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Judiciary Committee (January 22, 2026): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (January 14, 2026): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (January 14, 2026): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Rules
Common questions
- What is H6517?
- H6517 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg.
- What does H6517 do?
- In its own words: An act for the relief of Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen by the City of St. Petersburg; providing for an appropriation to compensate Mr. Sanchez-Mayen for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of the City of St. Petersburg; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of H6517?
- Chaptered as of July 1, 2026. Latest action: Chapter No. 2026-228 (July 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored H6517?
- Berfield, Kimberly (R, HD-058), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H6517?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6517
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