Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H6505: Relief/H.H./Department of Children and Families
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Provides for the relief of H.H. by DCF; provides an appropriation to compensate H.H. for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of DCF; provides legislative intent; provides limitation on compensation and payment of certain fees & costs. CLAIM WITH
What the bill says
An act for the relief of H.H. by the Department of Children and Families; providing an appropriation to compensate H.H. for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of the department; providing legislative intent; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of certain fees and costs; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, October 9, 2025:
An act for the relief of H.H. by the Department of Children and Families; providing an appropriation to compensate H.H. for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of the department; providing legislative intent; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of certain fees and costs; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, on May 3, 2017, H.H. was a healthy, normally developing 18 month old, when the Department of Children and Families received its first child abuse hotline report regarding H.H., which alleged substance abuse by H.H.'s mother and stepfather and that H.H.'s mother and stepfather were selling drugs out of, and harboring a fugitive in, their home, and WHEREAS, during the course of its investigation of the initial child abuse hotline report, the department discovered that the stepfather had been released from the Department of Corrections 7 months before initiation of the Department of Children and Families' investigation after being incarcerated for 3 1/2 years, was on probation, had been married to the mother for only 1 month and had been dating the mother for only months before initiation of the department's investigation, and had a significant and dangerous criminal history that showed a pattern of impulsivity and violence, and HB 6505 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb6505-00 Page 2 …
Sponsors
- Brackett, Robbie (R, HD-034) · primary sponsor
- Brackett (R, 34) · 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 Budget Committee
- : Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H6505?
- H6505 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Relief/H.H./Department of Children and Families.
- What does H6505 do?
- In its own words: An act for the relief of H.H. by the Department of Children and Families; providing an appropriation to compensate H.H. for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of the department; providing legislative intent; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of certain fees and costs; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of H6505?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H6505?
- Brackett, Robbie (R, HD-034), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H6505?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/6505
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