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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 734: Actions for Recovery of Damages for Wrongful Death

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 734 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Actions for Recovery of Damages for Wrongful Death. Primary sponsor: Clay Yarborough (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 30, 2025): Laid on Table.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Actions for Recovery of Damages for Wrongful Death; Deleting a provision prohibiting the recovery of certain damages by specified parties related to the decedent in wrongful death proceedings, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Clay YarboroughPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Danny BurgessCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Jonathan MartinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Darryl RousonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Laid on Table
  2. Substituted HB 6017 (Vetoed by Governor)
  3. Read 2nd time
  4. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/25
  5. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  6. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 1
  7. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/26/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  8. Now in Rules
  9. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 2
  10. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 03/18/25, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  11. Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  12. Introduced

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source