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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 8: Relief of Marcus Button by the Pasco County School Board

Enacted Official data

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

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 8 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on August 2, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relief of Marcus Button by the Pasco County School Board. Primary sponsor: Corey Simon (Republican). Most recent recorded action (July 8, 2025): Chapter No. 2025-217.

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.

Relief of Marcus Button by the Pasco County School Board; Providing for the relief of Marcus Button by the Pasco County School Board; providing an appropriation to compensate Marcus Button for harms and losses he sustained as a result of the negligence of an employee of the Pasco County School Board; providing an appropriation to Robin Button, as the surviving parent and natural guardian of Marcus Button, for harms and losses sustained as a result of the injury to her child, Marcus Button; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $1,200,000

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Corey SimonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate3

“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. Chapter No. 2025-217
  2. Approved by Governor
  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4. Ordered enrolled
  5. Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar
  8. Placed on 3rd reading
  9. Read 2nd time
  10. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  11. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
  12. Bill referred to House Calendar

Showing 12 most recent of 33 actions. Full history

Sources

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