Category: Legislative Updates

The Florida House of Representatives this week announced the 2007-2008 Council and Committee assignments.  A complete listing of those assignments is below, as well as attached for your review. Notably, House Speaker Marco Rubio made the decision not to re-appoint …

This morning, Monday, August 13, 2007, Governor Charlie Crist announced the creation of a 21-member Action Team on Energy and Climate Change at a Press Conference in Tallahassee, Florida.  The Chairman is Mike Sole, Secretary of the Department of Environmental …

U.S. Representatives Ron Klein (D-FL, Dist. 22) and co-sponsor Tim Mahoney (D-FL, Dist. 16), recently filed H.R. 3355, a bill entitled “The Homeowners’ Defense Act of 2007,” a national catastrophe insurance plan to promote the availability and affordability of homeowners’ …

On June 29, 2007, the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget, in conjunction with appropriations staff in the Florida House and Senate, requested the early submission of a Schedule VIIIB-1 to allow for review and analysis of various recurring budget …

Senate Democratic Leader Steve Geller today (August 2, 2007) issued a statement calling for Senate hearings on Florida’s insurance crisis “as early as the upcoming special legislative session.” Yesterday, House Minority Leader Dan Gelber’s letter and proposal to Florida Governor Charlie …

The Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research General Revenue Estimating Conference has released its updated summer schedule.   To view the most recent copy of the schedule, click here. The Economic Estimating Conference also released its Florida Economic Forecast.  To view the results of …

Responding to recent developments regarding insurance rate filings and subsequent disapprovals by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) Democratic Leader Dan Gelber today issued a letter to Governor Crist urging  that homeowners insurance legislation be added to the call …

Florida Senate President Ken Pruitt and House Speaker Marco Rubio jointly announced today that the Florida Legislature will convene for a Special Session on the State Budget Deficit, beginning Tuesday, September 18, 2007 and possibly lasting until early October. At …

House Democratic Leader Dan Gelber today sent Governor Charlie Crist the letter copied below about the continued crisis plaguing our state’s property insurance market. The letter urges the Governor to assemble a rate reduction working group comprised of state legislators, …

  Reminder: The Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research (“EDR”) recently released this summer’s Consensus Estimating Conference Schedule.  The EDR is a research arm of the Florida Legislature. To access the Schedule and read more about the Conference, click …