Category: Legislative Updates

  FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: Impacts of Rising Sea Levels on Domestic Infrastructures The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources met on April 19, 2012 to hear testimony on the impacts of sea level rise on domestic energy and …

Florida Governor Rick Scott signed CS/CS/HB 1101 into law today, April 24, 2012.  Originally sponsored by State Representative Mike Horner and ultimately approved unanimously in both the Florida House of Representatives and Senate, the bill changes a number of provisions …

  On Friday, April 20, 2012, Governor Rick Scott vetoed HB 5505.  The bill allowed for the electronic submission of workers’ compensation exemption applications; repealed the requirement for the Department of Financial Services to prepare an annual report on the …

  Among others, Florida Governor Rick Scott received the following insurance-related bills today, April 20, 2012:  CS/CS/HB 119 relating to Motor Vehicle Insurance CS/HB 941 relating to Insurance SB 446 relating to Open Government Sunset Review (“OGSR”)/Insurance Claim Data Exchange …

   The North Carolina Legislative Research Commission’s Committee on Property Insurance Rate Making (“Committee”) approved its final report to the 2012 North Carolina General Assembly on April 12, 2012.  To view the report, click here.  The Committee was charged with …

  Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 1101, the omnibus insurance bill sponsored by State Representative Mike Horner and Senator Garrett Richter, was signed by Officers and sent to Governor Rick Scott today, April 13, 2012.  The Governor …

  HB 1127 by State Representative Ben Albritton was signed by Florida Governor Rick Scott on Friday, April 6, 2012. The bill eliminates the regular assessment for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s (“Citizens”) Personal and Commercial Lines Accounts (“PLA” and “CLA”), …

  Today, March 30, 2012, Florida Governor Rick Scott was presented with House Bill 1127, also known as the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation assessment reduction bill.  The Governor has 15 days to approve the bill or veto the bill.  If …

  The law and governmental consulting firm of Colodny Fass has compiled a comprehensive report on significant insurance-related bills from Florida’s 2012 Regular Legislative Session.  To access the report, click here. A list of bills covered in the report is …

  Yesterday, March 9, 2012, the Florida Senate took up House Bill 941, sponsored by Representative Doug Holder.  After amending the bill, the Senate passed it by a vote of 40 to 0.  HB 941 then went back to the …