Category: Legislative Updates

  The Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) will resume its consideration of the omnibus property insurance strike-everything amendment on March 10, 2010.  To view the Committee packet, click here. After having run short of time last week …

The Florida House of Representatives held Session for one hour today, March 9, 2010, during which it considered bills on second reading that will repeal obsolete or outdated provisions of law if passed.  Insurance-related bills heard on the Special Order …

  Colodny Fass has prepared its annual bill chart to assist in tracking pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2010 Florida Legislative Session, which runs from March 2 through April 30, 2010.  Revised as of March 5, 2010, the …

  At its March 3, 2010 meeting, the Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) considered a strike-everything proposed committee substitute that would amend an omnibus property insurance package onto a “shell” bill, Senate Bill 2044.  Representing a collaboration …

  SB 1460, which provides a remedy for the FHCF Contract Year, was passed unanimously (38-0) by the Florida Senate today, March 3, 2010.  The House of Representatives is expected to consider HB 1460 sometime next week (March 8-12). The House version of …

A strike-everything proposed committee substitute that would amend an omnibus property insurance package onto Senate Bill 2044, a “shell” bill, is scheduled to be considered by the Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) at its 3:15 p.m. meeting today, March 3, 2010.  …

In his annual State of the State address to the 2010 Florida Legislature on its Opening Day today, Florida Governor Charlie Crist commended Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty and asked lawmakers to work to ensure the reduction of property insurance …

  House Bill 949 relating to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) was approved unanimously by the Florida House of Representatives’ Full Appropriations Council on Education and Economic Development today, March 2, 2010.  With the vote representing HB 949’s passage …

House Bill 7033, which would reduce the taxable wage base in Florida for the next two years, is on the Florida House of Representatives agenda for consideration today, March 2, 2010.  The bill, which is retroactive to June 29, 2009, is …

  Colodny Fass has prepared its annual bill chart to assist in tracking pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2010 Florida Legislative Session, which runs from March 2 through April 30, 2010.  Updated as of February 25, 2010, the …