Category: Legislative Updates

  Florida House of Representatives Session The Florida House of Representatives held Session on Wednesday, April 22, during which it heard the following insurance-related bills: CS/CS/HB 845 relating to Self-Insurance Funds by the House of Representatives General Government Policy Council …

  Surplus Lines Bills Accelerate On Tuesday, April 21, 2009, Senate Bill 1894 relating to Surplus Lines by Senator Mike Bennett, was withdrawn from its final two committees of reference (General Government Appropriations and Policy and Steering Committee on Ways …

  Florida Senate Committee on Criminal Justice The Florida Senate Committee on Criminal Justice met on Tuesday, April 21, and acted on the following insurance-related bill: CS/SB 2078 relating to My Safe Florida Home Program by the Senate Committee on …

House Bill 7143 relating to Growth Management passed the House General Government Policy Council as a Committee Substitute by a vote of 12-2 on April 20, 2009.  An insurance-related amendment referencing the My Safe Florida Home Program, Citizens Property Insurance …

Florida House of Representatives Session The Florida House of Representatives will hold Session on Wednesday, April 22. 9:30 a.m.-Noon, House Office Building, The Capitol, Tallahassee.  The agenda includes the following insurance-related bills: CS/CS/HB 845 relating to Self-Insurance Funds by the …

Joint Legislative Budget Conference The Joint Budget Conference, scheduled for Monday, was canceled and will be rescheduled at a date and time to be determined when issues with budget legislation proposals are resolved.   Florida Senate Committee on Finance and …

A strike-everything amendment has been filed to HB 1171, which is on the Florida House of Representatives’ Special Order calendar for April 21, 2009.  The House is scheduled to begin Session at 1:00 p.m. The amendment, which is attached for …

Bills relating to surplus lines were considered and passed by legislative committees in both the Florida House and Senate today, April 20, 2009.  As originally drafted, both bills were intended to retroactively correct the ruling in Essex v. Zota decision that …

HB 1495, the Florida House of Representatives’ property insurance omnibus bill, was amended and passed today, April 20, 2009, by the House Full Appropriations Council (“Council”) on General Government and Health Care. The amendments adopted to HB 1495 would effect …

Florida Senate Committee on Criminal Justice The Florida Senate Committee on Criminal Justice will meet on Tuesday, April 21, 9:15-10:15 a.m., Room 37 of the Senate building, The Capitol, Tallahassee.  The agenda includes the following insurance-related bills: SB 2078 relating …