Category: Florida Legislative News

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Commission strikes down use of taxes for tuition vouchers, postpones tax cap A proposal to countermand the Florida Supreme Court and allow state tax money to be used for …

Senator J.D. Alexander has released a strike-all amendment to Senate Bill 2860 prior to the bill’s scheduled hearing during the Tuesday, April 8, 2008, Senate General Government Appropriations Committee meeting. A copy of Senator Alexander’s amendment is attached for your review. SB …

  Tuesday, April 8, 2008 The House Healthcare Council will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 from 8:30 a.m.-12:00 a.m. in Morris Hall, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida. Insurance-related bills to be discussed include: HB 0405: Relating to Health …

Above:  Senator Don Gaetz Florida Senator Don Gaetz released the information below on April 4, 2008 regarding his co-sponsorship of Senate Bill 2860, which has been dubbed the “Homeowners Bill of Rights.” CS/SB 2860, sponsored by the Senate Banking and Insurance Commitee, Senators …

  Insurance Fraud Weekly ePortWeek Ending April 4, 2008 www.InsuranceFraud.org _______________________________ LEGISLATION & REGULATION The Kansas legislature passed a bill (SB 491) creating a prescription monitoring program for the state. The program will keep track of highly addictive prescription medicines …

Florida House Representative Don Brown today released his policy recommendations based on hearings held by the House Insurance Committee on March 14th and March 24th. The House Insurance Committee took testimony under oath given by officials from Citizens Property Insurance …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Major budget woes paralyze Florida legislators Children, their faces painted to look like clowns, raced around the sunny Capitol courtyard while legislators in windowless meeting rooms debated women’s rights …

UPDATE:  A copy of the amendment adopted this morning to SB 2156 is attached for your review. An amendment, initially submitted in handwritten format, was adopted to SB 2156 that would extend to those companies with limited apportionment status the availability of an additional …

Reminder: A Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 4, 2008 at 10 a.m. Call-in information is: 1-800-369-1285; Code: 71961#. The meeting agenda and previous meeting’s minutes are attached for your review. Should you …

Update:  Copies of HB 5057 and accompanying amendments considered today by the House of Representatives Policy and Budget Council are attached for your review. Today, April 3, 2008, the House of Representatives Policy and Budget Council (“Council”) amended and approved Committee Substitute/House Bill …