Category: Florida Legislative News

  The Florida Senate and House of Representatives are scheduled to convene jointly for an organizational Session tomorrow, November 22, 2016 at 9 a.m. (ET).   The Senate will then hold Session at 10 a.m., followed by the House Session …

  Florida House of Representatives Speaker Designate Richard Corcoran released the following statement upon introduction of the highly anticipated 2016 – 2018 proposed House Rules today, November 10, 2016: “It is time that government embodies the very highest of standards …

  Senate President-Designate Negron Selects Senator Anitere Flores as President Pro Tempore Stuart-Florida Senate President-Designate Joe Negron (R-Stuart) announced his selection of Senator Anitere Flores (R-Miami, Monroe) as Senate President Pro Tempore today, November 10, 2016. “The role of Senate …

  Given the results of the General Election yesterday, November 8, the 2016 Election Cycle brought resounding success to the Republican Party on various levels and branches of Government.  Republicans gained control of the White House, as well as maintained …

  In Notice 2016-66 issued yesterday, November 1, 2016, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) requested feedback from interested parties on how Micro-Captive Insurance Transactions might be addressed in future published guidance.  Comments should be submitted …

  Issued October 27, 2016 by the Louisiana Department of Insurance (“LDI”), Emergency Rule 31 exempts insurance licensees from having to provide annual privacy notices to consumers if they have initially provided a privacy notice and if their practices and …

  The U.S. Federal Reserve advised today, October 31, 2016, that five federal regulatory agencies are requesting comment on a joint notice of proposed rulemaking to implement provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act (“Biggert-Waters Act”) that require regulated …

  Members of the two national task forces convened by the Federal Reserve to make payments faster and more secure have begun to review and discuss 19 specific proposals submitted by interested task force members across the payments industry that …

  The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (“FIO”) released its fourth Annual Report on the Insurance Industry on September 30, 2016.  Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the FIO must report …

  The Florida House of Representatives’ Insurance and Banking Subcommittee would be under the oversight of a newly created “Commerce Committee” as proposed by Florida House Speaker Designate in a memorandum issued Friday, September 30, 2016.   The proposed committee …