Florida’s 2012 Regular Legislative Session–Colodny Fass Summary of Key Insurance-Related Bills
Mar 23, 2012
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 below, followed by the corresponding page number on which it appears. For detailed summaries of each, click on the respective hyperlinks below:
Passed Bills
- PASSED: CS/CS/HB 119 relating to Motor Vehicle Personal Injury Protection Insurance (Page 4)
- PASSED: CS/CS/HB 1101 relating to Insurance (Page 17)
- PASSED: HB 941 relating to Commercial Lines Insurance Policies (Page 42)
- PASSED: HB 1127 relating to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Page 45)
Failed Bills
- FAILED: CS/SB 1372 and HB 833 relating to Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (Page 56)
- FAILED: HB 427 and SB 1224 relating to Civil Remedies Against Insurers (Page 62)
- FAILED: HB 243 relating to Expert Testimony (Page 64)
- FAILED: CS/SB 102 relating to Credit Reports (Page 67)
- FAILED: HB 511 and SB 668 relating to Workers’ Compensation (Page 68)
Miscellaneous Insurance-Related Bills that Passed
- PASSED: CS/CS/CS/HB 725 relating to Insurance Agents and Adjusters (Page 70)
- PASSED: CS/CS/HB 313 relating to Premises Liability (Page 87)
- PASSED: CS/CS/HB 643 relating to Title Insurance (Page 91)
- PASSED: CS/CS/HB 1011 relating to Warranty Associations (Page 95)
- PASSED: HB 5203 relating to Reemployment Services (Page 102)
Miscellaneous Insurance-Related Bills that Failed
- FAILED: CS/CS/HB 1065 and CS/SB 1476 relating to Annuities (Page 103)
- FAILED: CS/SB 1684 relating to Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program (Page 107)
- FAILED: CS/CS/HB 245 relating to Depopulation Programs of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Page 115)
- FAILED: HB 4169 relating to Insurance Company Excess Profits (Page 118)
- FAILED: HB 307 and SB 676 relating to Workers’ Compensation Certificate of Exemption Process (Page 120)
- FAILED: CS/HB 789 and SB 1094 relating to Workers’ Compensation (Page 120)
Open Government Sunset Review (“OGSR”) Insurance-Related Bills
- About Florida’s Public Records Law (Page 122)
- PASSED: SB 446 relating to OGSR/Insurance Claim Data Exchange Information/Past Due Child Support (Page 124)
- PASSED: HB 7033 relating to OGSR/Personal Injury Protection and Property Damage Liability Insurance Policies (Page 128)
- PASSED: HB 7105 relating to OGSR/Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association, Inc. (Page 130)
- PASSED: HB 7107 relating to OGSR/Consumer Complaints and Inquiries (Page 133)
Insurance-Related “Repealer” Bills:
- PASSED: SB 140 relating to Repeal of Workers’ Compensation Reporting Requirement (Page 137)
- PASSED: HB 4061 relating to Uniform Home Grading Scale (Page 138)
- FAILED: HB 4059 and SB 1518 relating to Property and Casualty Insurance (Page 141)
- FAILED: HB 4085 relating to Workers’ Compensation (Page 142)
- FAILED: HB 4087 relating to Repeal of A Workers’ Compensation Independent Actuarial Peer Review Requirement (Page 145)
- FAILED: HB 4145 relating to Continuing Education Advisory Board (Page 146)
- FAILED: HB 4149 relating to Preferred Worker Program (Page 147)
- FAILED: HB 4181 relating to Workers’ Compensation (Page 148)