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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House flood insurance bill (HB 813) unanimously passed its first committee on March 7, 2017 with an amendment and an amendment to that amendment. The bill is now in its last committee. HB 813 makes changes to the current law governing flood insurance offered by the private market. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Despite concerns about the bill from multiple committee members and requests from members to change the bill, the House health insurance right to shop bill, HB 449, passed the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee on March 7, 2017 with three amendments. The bill is now in its last committee. …
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 421 Public Housing Authority Insurance — by ShawAdopted amendment by Rep. Shaw: 943119 The House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee late Tuesday approved a bill by Tampa Rep. Sean Shaw allowing creation of a self-insurance fund by corporations, limited liability companies or similar business entities owned by a public housing…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 601 Personal Delivery Devices — by Williamson This strike-all amendment by Williamson was adopted and is now the bill: 476941 Williamson Delivery drones – an emerging new technology – would not be considered motor vehicles and subject to local government traffic control under CS/HB 601 approved Tuesday by the House…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House AOB bill was filed just before the bill filing deadline on March 7, 2017. The bill, HB 1421, is not the OIR and Citizens AOB bill. The House bill is very different from the two Senate AOB bills. The House and Senate will have to agree on…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 7, 2017, HB 377 dealing with the statutes of limitation and repose in construction defect claims, passed its second committee. The bill was not amended. The bill is now in its last committee. The bill specifies when a construction contract is considered complete for purposes of…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Attached are two draft workers’ compensation bills that will be proposed and discussed by the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee during their committee meeting on March 7, 2017. One draft is the bill that contains the comp substantive reform provisions. The issues included in this bill are: attorney fees,…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Strike-all amendment adopted by the committee is available from this link: 144836. Senate B&I Staff Analysis is available from this link: SB 430 Staff Analysis. It does not totally reflect the strike-all amendment. The original bill, again without the amendments, is available from this link: SB 430 filed. FIC will post…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Passidomo amendment with recommendations from the NAIC 2016, Workers Compensation Large Deductibles Study adopted by the committee is available from this link: 374774. Farmer amendment adopted by the committee is available from this link: 865748. Senate B&I Staff Analysis is available from this link: SB 730 Staff Analysis. It does not…