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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel After languishing in its second committee for weeks, the Senate personal injury protection (PIP) repeal bill (SB 150) was heard the next to the last week of Session. During its meeting on February 28, 2018, the Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee voted the bill down, then…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1073, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency bill with changes to MGA licensure, exchange of business, life agent, and other insurance laws, will be voted on by the House on March 1, 2018. We expect it will pass as the bill has not been controversial. The bill…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) bill (HB 351) will be voted on by the full House on March 1, 2018. We expect the bill will pass. On February 28, 2018, the bill was heard on the House floor on special order and rolled to third reading. The…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 33 changes the current enforcement of the ban on texting while driving from secondary to primary offense which allows a law enforcement officer to stop a vehicle solely for texting while driving. On February 28, 2018, the bill was heard on the House floor on special order and…