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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Both the House and Senate autonomous vehicle (AV) bills are ready for the floor. HB 311, the House bill, is set for its first floor hearing on April 23, 2019. A strike all floor amendment (483839) has been filed to the House bill to bring it closer to the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 328 by Sen. Brandes (R) increases the jurisdictional threshold for county court, along with other changes to the court system. It passed its last Senate committee on April 18, 2019 with two amendments. Only one of the amendments related to the county court jurisdiction threshold. That amendment removed…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 7078 is a health care omnibus bill. It is a compilation of many healthcare issues, including a few health insurance related issues, and began as a committee bill by the Senate Health Policy Committee. It was approved by its last committee on April 18, 2019 with a…