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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Throughout Session a large professional license deregulation package that seemed to be a priority of the House and Senate and Governor DeSantis, sailed through committees in the House and Senate despite controversy about the deregulation of some professions contained in the package. However, in an interesting turn of events,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On the last day of Session, the House accepted language added by the Senate to a House building permits bill dealing with the effect of pre-suit notices under the statute of repose for construction defect claims. Procedurally, the House concurred in Senate amendment 353614 to HB 447 and passed…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On May 3, 2019, HB 337, the bill to increase the county court jurisdictional threshold, passed the Legislature. The passed bill also includes a provision moving up the effective date of the attorney fee provision in the AOB bill that passed earlier in Session. Procedurally, on May 3, 2019,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House omnibus insurance bill (HB 301) was approved by the full House on April 11, 2019 by a vote of 114-0. On May 3, 2019, the Senate approved the bill with a 37-1 vote. The bill now goes to Governor DeSantis for signature. The bill that passed includes…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Florida Legislature passed the same language expanding direct primary care twice this Session – once as a stand-alone bill and once as part of a large healthcare omnibus package. HB 7 is the stand-alone bill that expands direct primary care. The bill changes all statutory references of “direct…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1247 expands the application of Florida’s one way attorney fee statute to suits brought by “contractors” against surety insurers under payment or performance bonds for losses due to breach of a building or construction contract. The one-way attorney fee provision is contained in a larger bill dealing with…