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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel CFO Patronis’ consumer protection bill (SB 1492) will not pass this Session because the Senate did not get the bill to the House in time for the House to take it up under their rules. The House had to have the bill by Monday night at the latest and…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 10, 2020, the Senate amended the House genetic testing bill (HB 1189) to put their language on it. The Senate will likely vote to approve the bill on March 11, 2020 and then the bill will return to the House for approval of the Senate amendment. We…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel During Special Order on March 9, 2020, the Florida House adopted an amendment to a Senate glitch bill on business organizations, SB 838, dealing with how policyholders of mutual insurance company or mutual insurance holding company can vote. Essentially, Amendment #145281 allows policyholders to vote in person, by mail,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1409 creates a public records exemption for certain sensitive business information held by the Department of Financial Services (DFS) which current law already protects from public records disclosure requirements if held by the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). Disclosure of the exempted information, which includes Own-Risk and Solvency…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 971, the House electronic bike (e-bike) bill, unanimously passed the full House on March 9, 2020 and passed the Senate on March 10, 2020 with a vote of 39-0. The bill now goes to Governor DeSantis for signature and we anticipate he will sign it as the bill…
STATE OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 20-52 (Emergency Management – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency) WHEREAS, Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a severe acute respiratory illness that can spread among humans through respiratory transmission and presents with symptoms similar to those of influenza; and Read more
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 9, 2020, full House approved HB 1193, a bill deregulating numerous professions and occupations. The bill includes changes to the membership of the Florida Building Commission which may be important to the property insurance industry. The bill now goes to the Senate for approval. Before…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 9, 2020, the House passed their PBM regulation bill (HB 7045) with a vote of 118-0. The bill now goes to the Senate for approval. The Senate PBM bill, SB 1338 did not clear all its assigned committees, so to pass, it will have to be…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 9, 2020, the full House approved HB 1039 relating to TNC advertising, luxury TNCs, vicarious liability of TNCs, and TNCs for disabled persons. The House adopted a technical amendment to the bill on second reading. The bill will be sent to the Senate for approval. The Senate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House organ transplant bill, HB 1187, passed the full House on March 9, 2020 by a vote of 117-0. The House bill will now be sent to the Senate for approval. The Senate bill is on Special Order, so the bill is in position for passage. However,…