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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 673, the bill to equalize payment for long term care insolvencies by the Florida Life & Health Guaranty Association (FLAHIGA), passed the House on April 24, 2019 with a vote of 114-0 and was sent to the Senate for approval. On May 1, 2019, the Senate took the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency package (HB 1393) passed the House last week and was sent to the Senate for approval. The Senate made changes to the House bill sent to them when it was heard on the Senate floor on April 29, 2019. The Senate removed…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel When the Senate took up the House shared savings bill, HB 1113, on the Senate floor on April 30, 2019, it significantly amended the House bill. The amendment essentially removed the House language and replaced it with the Senate shared savings bill with a few additions. The Senate will…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 453, the scooter bill, should go to the Governor on May 1, 2019 when the Senate votes on it for final passage. Procedurally, the House replaced their scooter bill with the Senate one when the House bill was on the floor on April 25, 2019 and passed…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 862, a tort reform bill dealing with the dangerous instrumentality doctrine, was sent to Governor DeSantis on April 30, 2019 when the House approved it by a vote of 83-32. The House vote was not a party line vote, although all of the “no” votes were cast by…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 24, 2019, the Florida House unanimously passed their autonomous vehicle (AV) bill (HB 311) with a vote of 110-0. On April 30, 2019, the Senate substituted the House bill for the Senate bill, did not amend the House bill, and set the House bill for a final…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 17, 2019, the House approved HB 617, a glitch bill making a clarifying change to last year’s bill requiring flood disclosure on homeowner’s policies. The Senate substituted the House bill for the Senate bill during their floor session on April 30, 2019, did not amend the bill,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency package (HB 1393) passed the House last week and was sent to the Senate for approval. On April 29, 2019, via floor amendments, the Senate removed or amended some of the provisions in the House bill and will send it back to…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 862, a tort reform bill dealing with the dangerous instrumentality doctrine, will go to the Governor if the House approves it. We expect they will approve the bill on April 30, 2019. Procedurally, the bill passed the Senate on April 25, 2019 and was sent to the House…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate healthcare omnibus bill, SB 7078, was amended onto HB 843 on April 26, 2019 via amendment #565298 and passed by the Senate on April 29, 2019 and sent back to the House for approval of the amendment. The House approved the amendment on April 29th and passed…