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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate loss run statement bill, SB 292, unanimously passed the full Senate on March 9, 2020 and was sent to the House for approval. The House approved the bill on March 11, 2020 with a vote of 117-0. The bill now goes to the Governor for signature and…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 599 expands the scope of practice for consultant pharmacists. A similar bill passed the House last year, but died in the Senate when it was never heard in committee. The full House approved this year’s consultant pharmacist bill on February 20, 2020 with a vote of 115-2 and…
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…