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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency bill passed its last committee in the House and Senate last week. Thus, passage of the bill is likely. On February 13, 2018, HB 1073 passed its last House committee, the House Commerce Committee. One amendment was adopted to the House bill…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On February 6, 2018, committees in the House and Senate both approved agency bills for the Department of Financial Services (DFS). HB 1073 and SB 1292 are now in their last committees, so have a good chance of passing. The House Governmental Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee adopted two…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On January 23, 2018, committees in the House and Senate both approved agency bills, HB 1073 and SB 1292, for the Department of Financial Services (DFS). The House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee adopted a strike all amendment (#189391) when they heard the bill on January 23, 2018. The…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant The Senate, on May 5, the final day of the 2017 regular session, completed legislative approval of revisions to the current law on insurance adjusters, including public adjuster and public adjuster apprentice licensing and regulation. The bill (HB 911) will go to Governor Scott when it is processed by the…
By: Sam Miller, FIC ConsultantHB 925 (e1) The House voted 118-0 on May 4 to complete legislative approval of the Department of Financial Services’ annual clean-up package, so this will go to Governor Scott soon. The Senate had approved the bill on May 3. This is the DFS “agency bill.” An agency bill is a…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Department of Financial Services (DFS) clean up package, HB 925, returned to the House on May 3, 2017 so the House can consider the changes made to the bill by the Senate. If they approve the changes, the amended bill will go to Governor Scott for signature. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 26, 2017, the House unanimously passed HB 911, the omnibus adjuster licensing and regulation bill and sent it to the Senate for consideration. The Senate heard the bill on the floor on May 3, 2017, and substituted the House bill for the Senate bill as the bills…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The full House unanimously approved the Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency package on April 20, 2017 and sent the bill to the Senate. The Senate heard the bill on the floor for the first time on May 2, 2017 and amended the bill (amendment #658314) to replace the…
by: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 26, 2017, the House unanimously passed HB 911, the omnibus adjuster licensing and regulation bill and sent it to the Senate for consideration. The Senate companion, SB 922, has cleared all its committees and is waiting to be heard on the Senate floor. The House and Senate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 25, 2017, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the omnibus adjuster licensing and regulation bill, SB 922 after adopting a delete everything amendment to remove the bill’s provisions requiring licensing of adjusting firms consistent with licensing of insurance agencies is also required by the bill. The bill sponsor…