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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 533 to enrolled bill, passed during the 2018 legislative session, takes effect on July 1, 2018. The bill allows an insurer to condition the sale of insurance on the purchase of motor vehicle services if such services are purchased from a membership organization that as of January 1,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Florida Governor Rick Scott signed HB 533 into law last week. Starting July 1, 2018, the bill allows an insurer to condition the sale of insurance on the purchase of motor vehicle services if such services are purchased from a membership organization that as of January 1, 2018 is…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 533 allows auto organizations to condition insurance on membership in the organization. The bill passed the House on January 31, 2018 by a vote of 110-0. The Senate amended the bill and then passed it back to the House for approval of the amendment. The House approved…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 533 allows auto organizations to condition insurance on membership in the organization. The bill passed the House on January 31, 2018 by a vote of 110-0. The Senate heard the bill on special order on March 8, 2018, substituted the House bill for the Senate bill, amended…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 33 changes the current enforcement of the ban on texting while driving from secondary to primary offense which allows a law enforcement officer to stop a vehicle solely for texting while driving. The bill passed the House on March 1, 2018 by a vote of 112-2. It now…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill allowing auto organizations to condition insurance on membership in the organization is in position to pass this year. HB 533 passed the House on January 31, 2018 by a vote of 110-0 and was sent to the Senate. The Senate companion bill, SB 756 passed its…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel After languishing in its second committee for weeks, the Senate personal injury protection (PIP) repeal bill (SB 150) was heard the next to the last week of Session. During its meeting on February 28, 2018, the Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee voted the bill down, then…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 33 changes the current enforcement of the ban on texting while driving from secondary to primary offense which allows a law enforcement officer to stop a vehicle solely for texting while driving. On February 28, 2018, the bill was heard on the House floor on special order and…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On February 1, 2018, the Senate President made the rare move of referring the Senate auto glass bill (SB 396) back to the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee. The move was likely because the bill was significantly changed in its second committee and the President wanted the substantive committee…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Bills (HB 33, SB 90) changing the current enforcement of the ban on texting while driving from secondary to primary offense are moving this Session. Changing texting while driving to a primary offense will allow a law enforcement officer to stop a vehicle solely for texting while driving. The…