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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel During its meeting on March 3, 2020, the Senate Appropriations Committee amended part of its court jurisdiction bill (SB 1510) onto a different courts bill, SB 1392 (link). SB 1392 initially primarily dealt with allowing alternative offices for district court of appeal judges. SB 1510, the court jurisdiction stand-alone…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate asbestos trust claims bill is ready to be heard on the Senate floor after clearing its last committee on March 2, 2020 without amendment. The Senate bill was not controversial in committee. FIC supported the Senate bill in committee. The House bill (HB 741) has already…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The OIR backed credit for reinsurance bill that incorporates substantive provisions from the 2017 Covered Agreement between the U.S. and the European Union (EU) passed its last Senate committee on March 2, 2020. It was not amended. The House bill (HB 1211) already passed that chamber and was…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 295, a bill to revamp the construction defect process was postponed in its second House committee on February 27, 2020 when the bill sponsor said the bill needed more work. This likely kills the bill this year as it will not clear its assigned committees. The Senate companion…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate moved CFO Patronis’ consumer protection bill (SB 1492) out of its last committee on February 26, 2020 after adopting two amendments to the bill, one unfavorable amendment dealing with managed repair programs and one amendment dealing with public adjuster contract cancellation and estimate of loss. The bill…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House has two omnibus insurance bills moving this year, HB 359 and HB 895. They contain some of the same provisions but also have different provisions in them. The Senate also has two omnibus insurance bills filed, but one is stuck in its first committee, so the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The OIR backed credit for reinsurance bill that incorporates substantive provisions from the 2017 Covered Agreement between the U.S. and the European Union (EU) passed its last committee in the House on February 20, 2020. A title amendment was adopted to HB 1211 to match the title to the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1188 and HB 1409 create 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…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House and Senate passed bills changing the appellate jurisdiction of county courts during committee meetings on February 18, 2020. The House Appropriations Committee approved HB 7059 with amendments providing an appropriation and clarifying public defenders and the office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsels will be…
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