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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House 2018 trade secret legislative package, HB 459 and HB 461, passed the House on February 21, 2018. HB 459 repeals the current public records laws relating to trade secrets and HB 461 creates a new uniform law for trade secrets to be followed by all state agencies. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The construction defect statute of repose bill, HB 875 passed the House on February 22, 2018 with a vote of 112-0. The Senate bill, SB 536, is identical and has one committee left. Thus, the bill is in a good position to pass. The bill provides further clarification in…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel This year’s Senate insurance omnibus bill, SB 784, passed its second committee in the Senate on February 20, 2018 and now has one committee left. Two amendments were adopted in committee. One amendment removed the surplus lines export eligibility provision from the bill. That provision lowered from $1,000,000 to…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Speaker Corcoran’s priority legislation creating a uniform law to protect the confidentiality of trade secret information provided to state agencies and to set a uniform process for all agencies to use when a public records request is received for that information will be voted on by the full House…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The construction defect statute of repose bill, HB 875 will be voted on by the full House on February 21, 2018, the next time the House is in session. We expect the bill will pass the House. The Senate bill, SB 536, is identical and has one committee left. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On February 14, 2018, HB 483 was heard on Special Order, rolled to third reading, and approved by the full House with a vote of 114-0. The bill will now be sent to the Senate for consideration and approval. The Senate companion bill, SB 762, is in its last…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Speaker Corcoran’s priority legislation creating a uniform law to protect the confidentiality of trade secret information provided to state agencies and to set a uniform process for all agencies to use when a public records request is received for that information passed its last House committee on February 8,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The construction defect statute of repose bill, HB 875/SB 536, is getting closer to the floor. The House bill made it through its last committee on February 7, 2018; the Senate bill has one committee left. The House bill was amended in committee on February 7, 2018 to match…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate construction defect statute of repose bill, SB 536, made it through another committee on February 6, 2018. The bill has one committee left. The applicability provision in the bill was changed in committee. The amended bill applies to any action commenced on or after July 1, 2018…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel This year’s Senate insurance omnibus bill, SB 784, passed its first (of three) committee in the Senate on February 6, 2018. A strike all amendment was adopted to essentially match the Senate bill with the House bill. The amended bill covers a myriad of insurance topics: Surplus Lines…