Florida House Bill 1477 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Failed on May 5 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-05 - Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 881 (Ch. 2023-176)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates Property Insurance Commission; provides for election of Commissioner of Insurance Regulation; revises homeowners' eligibility criteria for mitigation grants; requires interests earned on insurance proceeds received by mortgagees & assignees to be paid to insureds; prohibits property insurers from claiming insolvency under certain circumstances; authorizes persons that engage in property insurance activities in other states to engage in insurance activities in this state only under certain circumstances; requires property insurers to cap premiums or to create sliding fee scales for premium rates; prohibits property insurers from using certain defenses as claims denials; revises requirements for risk assignment agreements; requires OPPAGA to conduct study of effectiveness of property insurance mediation program.

Insurance

Rep. Fentrice Driskell [D]	Rep. Kristen Arrington [D]	Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis [D]	Rep. Hillary Cassel [D]
Rep. Lindsay Cross [D]	Rep. Dan Daley [D]	Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]	Rep. Ashley Gantt [D]
Rep. Michael Gottlieb [D]	Rep. Jennifer Harris [D]	Rep. Yvonne Hayes Hinson [D]	Rep. Christine Hunschofsky [D]
Rep. Dotie Joseph [D]	Rep. Angela Nixon [D]	Rep. Michele Rayner-Goolsby [D]	Rep. Felicia Simone Robinson [D]
Rep. Kelly Skidmore [D]	Rep. Susan Valdes [D]	Rep. Katherine Waldron [D]	Rep. Marie Woodson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-05	House	Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 881 (Ch. 2023-176)
2023-03-09	House	Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
2023-03-09	House	Referred to Commerce Committee
2023-03-09	House	Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
2023-03-09	House	Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
2023-03-07	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2023-03-03	House	Filed

S1688 (Same As) 2023-05-05 - Died in Banking and Insurance, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 881 (Ch. 2023-176)
H881 (Similar To) 2023-06-01 - Chapter No. 2023-176
S748 (Similar To) 2023-04-28 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 881 (Ch. 2023-176)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
11	91		Amended Code	See Bill Text
112	3134		Amended Code	See Bill Text
20	121		Amended Code	See Bill Text
215	5586		Amended Code	See Bill Text
494	0026		Amended Code	See Bill Text
624	401		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	0629		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	701		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	715		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	7152		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	7155		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1477
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1477/BillText/Filed/PDF