CS/SB 914: Contingency Risk Multipliers
GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; Brandes
Contingency Risk Multipliers; Providing that, for certain attorney fees awarded for claims arising under property insurance policies, a strong presumption is created that a lodestar fee is sufficient and reasonable; providing that such presumption may be rebutted only under certain circumstances, etc.
        
        Senate Committee References:
        
- Banking and Insurance (BI)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Rules (RC)
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            Bill History Date Chamber Action 11/14/2019 Senate • Filed 
 12/13/2019 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 70 
 1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 69 
 1/16/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/21/20, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building 
 1/21/2020 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 -SJ 155 
 1/22/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) 
 1/23/2020 Senate • Now in Judiciary 
 1/27/2020 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 196 
 1/30/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/04/20, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building 
 2/4/2020 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 4 NAYS 2 -SJ 239 
 • Now in Rules
 3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration 
 • Died in Rules
 
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                    CS/SB 914, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/22/2020 at 2:09 PM Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/3/2020 (pdf) 
 Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/4/2020 (pdf)
 Related Bills (1)Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 7071 Contingency Risk Multipliers Judiciary Committee Identical Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Banking and Insurance   Committee Amendments (1)Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 292098 - Amendment 
 Delete lines 17 - 21 and insert:Judiciary 
 (Rodriguez)2/4/2020 
 10:25 AMWithdrawn 
 2/4/2020Web Page 
 PDFCommittee Votes (1)Date Committee Result 2/4/2020 12:30 PM Judiciary 4 Yeas - 2 Nays Citations - Statutes (1)Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 627.428 Attorney fees. Page 1 (pdf) 
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                    SB 914, Original Filed Version Posted 11/14/2019 at 9:08 AM Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 1/17/2020 (pdf) 
 Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 1/22/2020 (pdf)
 Committee Amendments (2)Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 806840 - Amendment 
 Delete lines 17 - 44 and insert:Banking and Insurance 
 (Brandes)1/21/2020 
 11:13 AMReplaced by Committee Substitute 
 1/21/2020Web Page 
 PDF232410 - Title Amendment 
 In title, delete line 2 and insert:Banking and Insurance 
 (Brandes)1/21/2020 
 11:14 AMReplaced by Committee Substitute 
 1/21/2020Web Page 
 PDFCommittee Votes (1)Date Committee Result 1/21/2020 12:00 PM Banking and Insurance 5 Yeas - 3 Nays Citations - Statutes (2)Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 627.428 Attorney fees. Page 1 (pdf) 627.736 Required personal injury protection benefits; exclusions; priority; claims. Page 1 (pdf)