The Florida Senate

SB 924: Civil Actions Against Insurers

GENERAL BILL by Brandes

Civil Actions Against Insurers; Providing that, in third-party bad faith actions against insurers, insureds and claimants have the burden to prove that an insurer acted in reckless disregard for insured rights which resulted in damage to the insured or the claimant; providing that insured or claimant actions or inactions are relevant in bad faith actions; providing that an insurer is not liable if certain conditions are met; providing that an insurer is not liable beyond available policy limits as to certain competing third-party claims if it files an interpleader action within a certain timeframe, etc.

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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 70
  1/23/2020	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/28/20, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
  1/30/2020	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/04/20, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
  2/6/2020	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/11/20, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
  3/14/2020	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Banking and Insurance

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• SB 924, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/14/2019 at 12:18 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 1/27/2020 (pdf)

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  669964 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Banking and Insurance (Brandes)	2/11/2020 1:56 PM		Web Page PDF

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  624.155	Civil remedy.	Page 1 (pdf)

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