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SB 2-A: Property Insurance

GENERAL BILL by Boyd

Property Insurance; Creating the Florida Optional Reinsurance Assistance program (FORA), to be administered by the State Board of Administration; authorizing eligible insurers to purchase reinsurance coverage under FORA; providing that property insurers may be subject to an additional market conduct examination by the Office of Insurance Regulation after a hurricane under certain circumstances; specifying conditions that must be met for a property insurance policy to require mandatory binding arbitration; prohibiting policyholders from assigning post-loss insurance benefits under residential or commercial property insurance policies issued on or after a specified date, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,757,982

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided
Last Action: 12/16/2022 - Chapter No. 2022-271
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/9/2022 Senate • Filed
• Referred to Banking and Insurance; Fiscal Policy -SJ 3
• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 12/12/22, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
12/12/2022 Senate • Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 3 -SJ 3
• Now in Fiscal Policy
• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 12/12/22, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 15 NAYS 5 -SJ 3
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 12/13/22 -SJ 96
• Introduced -SJ 2
12/13/2022 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 49
• Amendment(s) failed (938406, 213342, 733204, 279842, 123478, 353138, 856854, 777772, 619600, 862706, 551146, 847224, 786778, 172138, 652232, 130902, 658884, 757448, 533310) -SJ 51
• Read 3rd time -SJ 96
• Passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 13 -SJ 96
12/13/2022 House • In Messages
• Bill referred to House Calendar
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (12/14/2022)
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
12/14/2022 House • Read 2nd time
• Amendment 798733 Failed
• Amendment 333927 Failed
• Amendment 951137 Failed
• Amendment 050303 Failed
• Amendment 898933 Failed
• Amendment 674763 Failed
• Read 3rd time
• Passed; YEAS 84, NAYS 33
12/14/2022 Senate • Ordered enrolled -SJ 97
12/14/2022 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor -SJ 97
12/16/2022 • Approved by Governor
• Chapter No. 2022-271