Florida Senate - 2022 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2-D Ì139186GÎ139186 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: 6/F/2R . 05/24/2022 11:53 AM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Farmer moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 676 and 677 4 insert: 5 Section 12. Section 626.9375, Florida Statutes, is created 6 to read: 7 626.9375 Proceeding venues and governing law.—After July 1, 8 2022: 9 (1) Any litigation, arbitration, or mediation involving a 10 personal residential property insurance policy issued by, or a 11 claim against, a surplus lines insurer authorized under ss. 12 626.913-626.937 covering real property in this state must be 13 conducted in this state and governed by the laws of this state. 14 (2) A personal residential property insurance policy issued 15 by a surplus lines insurer authorized under ss. 626.913-626.937 16 covering real property in this state may not require an insured 17 to pursue dispute resolution through litigation, arbitration, or 18 mediation outside this state. 19 20 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 21 And the title is amended as follows: 22 Between lines 82 and 83 23 insert: 24 creating s. 626.9375, F.S.; providing requirements for 25 proceeding venues and governing law for specified 26 policies issued by and claims against surplus lines 27 insurers; prohibiting such policies from requiring 28 certain proceedings outside the state;