HB 1281: Department of Financial Services
GENERAL BILL by Berfield
Department of Financial Services; Revises provisions relating to duties & responsibilities of & entities regulated by DFS & CFO, including compensation, payments, financial management & accounting programs, public depositories, health care providers, Special Disabilities Trust Fund, stop-work orders, funeral homes, cemeteries, boilers, insurance agents, title insurance agencies, insurers, firefighting, insurance contracts, & bail bond agents.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/5/2025 House - Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 3/5/2025 House - Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/27/2025 House • Filed
3/4/2025 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/5/2025 House • Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
• Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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HB 1281, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/27/2025 at 9:26 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1522 Department of Financial Services McClain Identical Last Action: 3/10/2025 S Introduced 
H 5201 State Financial Accounting State Administration Budget Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 4/3/2025 H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/9/2025)
Citations - Statutes (58)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 17.11 To report disbursements made. Page 12 (pdf) 17.13 To duplicate warrants lost or destroyed. Page 13 (pdf) 110.113 Pay periods for state officers and employees; salary payments by direct deposit. Page 14 (pdf) 112.215 Government employees; deferred compensation program. Page 15 (pdf) 215.422 Payments, warrants, and invoices; processing time limits; dispute resolution; agency or judicial branch compliance. Page 18 (pdf) 215.89 Charts of account. Page 18 (pdf) 215.93 Florida Financial Management Information System. Page 19 (pdf) 215.94 Designation, duties, and responsibilities of functional owners. Page 20 (pdf) 215.985 Transparency in government spending. Page 22 (pdf) 216.102 Filing of financial information; handling by Chief Financial Officer; penalty for noncompliance. Page 24 (pdf) 216.141 Budget system procedures; planning and programming by state agencies. Page 26 (pdf) 280.16 Requirements of qualified public depositories; confidentiality. Page 27 (pdf) 440.107 Department powers to enforce employer compliance with coverage requirements. Page 40 (pdf) 440.13 Medical services and supplies; penalty for violations; limitations. Page 28 (pdf) 440.38 Security for compensation; insurance carriers and self-insurers. Page 30 (pdf) 440.49 Limitation of liability for subsequent injury through Special Disability Trust Fund. Page 36 (pdf) 497.1411 Page 42 (pdf) 497.142 Licensing; fingerprinting and criminal background checks. Page 46 (pdf) 497.369 Embalmers; licensure as an embalmer by endorsement; licensure of a temporary embalmer. Page 47 (pdf) 497.374 Funeral directing; licensure as a funeral director by endorsement; licensure of a temporary funeral director. Page 51 (pdf) 497.376 License as funeral director and embalmer permitted. Page 54 (pdf) 497.380 Funeral establishment; licensure; display of license. Page 55 (pdf) 497.386 Storage, preservation, and transportation of human remains. Page 56 (pdf) 497.604 Direct disposal establishments, license required; licensing procedures and criteria; license renewal; regulation; display of license. Page 56 (pdf) 554.103 Boiler code. Page 57 (pdf) 554.108 Inspection. Page 58 (pdf) 554.114 Prohibitions; penalties. Page 59 (pdf) 554.115 Disciplinary proceedings. Page 59 (pdf) 554.116 Page 60 (pdf) 554.117 Page 60 (pdf) 624.307 General powers; duties. Page 61 (pdf) 624.317 Investigation of agents, adjusters, administrators, service companies, and others. Page 61 (pdf) 626.171 Application for license as an agent, customer representative, adjuster, service representative, or reinsurance intermediary. Page 63 (pdf) 626.2815 Continuing education requirements. Page 67 (pdf) 626.292 Transfer of license from another state. Page 68 (pdf) 626.611 Grounds for compulsory refusal, suspension, or revocation of agent’s, title agency’s, adjuster’s, customer representative’s, service representative’s, or managing general agent’s license or appointment. Page 69 (pdf) 626.621 Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of agent’s, adjuster’s, customer representative’s, service representative’s, or managing general agent’s license or appointment. Page 70 (pdf) 626.731 Qualifications for general lines agent’s license. Page 72 (pdf) 626.785 Qualifications for license. Page 73 (pdf) 626.831 Qualifications for license. Page 73 (pdf) 626.8417 Title insurance agent licensure; exemptions. Page 75 (pdf) 626.843 Renewal, continuation, reinstatement, termination of title insurance agent’s and title insurance agency’s appointments. Page 75 (pdf) 626.8473 Escrow; trust fund. Page 75 (pdf) 626.878 Rules; code of ethics. Page 76 (pdf) 626.927 Licensing of surplus lines agent. Page 76 (pdf) 626.938 Report and tax of independently procured coverages. Page 77 (pdf) 626.9541 Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined. Page 79 (pdf) 627.70151 Appraisal; conflicts of interest. Page 80 (pdf) 627.776 Applicability or inapplicability of Florida Insurance Code provisions to title insurers. Page 81 (pdf) 631.271 Priority of claims. Page 81 (pdf) 633.139 Page 83 (pdf) 633.216 Inspection of buildings and equipment; orders; firesafety inspection training requirements; certification; disciplinary action. Page 87 (pdf) 634.3077 Financial requirements. Page 89 (pdf) 634.406 Financial requirements. Page 90 (pdf) 648.33 Bail bond rates. Page 91 (pdf) 791.013 Testing and approval of sparklers; penalties. Page 91 (pdf) 1001.281 Operating Trust Fund. Page 92 (pdf) 1001.282 Administrative Trust Fund. Page 92 (pdf)