Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1504
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Calatayud) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 40 - 49
    4  and insert:
    5  a diploma from a Florida high school in which the applicant
    6  completed the insurance and personal finance course provided in
    7  s. 1003.4207; or a degree from an accredited institution of
    8  higher learning approved by the department when the degree
    9  includes a minimum of 9 credit hours of insurance instruction,
   10  including specific instruction in the areas of property,
   11  casualty, and inland marine insurance. The department shall
   12  adopt rules establishing standards for the approval of
   13  curriculum.
   14         Section 2. Section 1003.4207, Florida Statutes, is created
   15  to read:
   16         1003.4207 Insurance and personal finance course.—No later
   17  than January 1, 2027, the Department of Education, in
   18  consultation with the Department of Financial Services, shall
   19  develop a 0.5 credit course in insurance and personal finance
   20  which is available to school districts for use beginning with
   21  the 2027-2028 school year. The course must include a
   22  comprehensive analysis of basic property and casualty lines of
   23  insurance consistent with the instructional designations
   24  provided under s. 626.7351(3).
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   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Between lines 5 and 6
   29  insert:
   30         creating s. 1003.4207, F.S.; requiring the Department
   31         of Education, in consultation with the Department of
   32         Financial Services, to develop a specified insurance
   33         and personal finance course no later than a specified
   34         date;