Thomas J. "Tom" Leek
- Republican
Primary
Property Insurance; Creates Florida Optional Reinsurance Assistance program (FORA); authorizes eligible insurers to purchase reinsurance coverage under FORA; requires board to provide specified coverage layers; specifies requirements & procedures for appropriation of funds from General Revenue Fund to provide reimbursements under FORA; removes right to attorney fees for judgments or decrees against surplus lines insurers in suits arising under residential or commercial property insurance policies; revises eligibility requirements for renewing coverage with Citizens Property Insurance Corporation for personal lines residential & commercial lines residential risks; specifies burden of proof for corporation policyholders making claims for water damage; specifies conditions that must be met for property insurance policy to require mandatory binding arbitration; removes right to attorney fees payable by insurers in alternative procedure for resolution of disputed sinkhole insurance claims; prohibits policyholders from assigning post-loss insurance benefits under residential or commercial property insurance policies; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $1,757,982
Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2-A (Ch. 2022-271)
Favorable by Commerce Committee
Reported out of Commerce Committee
Now in Appropriations Committee
Favorable by Appropriations Committee
Reported out of Appropriations Committee
Bill released to House Calendar
Added to Second Reading Calendar
Added to Commerce Committee agenda
Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Referred to Commerce Committee
Filed
Referred to Appropriations Committee
Now in Commerce Committee
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| H 1A Filed |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 369587 - Amendment to H 1A Filed | |
| 485599 - Amendment to H 1A Filed | |
| 866725 - Amendment to H 1A Filed | |
| 314735 - Amendment to H 1A Filed | |
| 369337 - Amendment to H 1A Filed | |
| 826607 - Amendment to H 1A Filed | |
| 501581 - Amendment to H 1A Filed | |
| 906433 - Amendment to H 1A Filed | |
| 083387 - Amendment to H 1A Filed | |
| 857397 - Amendment to H 1A Filed | |
| 822549 - Amendment to H 1A Filed | |
| 592963 - Amendment to H 1A Filed |
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