HB 1551

  • Florida House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Attorney Fee Awards in Insurance Actions

Abstract

Attorney Fee Awards in Insurance Actions; Requires court to award attorney fees to prevailing parties in civil actions brought against surplus lines insurers & insurers by named or omnibus insureds or named beneficiaries; provides guidelines to determine prevailing parties; provides applicability of prevailing party attorney fee provision to specified insurers, insurance policies or coverage types, & rate standards & to claims presented to specified guaranty associations.

Bill Sponsors (2)

Votes


Actions


Mar 20, 2025

House

Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

Mar 18, 2025

House

Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda

Mar 13, 2025

House

Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

House

Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

House

Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

Mar 11, 2025

House

Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda

Mar 05, 2025

House

Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

House

Referred to Judiciary Committee

House

Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

House

Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

Mar 04, 2025

House

1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Feb 28, 2025

House

Filed

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
H 1551 Filed PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Bill Analysis -- Insurance & Banking Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) (3/19/2025 10:10 AM) PDF
Bill Analysis -- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) (3/13/2025 5:43 PM) PDF

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