Recap of Week 2 & Preview of Week 3 of Session
The Florida House continues its quest this week to revamp insurance laws and increase regulation on insurance companies. The insurer affiliates bill (HB 1399) is progressing (but …
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Recap of Week 1 & Preview of Week 2 of Session
The second week of the Florida legislative session begins this morning, following a busy week last week that saw additional insurance bills filed. The session kicked-off with the two …
A Peek into the 2026 Legislature
McCarty & Petrelli weigh-in
For those of you that follow Florida’s legislative activity, you will recall our weekly legislative updates from March to May 2025 and how incredibly contentious the relationship was between the Governor’s office and the Florida House …
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Recap of Week 9 & Interim Adjournment of Session
This edition’s Bill Watch will close out the 2025 legislative session reports on bills that would change public policy. On Friday, May 2, legislators in both chambers had finally agreed on …
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Recap of Week 8 & Preview of Week 9 of Session
This was supposed to be the last week of session for the Florida Legislature but House and Senate leaders late last Thursday announced they’re still far apart on a …
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Recap of Week 7 & Preview of Week 8 of Session
Classes resume this morning (April 21) at Florida State University here in Tallahassee following last Thursday’s mass shooting by a student who in a span of less than 5 …
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Recap of Week 6 & Preview of Week 7 of Session
Last week was a slow week in the Florida Legislature for insurance and related bills, as both the House and Senate turned their attention to the only bill they …
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Recap of Week 5 & Preview of Week 6 of Session
Given the increasing momentum of pro-litigation measures in the Florida Legislature, we are adding HB 881 and HB 947 to this week’s Bill Watch. Despite the fact there are …
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Recap of Week 4 & Preview of Week 5 of Session
We’re entering the halfway point of the nine-week Florida legislative session. Amid competing tax cut proposals and multi-billion-dollar differences between the House and Senate state budget plans, comes some …
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Recap of Week 3 & Preview of Week 4 of Session
Despite repeated news stories – and now the year-end 2024 report by insurance regulators that net homeowners insurance rates have declined across the Florida market – some state lawmakers …
