Florida Senate Bill 924 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-14 - Died in Banking and Insurance
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Providing that, in third-party bad faith actions against insurers, insureds and claimants have the burden to prove that an insurer acted in reckless disregard for insured rights which resulted in damage to the insured or the claimant; providing that insured or claimant actions or inactions are relevant in bad faith actions; providing that an insurer is not liable if certain conditions are met; providing that an insurer is not liable beyond available policy limits as to certain competing third-party claims if it files an interpleader action within a certain timeframe, etc.

Civil Actions Against Insurers

Sen. Jeffrey Brandes [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-14	Senate	Died in Banking and Insurance
2020-03-14	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2020-02-06	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/11/20, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
2020-01-30	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/04/20, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
2020-01-23	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/28/20, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
2020-01-14	Senate	Introduced
2019-12-13	Senate	Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules
2019-11-14	Senate	Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
624	155		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/924
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/924/BillText/Filed/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/924/Amendment/669964/HTML