CS/CS/SB 1248 (2016) -  Prohibited Insurance Practices

General Bill by Appropriations and Banking and Insurance and Diaz de la Portilla
Prohibited Insurance Practices: Adding entities and persons that may not adjust a claim on behalf of an insured unless licensed and compliant as a public adjuster; prohibiting a person or entity from certain actions relating to the referral of certain business related to certain repair, mitigation, and restoration services; authorizing the Department of Financial Services to seek a cease and desist order and administrative fines for certain violations; providing that a policyholder that assigns the right to receive benefit of payment under a property insurance policy is not liable to the assignee for certain services or materials, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2016
Last Event: 03/11/16 S Died on Calendar on Friday, March 11, 2016 6:45 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Banking and Insurance
    • On agenda for: 02/16/16 1:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 9   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government
    • On agenda for: 02/24/16 1:30 PM
    • Recommendation: Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Appropriations
    • On agenda for: 03/01/16 10:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 18   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 177 Subject: Prohibited Insurance Practices Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 671 Subject: Prohibited Property Insurance Practices Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 2
    • D 722508 , Diaz de la Portilla Date Filed: 03/11/16, Line#: 0
    • AA 827744 , Sachs Date Filed: 03/11/16, Line#: 10
    • AA 685532 , Richter Date Filed: 03/11/16, Line#: 13
    • AA 899002 , Richter Date Filed: 03/11/16, Line#: 13
    • AA 210650 , Sachs Date Filed: 03/11/16, Line#: 13
    • A 829904 , Diaz de la Portilla Date Filed: 03/03/16, Line#: 30
    • A 668662 , Diaz de la Portilla Date Filed: 03/03/16, Line#: 30
    • A 507900 , Diaz de la Portilla Date Filed: 03/03/16, Line#: 30
    • A 476130 , Simmons Date Filed: 03/08/16, Line#: 30
    • A 546582 , Diaz de la Portilla Date Filed: 03/03/16, Line#: 58
    • A 902384 , Diaz de la Portilla Date Filed: 03/02/16, Line#: 75
    • SA 178162 , Diaz de la Portilla Date Filed: 03/03/16, Line#: 58
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • A 407374 , Appropriations, Flores Date Filed: 02/29/16, Line#: 42 Senate(c): Withdrawn 03/01/2016 04:30 PM
    • A 895926 , Appropriations, Flores Date Filed: 02/29/16, Line#: 49 Senate(c): Withdrawn 03/01/2016 04:30 PM
    • A 972486 , Appropriations, Flores Date Filed: 02/29/16, Line#: 60 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/01/2016 04:30 PM
    • A 218156 , Appropriations, Flores Date Filed: 02/29/16, Line#: 63 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/01/2016 04:30 PM
    • A 547894 , Appropriations, Flores Date Filed: 02/29/16, Line#: 79 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/01/2016 04:30 PM
    • A 385036 , Appropriations, Flores Date Filed: 02/29/16, Line#: 79 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/01/2016 04:30 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 311958 , Banking and Insurance, Margolis Date Filed: 02/16/16, Line#: 25 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/16/2016 06:42 PM
    • A 161206 , Banking and Insurance, Margolis Date Filed: 02/16/16, Line#: 56 Senate(c): Withdrawn 02/16/2016 06:42 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 3/2/2016 9:27:13 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 2/28/2016 10:56:42 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government 2/24/2016 7:08:52 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government 2/23/2016 1:04:30 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Banking and Insurance 2/18/2016 11:18:08 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Banking and Insurance 2/15/2016 12:13:13 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died on Calendar Time: 03/11/2016 - 6:45 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar Time: 03/10/2016 - 5:55 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar Time: 03/09/2016 - 5:56 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar Time: 03/08/2016 - 5:58 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar Time: 03/07/2016 - 5:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar Time: 03/04/2016 - 5:56 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar Time: 03/03/2016 - 5:52 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 566 Time: 03/02/2016 - 9:45 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/03/16 Time: 03/01/2016 - 8:28 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 563 Time: 03/01/2016 - 8:25 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/01/2016 - 7:06 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -SJ 563 Time: 03/01/2016 - 3:39 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/01/16, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 02/25/2016 - 10:59 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations -SJ 497 Time: 02/25/2016 - 9:05 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 497 Time: 02/24/2016 - 3:01 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government, 02/24/16, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 02/19/2016 - 1:52 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government Version: c1
Event: S CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 429 Time: 02/18/2016 - 6:30 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government -SJ 424 Time: 02/18/2016 - 2:36 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/18/2016 - 12:21 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: c1
Event: S CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 424 Time: 02/16/2016 - 3:51 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/16/16, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 02/11/2016 - 1:49 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 93 Time: 01/12/2016 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations -SJ 93 Time: 01/11/2016 - 5:02 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 12/29/2015 - 1:46 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
626.854 CS/CS/HB 79, HB 177, CS/CS/SB 336, CS/CS/CS/HB 651, CS/CS/HB 671*, CS/CS/SB 992, SB 1532
627.716
627.717

(*) Not the latest version