SB 256 (2018) -  Property Insurance

General Bill by Farmer
Property Insurance: Prohibiting certain attorney fees and costs paid by a property insurer from being included in such insurer’s rate base and from being used to justify a rate increase or rate change; requiring insureds or assignees to provide a certain prelitigation notice and invoice to insurers within a specified timeframe; prohibiting specified acts of insurers relating to homeowners’ insurance policies under certain circumstances, etc.
Effective Date: 01/01/2019
Last Event: 03/10/18 S Died in Banking and Insurance on Saturday, March 10, 2018 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Banking and Insurance
  • Appropriations
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 7015 Subject: Property Insurance Assignment Agreements Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 258 Subject: Insurance Rates Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 1168 Subject: Insurance Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Banking and Insurance Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 24 Time: 01/09/2018 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations; Rules -SJ 24 Time: 09/22/2017 - 3:04 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 09/05/2017 - 4:23 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
627.062 SB 258, CS/CS/SB 1168*, HB 1381, SB 1454
627.422 CS/CS/SB 1168, HB 7015
627.7011 CS/CS/HB 1011, CS/CS/SB 1168, CS/SB 1282

(*) Not the latest version