Florida · Senate Bill 1656 · 2025 Regular Session

Insurance Regulations

SB 1656 Sponsored by Jay Collins Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 28, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 7, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Insurance Regulations; Providing that the Chief Financial Officer is the agent for service of process on health maintenance organizations; authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to exchange certain records with the Office of Insurance Regulation; deleting certain provisions relating to credits allowed in specified reinsurance circumstances and relating to assuming insurers’ accreditations; prohibiting…

Read the full title (86 words)

Insurance Regulations; Providing that the Chief Financial Officer is the agent for service of process on health maintenance organizations; authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to exchange certain records with the Office of Insurance Regulation; deleting certain provisions relating to credits allowed in specified reinsurance circumstances and relating to assuming insurers’ accreditations; prohibiting personal residential property insurers from submitting more than two use and file filings under certain circumstances; requiring that certain rate filings with the office from residential property insurers include rate transparency reports, etc.

Every action

10 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules · Senate Banking and Insurance
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/17/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Banking and Insurance
  5. CommitteeCS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 · Senate Banking and Insurance7–0 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  8. CommitteeCS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time · Senate Banking and Insurance
  9. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  10. CommitteeDied in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 17, 2025 Senate Banking and Insurance CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 7

Not voting · 3

 7–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Jay CollinsR Primary sponsor · District 14
  • Ba Banking and Insurance Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.