Bills: SB 1468 , SB 1612 , SB 1789 , SB 2530 , SB 2571 , SB 2717 , SB 2967

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: utility systems, Texas A&M, regents authority, construction, improvement, construction contracts, trust funds, property rights, mechanics lien, contractors, trustee liability, mechanic's lien, liability, attorney's fees, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, insurance regulation, administrative penalties, coastal counties, catastrophe year

Bills: SB 1468 , SB 1612 , SB 1789 , SB 2530 , SB 2571 , SB 2717 , SB 2967

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: utility systems, Texas A&M, regents authority, construction, improvement, construction contracts, trust funds, property rights, mechanics lien, contractors, trustee liability, mechanic's lien, liability, attorney's fees, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, insurance regulation, administrative penalties, coastal counties, catastrophe year

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• It increases from 7 to 10 days the amount of time for L&I or a self-insured employer to provide a declaration
• certifying that no provider is willing to treat the worker, and it provides L&I and self-insurers with
• closure rather than continued treatment being at the discretion of the supervisor of industrial insurance
• closure rather than continued treatment being at the discretion of the supervisor of industrial insurance

Bills: HB2188 , HB2218 , HB2524 , HB2563

Committee: House Labor & Workplace Standards

Keywords: transparency, industrial insurance, insurance rate increases, financial disclosure, regulatory oversight, workers' compensation, medical care, healthcare access, employee rights, insurance coverage, security, regulation, employment standards, security guards, industry board, unemployment, electronic notices, compensation, digital communication, order processing

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• Basically, it is to help our insurance carriers, the workers' compensation insurance carriers based in
• the committee substitute does, is make a change to where before there was some concern that the insurance
• comptroller's office which eliminates that so that In this case, we get the good outcome of our insurance
• Out-of-state insurance carriers will not be charged a retaliatory tax when issuing a policy in the state
• The committee substitute adds that insurers' commercial property or automobile rate filings require approval

Bills: SB1468 , SB1612 , SB1789 , SB2530 , SB2571 , SB2717 , SB2967

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: utility systems, Texas A&M, regents authority, construction, improvement, construction contracts, trust funds, property rights, mechanics lien, contractors, trustee liability, mechanic's lien, liability, attorney's fees, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, insurance regulation, administrative penalties, coastal counties, catastrophe year

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• Our members are 400 property and casualty insurance companies who write auto, home, and commercial insurance
• , again, would be a cost borne by the insurance industry.
• For the record, Ryan Brannon with the Coastal Windstorm Insurance Coalition.
• Is it across the state by all insurers?
• That's right, all insurers except for mutuals, and that money is collected and paid by the insurers to

Bills: SB1468 , SB1612 , SB1789 , SB2530 , SB2571 , SB2717 , SB2967

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: utility systems, Texas A&M, regents authority, construction, improvement, construction contracts, trust funds, property rights, mechanics lien, contractors, trustee liability, mechanic's lien, liability, attorney's fees, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, insurance regulation, administrative penalties, coastal counties, catastrophe year

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• All right, welcome to the Senate Committee on Insurance.
• And number four, the health insurance insurers shall include in the notification how the insurer is utilizing
• And number four, the health insurance insurers shall include in the notification how the insurer is utilizing
• regarding insurance.
• For health insurers and for life insurers, it really keeps that the same, the rest of it the same.

Bills: HB591 , HB765 , HB826 , HB870 , HB938 , HB1151 , HB1162 , HB1176 , HB1196 , HB1236 , HB1241

Committee: Senate Insurance

Keywords: family leave, insurance, paid leave, employment benefits, caregiver support, liability insurance, coverage defenses, direct action, judgment enforcement, legal procedures, insurance referrals, compensation, non-licensed agents, consumer protection, insurance products, HB 870, Act 907, Louisiana insurance, health insurance, prescription drugs

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• , with costs shared among member insurers.
• This legislation addresses an insurance practice which unfairly allows insurance companies to reduce
• The insurer then may want to... ...repairs are complete, the insurer is supposed to pay the remainder
• Overly broad, it applies to all types of insurance: commercial property, contents coverage, auto coverage
• It is all the more important in this line of insurance because title insurance is the only line of insurance

Bills: HB1464 , HB1635 , HB2516 , HB3317 , HB3502 , HB4012 , HB4268 , HB4386 , HB4877 , SB916

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: prescription drugs, drug pricing, pharmacy benefits, health insurance, health benefit plan, insurer, HMO, self-insured employer, public employer, school district, county, municipality, university system, higher education, retirees, dependent coverage, stop-loss coverage, bulk purchasing, group purchasing, purchasing pool

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• And I went, the insurance commissioner came out. ...legislative district, and I went to the insurance
• insurance for entire zip codes.
• insurance for entire zip codes.
• Insurers... Insurers support wildfire mitigation. We support the IBHS standards.
• As the insurance commissioner mentioned, IBHS is kind of our thing. Insurers fund the research.

Bills: SB6061 , SB5844 , SB6079 , SB6137 , SB5831 , SB6031 , SB6178

Committee: Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, storage rental, tenancy agreements, tenant rights, landlord obligations, termination notice, insurance, wildfire prevention, policy nonrenewal, cancellation, risk management, sports wagering, sports betting, sports gambling, bookmaking, gambling regulation

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• </c> for a branch captive insurance company. for a branch captive insurance company.
• </c> insurance does not cover what they need. insurance does not cover what they need.
• insurers have avoided for way too long. insurance too often stands in the way insurance too often stands
• </c> insurance premium go to the insurance insurance premium go to the insurance plan<00:53:21.920><c
• </c> for the insurance. for the insurance.

Bills: SB170 , SB177 , SB207 , SB208 , SB215 , HB27 , SB219 , SB247 , SB232 , SB81 , SB170 , SB177 , SB207 , SB208 , SB215 , HB27 , SB219 , SB247 , SB232 , SB81

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

Keywords: health insurance, health savings account, high deductible plans, federal regulations, cost-sharing, insurance law, breast cancer, health coverage, deductible, copayment, insurance, captive insurance, captive insurer, captive insurers, insurance regulation, Alabama Department of Insurance, insurance commissioner, premium tax, capital requirements, surplus requirements

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• PROPERTY INSURANCE MATTERS TO THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA.
• [APPLAUSE] A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY CAME TO THE LEGISLATURE AND SAID WITHOUT SWEEPING
• THE REPORTS IN EXISTENCE AT THE TIME WERE NOT DISCLOSED TO THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH MAY SUGGEST SOME INSURANCE
• I HAVE ASKED THAT THE INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE CONDUCT HEARINGS, AND THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS
• [APPLAUSE AND CHEERING] BUT INSURANCE IS ONLY ONE OF THE POLICY QUESTIONS FLORIDIANS CARE ABOUT.

Keywords: property insurance, insurance reform, housing, healthcare, public education, public safety, budget reform, tax policy, government accountability, taxpayer protection

Summary: The Florida House of Representatives convened for the 2025 Regular Session. Speaker Perez delivered opening remarks emphasizing collaborative governance over personal priorities, announcing no House Bill 1 to focus on collective work. He outlined key policy areas including property insurance reform, with plans for subcommittee hearings and subpoena powers to investigate insurance company practices and potential accounting irregularities. The Speaker called for meaningful reforms in housing, healthcare, education, and public safety, while challenging budget subcommittees to find recurring revenue savings rather than relying on temporary tax holidays. The session will focus on government accountability, waste elimination, and taxpayer protection. Governor DeSantis requested to deliver the State of the State address on March 4th, which was approved through concurrent resolution.

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• I am testifying on behalf of the Insurance Division.
• </c> could negatively affect the insurance could negatively affect the insurance reinsurance<01:09:24.799
• ><c> HHRF</c><01:09:38.799><c> depends</c> Insurance solveny for the HHRF depends Insurance solveny for
• For Insurance DCCA, thank you for being here.
• </c><01:12:00.640><c> upon</c> insurance market also relies upon insurance market also relies upon uh

Bills: HB1546

Committee: House Human Services & Homelessness

Keywords: Medicaid, health insurance, healthcare access, insurance subsidies, pilot program, affordable care, preventive services, low-income, community engagement, 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2083, which would add homeless shelters to Hawaii’s drug-free/safe-zone protections. The City and County prosecutor’s office strongly supported the bill, saying service providers asked for the change because drug activity near shelters can undermine recovery efforts. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, focusing on a possible notice problem because many shelters are not readily identifiable and the bill’s 750-foot distance requirement could be difficult to apply. The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii also opposed the bill, arguing it would expand criminalization of poverty and drug use and that drug-free zone laws are ineffective and disproportionately harmful. The prosecutor’s office said it would do more research on the notice concern. The committee then moved on without taking a vote in the transcript provided. The committee next discussed HB 2087, which would change the treatment of abuse of family or household member cases by ending the deferred-acceptance pilot and returning to the prior statute. The prosecutor’s office supported the bill, saying the pilot had not reduced backlog as intended and that domestic violence cases should remain petty misdemeanors without deferral. The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Public Defender’s Office both opposed HB 2087, instead urging extension of the pilot for another five years so the legislature can better evaluate how deferred acceptance is working. They said deferrals can be a useful incentive for behavior change and that more data is needed before ending the program. Committee members questioned the prosecutor about why Hawaii should differ from other counties and whether repeat offenders could keep receiving deferrals; the prosecutor said the deferral is available only once and reiterated support for returning to the old statute. The committee then heard HB 2096 on aggravated circumstances in child protective proceedings. The family court and Attorney General’s Office supported the bill, saying current law limits aggravated-circumstances findings to the early return hearing, which can prevent findings in the most serious abuse cases when key evidence is not yet available. They said the bill would allow such findings later in the case and, with proposed amendments, would let the court consolidate aggravated-circumstances and termination-of-parental-rights hearings to reduce delay and appeals. The Libertarian Party of Hawaii opposed the measure, arguing it would expand state power in family matters and could worsen outcomes for parents and children. Committee questions focused on the amended language, including what “another court of competent jurisdiction” means and whether a charge alone would be enough; the judiciary responded that criminal courts are included, but a hearing and opportunity to defend would still be required. Finally, the committee took up HB 1959, another domestic violence measure. The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Public Defender’s Office, the Crime Victim Compensation Commission, the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, and county prosecuting offices testified in support. Supporters said the bill would extend the pilot program while keeping deferred acceptance of guilty pleas in place, giving more time to evaluate whether the program is working and whether a more formal diversion model should be developed. The coalition also suggested technical fixes to ensure judiciary data reporting continues and that the deferred-acceptance statute is not inadvertently repealed. No vote or final action was taken in the transcript before the committee moved on to the next bill.

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• because the Department of Insurance does warranties, service agreements, and insurance.
• because the Department of Insurance does warranties, service agreements, and insurance.
• because the Department of Insurance does warranties, service agreements, and insurance.
• carriers ultimately the the insurance carriers ultimately the insure<00:24:49.760><c> insurance</c><
• 00:24:49.919><c> insurance</c><00:24:50.240><c> policy</c> insure insurance insurance policy insure insurance

Bills: SB294 , HB296 , HB300 , SB269

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

Keywords: public officers, bonding, risk management, notification, delinquency, consumer protection, rental home, marketplace guarantees, insurance, commissioner of insurance, healthcare, breast cancer screening, insurance coverage, deductible, copayment, emergency medical services, ambulance reimbursement, health care insurers, balance billing, provider networks

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• An insurer or third-party administrator who owns an auto glass repair facility must disclose certain
• Over 2025 this past year, in that same state, less than 6,000 auto-glass litigation claims, and the insurance
• We have to refer out this claim to SafeLite Auto Glass as the third-party administrator for the insurance
• We have to refer out this claim to SafeLite Auto Glass as the third-party administrator for the insurance
• Prior to its adoption, insurers and third-party administrators, namely SafeLite Auto Glass and SafeLite

Bills: SB5871 , SB5919

Committee: Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development

Keywords: motor vehicle, glass repair, insurance claims, consumer protection, regulations, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, 904, all

Bills: SB76 , SB35 , SB116 , SB119 , SB118 , SB129 , SB32 , SB31 , SB115 , SB75 , HB27 , HB40

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: jury duty, nursing mothers, exemption, legal rights, parental responsibilities, sexual extortion, criminal law, felony, threat, blackmail, SB116, machine gun conversion devices, switches, pistol conversion device, auto sear, firearm accessories, machine gun, automatic weapon, semiautomatic pistol, gun control

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• Yet for private insurance mandates, no such answer exists.
• It would be the same for commercial insurance as well.
• Just cash and say, hey, go get your own insurance.
• Insurance is the, health insurance is the one place where someone doesn't know what the cost of the item
• Full disclosure, I'm not an insurance.

Bills: HB138 , HB335 , HB388 , HB138

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: health impact analysis, cost analysis, coverage mandates, health insurance, legislative analysis, health care data, education, funding, classroom resources, teacher support, student outcomes, health benefits, provider dentists, payment reimbursement, insurance code, noncontracting, dental care, reimbursement, health benefit plans, noncontracting providers

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• 2 House Committee on Insurance will come to order. Clerk will call the roll. Thank you. Here. Vote.
• So the increase of insurance more to take care of an administrative fee you're talking about well I'm
• Cost to us that the consumer that's buying the insurance will have to pay for. Yeah.
• To make it clear for everyone here, when you submit your... invoice to the insurance company for your
• The form will be created by the Texas Department of Insurance with input from stakeholders.

Bills: HB138 , HB335 , HB388 , HB138

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: health impact analysis, cost analysis, coverage mandates, health insurance, legislative analysis, health care data, education, funding, classroom resources, teacher support, student outcomes, health benefits, provider dentists, payment reimbursement, insurance code, noncontracting, dental care, reimbursement, health benefit plans, noncontracting providers

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• This basically expands the insurance coverage related to prostate cancer.
• This basically expands the insurance plan and coverage for gentlemen that are at higher risk of prostate
• I want to loop the Department of Insurance into that conversation, and what I'm going to do is encourage

Bills: SB190 , HB515 , SB190

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: SB190, prostate cancer, prostate screening, PSA test, digital rectal exam, preventive screening, health insurance mandate, cost-sharing, copay, deductible, coinsurance, high-risk men, African American men, family history, genetic marker, men over 50, men over 40, health benefit plan, insurance coverage, mandated benefits

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• This measure allows to insurance.
• </c> Insurance Council in support. Insurance Council in support.
• ><c> with</c> First up, insurance division with First up, insurance division with comments.
• </c> relating to insurance. relating to insurance.
• </c> the DCCA insurance division's testimony. the DCCA insurance division's testimony.

Bills: SB2004 , SB2039 , SB2042 , SB2043 , SB2044 , SB2132

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: outdoor advertising, billboards, public safety, penalties, community pollution, elections, campaign finance, business entities, political activity, regulation, liability, non-natural persons, insurance, captives, examination, regulations, policyholders, dormant captive, tax exemption, Hawaii revised statutes

Summary: The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee opened its first hearing of the year with remarks from Chair Jared Kohole outlining hearing procedures, a two-minute testimony limit, rules for remote testimony and decorum, and a revised testimony-publication pilot that keeps 96-hour notice but returns to a standard 24-hour testimony deadline. He then moved through the agenda, beginning with SB 2004 on outdoor advertising, which would increase penalties for violations of billboard and outdoor advertising laws. Testimony on that measure was limited; Henry Curtis of Life of the Land was first up, and written support was noted from Hawaiian Electric and the Outdoor Circle. The committee then heard SB 2039 on election campaign finance, which would prohibit certain business entities from engaging in campaign finance activities. The Attorney General’s office offered comments and did not take a formal position at the hearing. Several proponents testified in support, including Josh Frost, Tom Moore of the Center for American Progress, Hapa/Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, and Common Cause Hawaiʻi, all arguing the bill would curb corporate and dark-money influence and return elections to the people. Moore distinguished between regulating corporate “rights” and limiting corporate “powers,” and said the state can redefine the powers it grants corporations. In questions, Senator McKelvey asked whether the bill could be expanded to include unions; the Attorney General said he would need to get back with legal analysis, while Moore said his preferred approach would include all entities and that leaving out nonprofits or unions would create problems. Members also discussed whether the bill would affect PACs, and Moore explained that the proposal would prohibit corporate and dark-money flows into PACs while leaving individual political giving and existing political committees in place. The committee then moved on to the next measure. SB 2042, relating to insurance, was heard next. The bill would reduce the unimpaired minimum capital and surplus required of class 4 sponsored captive insurance companies under certain circumstances. The DCCA Insurance Division said it stood on its written testimony, and the Hawaii Captive Insurance Council testified in support, describing the change as a narrow, risk-based adjustment that would not affect the commissioner’s authority where actual risk resides and would help keep Hawaii competitive. The committee noted additional written support and proceeded without a vote or final action in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• This is a meeting of the Senate Insurance Committee.
• bill of the day will be House Bill 591 by Representative Green that creates the Paid Family Leave Insurance
• want to make sure that everybody understands this is a bill that creates a voluntary private market insurance
• work that's been done at Encoil, and I hope... ...is a bill that creates a voluntary private market insurance
• I don't know the employer, but insurance is all about risk mitigation, so it may be cheaper for them

Bills: HB591 , HB766

Committee: Senate Insurance

Keywords: family leave, insurance, paid leave, employment benefits, caregiver support, cancer treatment, anti-cancer medications, health insurance, copayment, cost-sharing, health policy, 974, senate, all

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• </c><00:07:37.280><c> premiums</c> already paying high insurance premiums already paying high insurance
• You get them and they come, and the insurance won't pay.
• How much does it insurance companies.
• And remember, our largest insurer is for this.
• </c> ment of the insurer and the provider. ment of the insurer and the provider.

Bills: SB9 , HB400 , SB9 , HB400

Committee: House Health

Keywords: Alabama Athletic Commission, Attorney General, criminal penalties, unarmed combat, regulation, boxing, mixed martial arts, civil fines, dental insurance, benefit rollover, healthcare, insurance policy, annual maximum, smoking ban, vaping, public health, indoor air quality, clean air, ambulance services, health insurance