If the bill is signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the requirement for carrying so-called PIP coverage would end and motorists would need to have bodily-injury coverage.
Legislators pass new auto insurance bill despite possible price increases to policies
In an effort to try and get uninsured drivers off the road, senators fought to pass SB 54 on the last day of the session. Author: Angelina Salcedo (WTSP) Updated: 11:41 PM EDT April 30, 2021
TAMPA, Fla In an effort to try and get uninsured drivers off the road, senators fought to pass SB 54 on the last day of the session.
The bill would change auto insurance policies for Floridians. This is the holy grail of litigation reform, Republican Senator Danny Burgess said.
After passing both the Senate and the House the bill is now headed to Governor Ron DeSantis desk.
Florida lawmakers put brakes on âNo Faultâ auto insurance
In a bill that now goes to Gov. Ron DeSantis, the requirement for carrying so-called PIP coverage would end and motorists would need to have bodily-injury coverage.
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By Jim Turner
Updated Apr. 30
TALLAHASSEE â Florida motorists are one step closer to no longer having âno faultâ auto insurance, after lawmakers Friday approved ditching the decades-old system and its requirement of carrying personal-injury protection coverage.
The House and Senate signed off on a heavily negotiated bill (SB 54) in the closing hours of the 2021 legislative session. If the bill is signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the requirement for carrying so-called PIP coverage would end and motorists would need to have bodily-injury coverage.
TALLAHASSEE Florida motorists are one step closer to no longer having “no fault” auto insurance, after lawmakers Friday approved ditching the decades-old system and its requirement of carrying personal-injury protection coverage.
The House and Senate signed off on a heavily negotiated bill (SB 54) in the closing hours of the 2021 legislative session. If the bill is signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the requirement for carrying so-called PIP coverage would end and motorists would need to have bodily-injury coverage.
“You may not like every bit of this bill, but, you know, Florida s got to do something about their car insurance,” Rep. Matt Willhite, D-Wellington, said in backing the legislation. “Twenty-five percent of the population in Florida doesn t even have car insurance.”
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, the first LGBTQ person to win election to statewide office in the Golden State, officially declared Friday his intention to seek a second four-year term in 2022. The gay former state lawmaker from Los Angeles has faced a bumpy first term with self-imposed gaffes and continues to be a lightning rod for criticism from various groups.
But he also has seemed to grow into his role since being sworn into office in January 2019, when he was hailed as our own Latino Harvey Milk by former state lawmaker Art Torres, who came out of the closet in 2009 after leading the California Democratic Party as its longtime chair. Torres, who lost his own bid to become state insurance commissioner in 1994, was referring to the late gay San Francisco supervisor who was the first out person elected to public office in California in 1977.