republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2021/sb-1598.md

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Bill	Consumer Protection	Consumer Protection; Deleting authorization for consumer reporting agencies to charge a fee for reissuing or providing a new unique personal identifier to a consumer; revising a requirement for persons licensed or authorized by the Department of Financial Services or the Office of Insurance Regulation to respond to the department’s Division of Consumer Services regarding consumer complaints; deleting a fee for adjusting firm licenses; authorizing the department to disapprove the use of insurance agency names containing the word “Medicare” or “Medicaid”; revising the timeframes in which an insured or a claimant may cancel a public adjuster’s contract to adjust a claim without penalty or obligation; revising disclosure requirements for certain classes of insurance before being eligible for export under the Surplus Lines Law, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2021	SB 1598	Florida SB 1598 (2021)	bill	and solicitations insurance	enacted	2021-104	Gruters	4	37	5	2021-02-24	2021-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/f1ea2f88-7b19-4f9c-9b89-fa630b197fe8	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1598/ByCategory	fe21420065a049e08db24898668f4c3bfd2d87c53157365b8f713b5024e532aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 1598 (2021) — Consumer Protection

Consumer Protection; Deleting authorization for consumer reporting agencies to charge a fee for reissuing or providing a new unique personal identifier to a consumer; revising a requirement for persons licensed or authorized by the Department of Financial Services or the Office of Insurance Regulation to respond to the department’s Division of Consumer Services regarding consumer complaints; deleting a fee for adjusting firm licenses; authorizing the department to disapprove the use of insurance agency names containing the word “Medicare” or “Medicaid”; revising the timeframes in which an insured or a claimant may cancel a public adjuster’s contract to adjust a claim without penalty or obligation; revising disclosure requirements for certain classes of insurance before being eligible for export under the Surplus Lines Law, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-104.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. S 1598 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 1598 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 1598 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 1598 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 114–1 (pass) · lower
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 11–9 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 34–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gruters — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-02-24 Filed filing
• 2021-03-02 Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-03-02 Introduced introduction
• 2021-03-11 On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/16/21, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2021-03-16 CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
• 2021-03-17 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2021-03-18 Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
• 2021-03-18 CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
• 2021-03-19 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/24/21, 4:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
• 2021-03-24 Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
• 2021-03-26 Now in Appropriations
• 2021-04-12 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/15/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2021-04-14 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2021-04-15 CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 9
• 2021-04-18 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2021-04-19 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2021-04-19 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
• 2021-04-20 CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
• 2021-04-21 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-21 Amendment(s) failed (332786)
• 2021-04-21 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2021-04-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-22 CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 3 passage
• 2021-04-22 In Messages
• 2021-04-26 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2021-04-26 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
• 2021-04-26 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
• 2021-04-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-27 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2021-04-27 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2021-04-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-28 CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 1 passage
• 2021-04-28 Message sent to senate
• 2021-04-28 Ordered enrolled
• 2021-06-14 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2021-06-16 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-17 Chapter No. 2021-104, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 76 (Ch. 2021-77)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1ea2f88-7b19-4f9c-9b89-fa630b197fe8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).