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type: "Bill"
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title: "Consumer Protection"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1598"
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citation: "Florida SB 1598 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["and solicitations", "insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-104"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gruters"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-24"
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last_action: "2021-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1ea2f88-7b19-4f9c-9b89-fa630b197fe8"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1598/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "fe21420065a049e08db24898668f4c3bfd2d87c53157365b8f713b5024e532aa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 1598 (2021) — Consumer Protection
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-104.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 1598 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1598/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 1598 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1598/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 1598 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1598/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 1598 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1598/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–9** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **34–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gruters — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-02** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2021-03-11** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/16/21, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-03-16** CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
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- **2021-03-17** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2021-03-18** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
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- **2021-03-18** CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
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- **2021-03-19** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/24/21, 4:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2021-03-24** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
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- **2021-03-26** Now in Appropriations
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- **2021-04-12** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/15/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-04-15** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 9
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- **2021-04-18** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-19** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
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- **2021-04-20** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
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- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) failed (332786)
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- **2021-04-21** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-22** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 3 `passage`
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- **2021-04-22** In Messages
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- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
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- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
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- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-17** Chapter No. 2021-104, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 76 (Ch. 2021-77)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1ea2f88-7b19-4f9c-9b89-fa630b197fe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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