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Bill Department of Financial Services Department of Financial Services; Requires DFS to create secure online portal to accept service of process; authorizes specified persons to purchase coverage in state group health insurance plan at specified premium costs; provides functions of Florida Open Financial Statement System; requires local governments to use system to file specified reports; requires hospitals to demonstrate financial responsibility; removes cap on transferring burial rights fees; revises requirements to practice embalming & funeral directing; provides requirements for title agencies & public adjusters; removes provisions relating to duties of AHCA & to the board of Florida Patients Compensation Fund; provides fund requirements. us/states/fl Florida Legislature 2022 HB 959 Florida HB 959 (2022)
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Florida HB 959 (2022) — Department of Financial Services

Department of Financial Services; Requires DFS to create secure online portal to accept service of process; authorizes specified persons to purchase coverage in state group health insurance plan at specified premium costs; provides functions of Florida Open Financial Statement System; requires local governments to use system to file specified reports; requires hospitals to demonstrate financial responsibility; removes cap on transferring burial rights fees; revises requirements to practice embalming & funeral directing; provides requirements for title agencies & public adjusters; removes provisions relating to duties of AHCA & to the board of Florida Patients Compensation Fund; provides fund requirements.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-138.

Version chain

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

  1. H 959 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 959 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 959 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. H 959 c3 (committee substitute) — source
  5. H 959 e1 (engrossed) — source
  6. H 959 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passage, Third Reading — 1130 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — 190 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — 160 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — 240 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Finance & Facilities Subcommittee) — 180 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
  • Finance and Facilities Subcommittee — primary (organization)
  • Insurance and Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization)
  • LaMarca — primary (person)
  • Maney — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-12-17 Filed filing
  • 2022-01-07 Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-07 Referred to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-07 Referred to Appropriations Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-07 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-07 Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
  • 2022-01-11 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  • 2022-01-14 Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
  • 2022-01-19 Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
  • 2022-01-21 Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
  • 2022-01-22 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  • 2022-01-22 CS Filed
  • 2022-01-24 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  • 2022-01-25 Referred to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-25 Referred to Appropriations Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-25 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-25 Now in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
  • 2022-01-25 Added to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee agenda
  • 2022-01-27 Favorable with CS by Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
  • 2022-01-28 Reported out of Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
  • 2022-01-28 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  • 2022-01-28 CS Filed
  • 2022-01-28 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  • 2022-02-01 Referred to Appropriations Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-01 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-01 Now in Appropriations Committee
  • 2022-02-07 Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
  • 2022-02-09 Favorable by Appropriations Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-02-09 Reported out of Appropriations Committee
  • 2022-02-09 Now in Commerce Committee
  • 2022-02-15 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
  • 2022-02-17 Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
  • 2022-02-18 Reported out of Commerce Committee
  • 2022-02-18 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  • 2022-02-18 CS Filed
  • 2022-02-21 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
  • 2022-02-21 Bill referred to House Calendar
  • 2022-02-21 Added to Second Reading Calendar
  • 2022-02-28 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
  • 2022-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2022-03-03 Amendment 328107 adopted
  • 2022-03-03 Amendment 662607 adopted
  • 2022-03-03 Placed on 3rd reading
  • 2022-03-03 Added to Third Reading Calendar
  • 2022-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2022-03-04 CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 passage
  • 2022-03-04 In Messages
  • 2022-03-04 Referred to Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2022-03-04 Withdrawn from Appropriations withdrawal
  • 2022-03-04 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  • 2022-03-04 Received
  • 2022-03-04 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1874
  • 2022-03-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2022-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2022-03-04 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
  • 2022-03-04 In Messages
  • 2022-03-04 Ordered enrolled
  • 2022-05-20 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  • 2022-05-25 Approved by Governor executive-signature
  • 2022-05-26 Chapter No. 2022-138

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37057b05-4355-4cef-ac33-5b4e0447363d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).