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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 Patient’s Compensation Fund; provides fund requirements. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2022 | HB 959 | Florida HB 959 (2022) |
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enacted | 2022-138 |
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6 | 60 | 6 | 2021-12-17 | 2022-05-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/37057b05-4355-4cef-ac33-5b4e0447363d | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/959/ByCategory | 0b75eaec3c168c2ad5e024bcc9bc962b3beec05a6d36863347e6b25e855cfc2e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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 Patient’s 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.
- H 959 Filed (filed) — source
- H 959 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 959 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 959 c3 (committee substitute) — source
- H 959 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 959 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — 24–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Finance & Facilities Subcommittee) — 18–0 (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).