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| Bill | Pet Insurance and Wellness Programs | Pet Insurance and Wellness Programs; Requires pet insurers to make certain disclosures to pet insurance applicants & policyholders, including summary of their bases or formulas for determination of claim payments under pet insurance policy; requires pet insurers to disclose certain requirements for required medical examinations of pet; authorizes pet insurance applicants & policyholders to examine & return insurance policies & riders within certain timeframe; authorizes pet insurers to issue policies that exclude coverage on basis of preexisting conditions; provides that pet insurer has specified burden of proof with regard to such exclusions; authorizes pet insurers to issue new policies that impose waiting period for specified illnesses, diseases, or conditions; prohibits pet insurers from issuing policies imposing waiting period for accidents; authorizes pet insurers to require examination after purchase of policy; prohibits pet insurer from requiring medical examination to renew policy; prohibits insurance applicants' eligibility from being based on participation or lack of participation in wellness programs. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2025 | HB 655 | Florida HB 655 (2025) |
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enacted | 2025-11 |
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2 | 35 | 2 | 2025-02-17 | 2025-04-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/2fd82af7-614e-43bd-8f14-0e6e13697e53 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/655/ByCategory | 304957fe1190e0c8fa816c281e891b11a74d160ef774fca42b82eeb8e36a0ed8 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 655 (2025) — Pet Insurance and Wellness Programs
Pet Insurance and Wellness Programs; Requires pet insurers to make certain disclosures to pet insurance applicants & policyholders, including summary of their bases or formulas for determination of claim payments under pet insurance policy; requires pet insurers to disclose certain requirements for required medical examinations of pet; authorizes pet insurance applicants & policyholders to examine & return insurance policies & riders within certain timeframe; authorizes pet insurers to issue policies that exclude coverage on basis of preexisting conditions; provides that pet insurer has specified burden of proof with regard to such exclusions; authorizes pet insurers to issue new policies that impose waiting period for specified illnesses, diseases, or conditions; prohibits pet insurers from issuing policies imposing waiting period for accidents; authorizes pet insurers to require examination after purchase of policy; prohibits pet insurer from requiring medical examination to renew policy; prohibits insurance applicants' eligibility from being based on participation or lack of participation in wellness programs.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-11.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Tuck — primary (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Redondo — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-17 Filed
filing - 2025-02-26 Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-02-26 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2025-02-26 Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- 2025-03-03 Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- 2025-03-04 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2025-03-05 Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-07 Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- 2025-03-07 Now in Commerce Committee
- 2025-03-13 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- 2025-03-17 Favorable by Commerce Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-18 Reported out of Commerce Committee
- 2025-03-18 Bill released to House Calendar
- 2025-03-18 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2025-03-27 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/3/2025)
- 2025-04-03 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-03 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2025-04-03 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2025-04-03 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-04-03 Passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0
passage - 2025-04-03 In Messages
- 2025-04-07 Referred to Fiscal Policy
referral-committee - 2025-04-08 Received
enrolled - 2025-04-09 Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy
withdrawal - 2025-04-09 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2025-04-09 Substituted for SB 1226
- 2025-04-09 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-09 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-04-09 Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
passage - 2025-04-09 Immediately certified
- 2025-04-09 In Messages
- 2025-04-09 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2025-04-11 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-04-18 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-04-22 Chapter No. 2025-11
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2fd82af7-614e-43bd-8f14-0e6e13697e53. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).