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Senate Judiciary was the site of most of the bills of interest for the business community today. The Committee passed the “guns in the workplace” as well as a bad arbitration bill by Senator Ted Deutch (D-Delray Beach). The lone bright spot was passage of SB 704 by Senator Mike Bennett (R-Bradenton), which enforces and clarifies many of the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, a law which businesses rely on a daily basis.
In addition, the Senate Banking & Insurance Committee devoted the entirety of their meeting to discussing additional property insurance legislation. It was a “good news/bad news” type of day as the Committee passed CFO Sink’s proposal to reduce the Cat Fund’s exposure, but also passed bad legislation which continues the freeze on Citizen Property Insurance Corporation’s rates.
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