Sovereign Immunity
Summary
Sovereign Immunity; Designating the “Florida Fair Claims Act”; increasing the statutory limits on liability for tort claims against the state and its agencies and subdivisions; revising when a state and its agencies and subdivisions may agree to settle a claim or judgment without further action from the Legislature; requiring that the limitations on tort liability be adjusted every year after a specified date; prohibiting an insurance policy from conditioning the payment of benefits on the enactment of claim bills, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Mar 14, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 4 NAYS 1
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/03/20, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/21/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Appropriations
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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