HB 1263 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Office of Insurance Regulation

Summary

Office of Insurance Regulation; Providing that the Office of Insurance Regulation is responsible for all activities concerning entities under its jurisdiction; authorizing the Department of Financial Services and the office to issue and deliver cease and desist orders for certain activities; authorizing the department and the office to seek an injunction for enforcement of such order; removing a provision authorizing the Financial Services Commission to adopt the Market Conduct Examiners Handbook; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to accept and process fingerprints taken of certain persons; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct certain background checks; authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to exchange certain records with the office; requiring certain non-United States-based insurance holding company systems to file a group capital calculation report, etc.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

H 1263 c2 → H 1263 e1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated to its final engrossed version, incorporating significant text reorganization and the addition of new requirements for non-U.S. insurance holding companies. The changes streamline the summary of legislative intent by removing redundant fingerprinting details and adding a mandate for specific capital reporting by foreign insurers.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly require certain non-U.S.-based insurance holding company systems to file annual group capital calculation reports.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement for non-U.S.-based insurance holding company systems to file a group capital calculation report annually.

TECHNICAL

Reorganized and condensed the summary of legislative intent, removing repetitive text regarding fingerprint submission rules and reordering the list of statutory amendments.

Updated document metadata to reflect the bill as 'Engrossed 1' and changed the page count from 47 to 46 due to text consolidation.

Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2026

How they voted

109–0

Passed · 8 other

Total votes 117

Mar 5, 2026

D Democratic34

31 Yea 3

91% Yea

R Republican83

78 Yea 5

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 5, 2026

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0

lower

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Amendment 670587 adopted

lower

Mar 2, 2026

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Feb 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Commerce Committee

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Commerce Committee agenda

lower

Feb 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Commerce Committee

lower

Feb 16, 2026

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Feb 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

PCS added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Committee

Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors