Protected Cell Captive Insurance Companies
Summary
Protected Cell Captive Insurance Companies; Specifying that a protected cell captive insurance company may only insure certain risks; revising the unimpaired paid-in capital requirements for captive insurance companies; authorizing one or more sponsors to form a protected cell captive insurance company; requiring applicant protected cell captive insurance companies to file certain information with the Office of Insurance Regulation; authorizing protected cell captive insurance companies to establish and maintain certain protected cells, subject to certain approvals granted by the office, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Dec 23, 2025
Signed May 11, 2026
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The primary change is the transition of the bill from its committee version (c2) to its enrolled, final version (er), indicating it has been passed by the legislature and is ready for the Governor's signature. The document header was updated to reflect this final status, while the substantive text of the bill regarding protected cell captive insurance companies appears to remain unchanged in this comparison.
TECHNICAL
The bill status was updated from 'CS/CS/HB 883' (Committee Substitute) to 'ENROLLED', signifying the completion of the legislative process.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2026 · House Mar 3, 2026
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
Mar 4, 2026
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
46
Key actions
15
Committee
19
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Commerce Committee
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
lower
Feb 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Commerce Committee agenda
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Commerce Committee
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Feb 11, 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
Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
lower
Jan 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Jan 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Jan 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tom Fabricio
RRepublican
Co
Bill Partington
RRepublican
Co
Dean Black
RRepublican
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