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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1433: Hurricane Mitigation Grants and Insurers' Regulations

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1433 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Hurricane Mitigation Grants and Insurers' Regulations. Primary sponsor: Yvette Benarroch (Republican), Insurance & Banking Subcommittee. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Commerce Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Hurricane Mitigation Grants and Insurers' Regulations; Specifies that hurricane mitigation grants funded through My Safe Florida Home Program may be awarded only under certain circumstances; requires DFS to require that certain mitigation improvements be made as condition of reimbursing homeowner approved for grant; increases surpluses required for certain insurers applying for their original certificates of authority & maintaining their certificates of authority; specifies prohibitions for persons who were officers or directors of insolvent insurer, officers or directors of managing general agent of insolvent insurer, attorneys in fact of insolvent reciprocal insurer, or officers or directors of attorney in fact of insolvent reciprocal insurer; requires OIR to prohibit insurers or reciprocal insurers from paying any compensation to certain persons for certain violations until violations are remedied; requires that insurers' final decisions to deny claims or portions of claims be made by qualified human professionals.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Yvette BenarrochPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Insurance & Banking SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Hillary CasselCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse101

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Commerce Committee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. PCS added to Commerce Committee agenda
  4. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  5. Now in Commerce Committee
  6. Referred to Commerce Committee
  7. CS Filed
  8. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  9. Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
  10. Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
  11. Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
  12. Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source