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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1226: Pet Insurance and Wellness Programs

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1226 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pet Insurance and Wellness Programs. Primary sponsor: Nick DiCeglie (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2025): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 655 (Ch. 2025-11).

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.

Pet Insurance and Wellness Programs; Revising the definition of the term “property insurance” to include a pet insurance option; providing that certain practices relating to pet wellness programs are unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices; creating the "Pet Insurance Act"; requiring pet insurers to disclose certain requirements for required medical examinations of a pet by a veterinarian, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Nick DiCegliePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate18

“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. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 655 (Ch. 2025-11)
  2. Substituted HB 655
  3. Read 2nd time
  4. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
  5. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  6. Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
  7. On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
  8. Now in Fiscal Policy
  9. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
  10. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/26/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  11. Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  12. Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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