Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S30: Rate Filings for Property Insurers
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Revising the powers of the consumer advocate; specifying that failure to obey certain court orders may be punished as contempt; authorizing a circuit court to order a person to pay certain expenses; prohibiting the Office of Insurance Regulation from approving certain rate filings, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to rate filings for property insurers; amending s. 627.0613, F.S.; revising the powers of the consumer advocate; specifying that failure to obey certain court orders may be punished as contempt; authorizing a circuit court to order a person to pay certain expenses; amending s. 627.062, F.S.; prohibiting the Office of Insurance Regulation from approving certain rate filings; authorizing the consumer advocate to request a specified administrative hearing and an expedited appellate review; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, September 8, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to rate filings for property insurers; amending s. 627.0613, F.S.; revising the powers of the consumer advocate; specifying that failure to obey certain court orders may be punished as contempt; authorizing a circuit court to order a person to pay certain expenses; amending s. 627.062, F.S.; prohibiting the Office of Insurance Regulation from approving certain rate filings; authorizing the consumer advocate to request a specified administrative hearing and an expedited appellate review; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1.âSubsections (5) and (6) are added to section 627.0613, Florida Statutes, to read: 627.0613âConsumer advocate.âThe Chief Financial Officer must appoint a consumer advocate who must represent the general public of the state before the department and the office. The consumer advocate must report directly to the Chief Financial Officer, but is not otherwise under the authority of the department or of any employee of the department. The consumer advocate has such powers as are necessary to carry out the duties of the office of consumer advocate, including, but not limited to, the powers to: (5)âRequest an administrative hearing pursuant to s. 120.57 to challenge a notice of intent to approve or a notice of intent to disapprove a rate filing. (6)âAdminister oaths or affirmations …