Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H767: Residential Property Insurance
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires OIR to establish & maintain comprehensive resource center on its website; provides requirements for resource center; specifies that certain information is not trade secret & is not subject to certain public records exemptions; requires residential property insurers to provide notice of comprehensive resource center on office's website with any offer of coverage & policy renewal; prohibits insurer from including value of certain land when establishing homeowner's policy coverage amount or adjusting certain claims; provides construction; provides that notice of premium discounts for hurricane loss mitigation must include information about whether insurer offers enhanced discounts for roof systems that use secondary water resistance.
What the bill says
An act relating to residential property insurance; amending s. 627.0621, F.S.; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to establish and maintain a comprehensive resource center on its website; providing requirements for the resource center; specifying that certain information is not a trade secret and is not subject to certain public records exemptions; requiring residential property insurers to provide notice of the comprehensive resource center on the office's website with any offer of coverage and policy renewal; amending s. 627.7011, F.S.…
From the introduced text, February 11, 2026:
An act relating to residential property insurance; amending s. 627.0621, F.S.; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to establish and maintain a comprehensive resource center on its website; providing requirements for the resource center; specifying that certain information is not a trade secret and is not subject to certain public records exemptions; requiring residential property insurers to provide notice of the comprehensive resource center on the office's website with any offer of coverage and policy renewal; amending s. 627.7011, F.S.; prohibiting an insurer from including the value of certain land when establishing a homeowner's policy coverage amount or adjusting certain claims; providing construction; amending s. 627.711, F.S.; providing that the notice of premium discounts for hurricane loss mitigation must include information about whether the insurer offers enhanced discounts for roof systems that use a secondary water resistance; amending s. 627.7142, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: CS/HB 767 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb767-01-c1 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 627.0621, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (3) is added to that section, to read: 627.0621 Transparency in rate regulation.— (2) WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO RATE FILING INFORMATION.— (a) The office shall establish and maintain a comprehensive …
Sponsors
- Benarroch, Yvette (R, HD-081) · primary sponsor
- Basabe, Fabián (R, HD-106) · primary sponsor
- Barnaby, Webster (R, HD-029)
- Webster Barnaby (R, HD-027)
- Blanco, Omar (R, HD-115)
- Gerwig, Anne (R, HD-093)
- Gossett-Seidman, Peggy (R, HD-091)
Latest actions
- : Died in Rules
- : Received
- : Referred to Rules
- : In Messages
- : CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
- : Read 3rd time
- : Added to Third Reading Calendar
- : Read 2nd time
- : Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- : Added to Second Reading Calendar
Votes
- House: H 767 c1 (February 25, 2026): 114 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Commerce Committee (February 10, 2026): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Commerce Committee (February 10, 2026): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: State Administration Budget Subcommittee (February 5, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: State Administration Budget Subcommittee (February 5, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Insurance & Banking Subcommittee (January 21, 2026): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Rules
Common questions
- What is H767?
- H767 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Residential Property Insurance.
- What does H767 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to residential property insurance; amending s. 627.0621, F.S.; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to establish and maintain a comprehensive resource center on its website; providing requirements for the resource center; specifying that certain information is not a trade secret and is not subject to certain public records exemptions; requiring residential property insurers to provide notice of the comprehensive resource center on the office's website with any offer of coverage and policy renewal; amending s. 627.7011, F.S.…
- What is the status of H767?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Rules (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H767?
- Benarroch, Yvette (R, HD-081), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H767?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/767
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