Episode 5 - 2017 Legislative Session Wrap-Up

The Florida Legislature ended its regular session this week and with it, the hope of any fair reform or needed enhancement on several crucial issues for Florida consumers.   Among them, bills on: Workers Compensation Insurance, Automobile Insurance, and Assignment of Benefits.  None passed the legislature.  What happened?  And is no bill better than a bad bill with some of these issues?

Paul Jess, Interim Executive Director of the Florida Justice Association and Jeff Porter, FJA's Director of Legislative & Political Affairs share what happened behind the scenes and what's needed now to make progress in the upcoming 2018 legislative session.  This includes a call-to-action to FJA members to refer clients to FJA who don't have enough auto coverage.

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

Workers’ Compensation Bills - HB 7085, SB 1582

Automobile Insurance Bills - HB 1063, SB 1766, HB 461, SB 156, www.ResponsibilityFlorida.com

Assignment of Benefits Bills - HB 1421