Insurance Commissioner – If enacted,
Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 1460 would make Florida the twelfth
state to elect its insurance commissioner. The great majority of
states, currently 39, have appointed insurance commissioners. In 37
of those states, appointments are made by the governor, and in the
remaining two, of which Florida is one, they are appointed by a
commission. SJR 1460 would add the insurance commissioner role to
the governor's cabinet. The first elected commissioner of
insurance of Florida would assume office in January of 2023.
Privacy Legislation – Identical Consumer
Data Privacy bills introduced in both the Florida House (HB 963)
and Senate (SB 1670) continues the momentum from 2019 across
several states to grant consumers greater control over their
personal data. Twelve states introduced consumer data privacy laws
in 2019, many of those modeled after the California Consumer
Privacy Act (CCPA) which became effective on January 1, 2020, and
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