MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis introduced Tuesday that lawmakers will return to the Capitol in late May for a particular legislative session to deal with the state’s rising property insurance coverage charges.
The Republican set the session for May 23 to May 27 and has tasked the GOP-controlled statehouse with contemplating laws on property insurance coverage, reinsurance and constructing code modifications.
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In his proclamation, DeSantis wrote that it’s essential to stabilize the insurance coverage market forward of hurricane season. He additionally cited numerous issues with the state’s market, together with excessive charges of litigation that drive up premiums and insurance coverage corporations not too long ago changing into bancrupt.
There have been rising requires the governor to convoke a particular session on property insurance coverage to take care of spiking charges and different points available in the market. Lawmakers didn’t move property insurance coverage payments throughout the common legislative session, which resulted in March.
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The Legislature had a contentious particular session final week on congressional redistricting, passing a map drawn by DeSantis’ administration that has already sparked a authorized problem.
Lawmakers additionally handed a invoice final week to dissolve a non-public authorities that Walt Disney World controls on its property within the state. DeSantis signed the invoice into legislation on Friday.
The transfer punishes the leisure large for opposing a legislation that bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender id in kindergarten by third grade in addition to classes that aren’t “age appropriate or developmentally appropriate. The law, which critics call “Don’t Say Gay,” was signed in late March by the governor.
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