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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S <br />CS/CS/HB 569 2024 <br />1 A bill to be entitled <br />2 An act relating to suits against the government; <br />3 amending s. 47.011, F.S.; abolishing the common-law <br />4 doctrine of home venue privilege with respect to <br />5 action against the state; amending s. 768.28, F.S.; <br />6 increasing the statutory limits on liability for tort <br />7 claims against the state and its agencies and <br />8 subdivisions; authorizing a subdivision of the state <br />9 to settle a claim in excess of the statutory limit <br />10 without further action by the Legislature regardless <br />11 of insurance coverage limits; prohibiting an insurance <br />12 policy from conditioning payment of benefits on the <br />13 enactment of a claim bill; specifying that the <br />14 limitations in effect on the date the claim accrues <br />15 apply to that claim; revising the period within which <br />16 certain claims must be presented to certain entities; <br />17 revising exceptions relating to instituting actions on <br />18 tort claims against the state or one of its agencies <br />19 or subdivisions; revising the period after which the <br />20 failure of certain entities to make final disposition <br />21 of a claim shall be deemed a final denial of the claim <br />22 for certain purposes; revising the statute of <br />23 limitations for tort claims against the state or one <br />24 of its agencies or subdivisions and exceptions <br />25 thereto; reenacting ss. 45.061, 110.504, 111.071, <br />Page 1 of 9 <br />CODING: Words stdrkep are deletions; words underlined are additions. <br />hb0569-02-c2 <br />361 <br />