PROVIDED SUMMARY
Insurance Customer Representative Licensing Qualifications; Revising the qualifications for applicants for a license as an insurance customer representative; requiring the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Financial Services, to develop a specified insurance and personal finance course no later than a specified date, etc.
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Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATED
Adds a high school course as a path to insurance licensing.
Florida high school graduates can now qualify for an insurance customer representative license by completing a new state-developed course.
The Department of Education must create this 0.5 credit course in insurance and personal finance by January 1, 2027.
School districts may offer the course starting with the 2027-2028 school year.
This provides a new, non-college route to entering the insurance industry.
KEY PROVISIONS
AIAdds a new qualification option for insurance customer representative licenses.
“a diploma from a Florida high school in which the applicant completed the insurance and personal finance course provided in s. 1003.4207”
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§ 2
Mandatory Development of Insurance Course
majors. 1003.4207
AIRequires the Department of Education to create a specific insurance and personal finance course.
“No later than January 1, 2027, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Financial Services, shall develop a 0.5 credit course in insurance and personal”
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§ 3
Course Availability to School Districts
moderates. 1003.4207
AIMandates that the new course be available to school districts starting in a specific academic year.
“which is available to school districts for use beginning with the 2027-2028 school year”
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AISpecifies that the course must include a comprehensive analysis of basic property and casualty insurance lines.
“The course must include a comprehensive analysis of basic property and casualty lines of insurance consistent with the instructional designations”
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TIMELINE
3/6/2026
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1343 (Ch....
3/6/2026
Substituted CS/HB 1343 -SJ 652
3/6/2026
Read 2nd time -SJ 652
3/3/2026
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
2/25/2026
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/24/2026
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
2/19/2026
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/12/2026
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment,...
2/9/2026
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture,...
2/4/2026
CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
1/29/2026
Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and...
1/29/2026
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/28/2026
CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
1/23/2026
On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/28/26, 10:30 am,...
1/16/2026
Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on...
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