"If we say we’re just too far apart, I put it down, and I move onto other issues.”
Florida’s oft-criticized no-fault automobile insurance program remains intact after Gov. Ron DeSantis this summer vetoed a bill that would have scrapped the requirement that drivers buy what’s called “personal injury protection” insurance.
But speculation that legislation targeting auto insurance could be resurrected during the 2022 Session increased this week after House Speaker Chris Sprowls named Rep. Erin Grall, primary sponsor of the PIP repeal bill in the House, chair of the powerful House Judiciary Committee.
Sprowls, however, on Wednesday downplayed any notion that Grall’s appointment as Judiciary Committee chair shows an increased interest in the issue and added that no decision had been made as of yet.
“I respect the Governor’s veto on the PIP bill,” Sprowls told Florida Politics on Wednesday. “You know, I haven’t had conversations yet as to whether we would try to bring it back or try to revamp it. That’s certainly not something that’s been at the top of the list based on everything else that’s been going on.”
Tallahassee lobbyist Mark Delegal has been in the trenches of the debate over PIP that has gone on four Sessions dating all the way back to 2001. Delegal has clients on both sides of the PIP debate, as he represents State Farm, which would like to see the program repealed, as well as hospitals, which worry that eliminating PIP will leave drivers without health insurance...
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