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HB 1189 — Genetic Information and Insurance
Florida · Florida · SIGNED / ENACTED
Purpose
Prohibited specified life, disability, and long-term-care insurers from canceling, limiting, denying, or changing premiums based on genetic information, with statutory exceptions.
Official summary
The official Florida bill page and committee summary document passage, approval, effective date, and restrictions on the use of genetic information by specified insurers.
ALS and gene-carrier relevance
Included because the official enacted bill directly addresses genetic information and life, disability, and long-term-care insurance.
Policy scope and insurance types
- Policy scope
- Genetic data privacy, Predictive genetic testing, Life insurance, Disability insurance, Long-term-care insurance, Underwriting
- Genetic policy scope
- Not stated
- Insurance types affected
- Life, Disability, Long-Term Care
- Policy type
- Bill
- Record type
- Historical Enacted Bill
- Time status
- Historical
- Verification
- Verified
- Discovered from
- Official Legislature
- Status detail
- Chapter 2020-159
- Companion bills
- SB 1564
- Derived from bill
- Not stated
- Codified as
- Not stated
Jurisdiction and session
- Jurisdiction
- Florida · Florida
- Session
- 2020
- Topics
- genetic discrimination, genetic testing, genetic privacy, life insurance, disability insurance, LTC insurance
- Bill / act number
- HB 1189 · Chapter 2020-159
- Introduced
- 12-03-2019
- Last action
- 07-01-2020
- Passed House / Assembly
- 02-27-2020
- Passed Senate
- 03-10-2020
- Governor action
- 06-30-2020
- Approved / enacted
- 06-30-2020
- Effective
- 07-01-2020
- Vetoed
- Not stated
Sponsors, cosponsors, and committees
Sponsors
- Rep. Paul Renner
- Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen
Cosponsors
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Committees
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Legislative support and votes
Vote history
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Verified organization support
No verified organization support recorded in this policy snapshot.
Verified opposition
No verified organization opposition recorded in this policy snapshot.
Historical timeline
Introduced.
Passed the Senate.
Approved by the governor.
Effective; Chapter 2020-159.
Official text and source links
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Last verified: 09-30-2026
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