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<br /> <br />HB 301 2025 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. <br />hb301-00 <br />Page 1 of 80 <br />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 /> <br /> <br /> <br />A bill to be entitled 1 <br />An act relating to suits against the government; 2 <br />amending s. 768.28, F.S.; increasing the statutory 3 <br />limits on liability for tort claims against the state 4 <br />and its agencies and subdivisions; authorizing a 5 <br />subdivision of the state to settle a claim in excess 6 <br />of the statutory limit without further action by the 7 <br />Legislature regardless of insurance coverage limits; 8 <br />prohibiting an insurance policy from conditioning 9 <br />payment of benefits on the enactment of a claim bill; 10 <br />specifying that the limitations in effect on the date 11 <br />the claim accrues apply to that claim; revising the 12 <br />period within which certain claims must be presented 13 <br />to certain entities; revising exceptions relating to 14 <br />instituting actions on tort claims against the state 15 <br />or one of its agencies or subdivisions; revising the 16 <br />period after which the failure of certain entities to 17 <br />make final disposition of a claim shall be deemed a 18 <br />final denial of the claim for certain purposes; 19 <br />revising the statute of limitations for tort claims 20 <br />against the state or one of its agencies or 21 <br />subdivisions and exceptions thereto; providing 22 <br />applicability; amending s. 944.713, conforming 23 <br />provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting ss. 24 <br />45.061(5), 110.504(4), 111.071(1)(a), 125.01015(2)(b), 25