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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 7 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 />by the Legislature. 151 <br /> 2. A subdivision of the state may agree to settle a claim 152 <br />made or a judgment rendered against it in excess of the waiver 153 <br />provided in paragraph (b) without further action by the 154 <br />Legislature. 155 <br /> 156 <br />However, but the state or an agency or subdivision thereof shall 157 <br />not be deemed to have waived any defense of sovereign immunity 158 <br />or to have increased the limits of its liability as a result of 159 <br />its obtaining insurance coverage for tortious acts in excess of 160 <br />the $200,000 or $300,000 waiver provided in paragraph (b). 161 <br />Beginning October 1, 2025, an insurance policy may not be 162 <br />delivered or issued for delivery to the state or any agency or 163 <br />subdivision thereof with a provision that conditions liability 164 <br />coverage or the payment of insurance benefits, in whole or in 165 <br />part, on the enactment of a claim bill. Any such provision is 166 <br />null and void above. 167 <br /> (e) The limitations of liability set forth in this 168 <br />subsection shall apply to the state and its agencies and 169 <br />subdivisions whether or not the state or its agencies or 170 <br />subdivisions possessed sovereign immunity before July 1, 1974. 171 <br /> (f)(b) A municipality has a duty to allow the municipal 172 <br />law enforcement agency to respond appropriately to protect 173 <br />persons and property during a riot or an unlawful assembly based 174 <br />on the availability of adequate equipment to its municipal law 175