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A Senate Republican is once more searching for to repeal the state’s longstanding no-fault auto insurance coverage system.
Sen. Erin Grall, R-Vero Seaside, filed a proposal (SB 464) on Wednesday to eradicate the no-fault system and its requirement that motorists carry $10,000 in private harm safety, or PIP, protection.
The invoice, filed for the legislative session that can begin Jan. 9, would require motorists to hold bodily harm protection.
Whereas serving within the Home, Grall helped lead efforts to attempt to repeal the no-fault system, with a invoice vetoed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2021.
After getting elected to the Senate, Grall filed the same proposal for the 2023 session, but it surely didn’t transfer ahead in committees. Critics of the repeal efforts have argued the change would drive up prices for low-income Floridians and will put extra motorists on the highway with out protection. Below no-fault, motorists are required to hold $10,000 in PIP protection, an quantity unchanged since 1979. The protection is designed to assist defray medical prices after accidents.
