Capitol Chatter: March 9

Reducing Citizens' risk
fails in both houses
The attempt to reduce Florida taxpayer exposure to Citizens Property Insurance appears to have failed for this year.

A House bill that would have moved people out of state-run Citizens and into private surplus insurer lines was amended in the Senate to require people to opt in to switch to the private insurance company.

“It probably is” dead, said Rep. Jim Boyd, R-Bradenton, who had sponsored the bill.