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Statement by Senator Garrett Richter on Senator Fasano’s Request of Banking & Insurance Committee
December 14, 2011
Governor Signs Richter’s Property Insurance Overhaul
May 17, 2011
The Hard Truths about Florida Insurance Reforms
May 15, 2011
Legislature Passes Richter’s Property Insurance Overhaul
May 6, 2011

Committee Assignments

Primary Introducer

S 0168 Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions
Last Action: 01/31/2012 S Withdrawn from further consideration -SJ 298

S 0336 Debt Settlement Services
Last Action: 03/09/2012 S Died in Commerce and Tourism

S 0378 Expert Testimony
Last Action: 03/08/2012 S Laid on Table -SJ 1065

S 0578 Depopulation Programs of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
Last Action: 02/29/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1101 (Ch. 2012-151)

S 0584 Public Records/Dental Workforce Surveys
Last Action: 03/09/2012 H Died in Messages

S 0624 Household Pharmaceuticals Collection and Disposal Trust Fund/DEP
Last Action: 03/09/2012 S Died in Budget

S 0626 Collection and Disposal of Household Pharmaceuticals
Last Action: 03/09/2012 S Died in Budget

S 0642 East Naples Fire Control and Rescue District/Collier County
Last Action: 03/09/2012 S Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 267 (Ch. 2012-231)

S 0682 Alzheimer’s Disease
Last Action: 03/01/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 473 (Ch. 2012-172) -SJ 733

S 0938 Insurance Agents and Adjusters
Last Action: 03/07/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 725 (Ch. 2012-209) -SJ 918

S 0966 Regulation of Business by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Last Action: 03/09/2012 S Died in Regulated Industries

S 1090 Uniform Commercial Code
Last Action: 03/01/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 483 (Ch. 2012-59) -SJ 737

S 1150 New Markets Development Program
Last Action: 03/09/2012 S Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32)

S 1152 Repeal of a Workers’ Compensation Independent Actuarial Peer Review Requirement
Last Action: 02/29/2012 S Laid on Table

S 1282 Automated External Defibrillators
Last Action: 03/09/2012 S Died in Health Regulation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 801 (Ch. 2012-177)

S 1306 Long-term Care Insurance
Last Action: 03/09/2012 S Died in Banking and Insurance

S 1472 Capital Formation for Infrastructure Projects
Last Action: 03/09/2012 S Died in Budget

S 1476 Annuities
Last Action: 03/09/2012 S Died in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations

S 1620 Insurance
Last Action: 03/08/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1101 (Ch. 2012-151), CS/CS/HB 119 (Ch. 2012-197), CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch. 2012-181) -SJ 1040

S 1660 Contracts for the Sale or Lease of a Motor Vehicle
Last Action: 03/09/2012 S Died in Transportation

S 1778 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
Last Action: 03/08/2012 Signed by Officers and filed with Secretary of State -SJ 1135

S 2062 Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
Last Action: 02/01/2012 S Adopted, companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9019 (Adopted) -SJ 312

Co-Introducer

S 0002 Relief of William Dillon by State of Florida
Last Action: 05/06/2012 Chapter No. 2012-229

S 0632 Funerals, Burials, and Memorial Services
Last Action: 03/02/2012 S Laid on Table -SJ 770

S 0792 Financial Institutions
Last Action: 05/06/2012 Chapter No. 2012-201

S 0922 Military Support
Last Action: 04/29/2012 Chapter No. 2012-159, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 45 (Ch. 2012-162), CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch. 2012-181), CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), HB 7075 (Ch. 2012-98), CS/HB 7081 (Ch. 2012-99), CS/HB 7097 (Ch. 2012-193), SB 276 (Ch. 2012-199)

S 0962 Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program
Last Action: 03/09/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 859 (Ch. 2012-22) -SJ 1171

S 1210 Dave Bitner Day/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month
Last Action: 02/29/2012 S Adopted, companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9005 (Adopted) -SJ 721

S 1396 Nation of Israel
Last Action: 02/01/2012 S Adopted, companion bill(s) passed, see HR 1447 (Adopted) -SJ 312

S 2030 United States Army Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller
Last Action: 01/24/2012 S Adopted -SJ 260

S 2032 United States Army Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith
Last Action: 01/24/2012 S Adopted -SJ 260

Personal & Career

Legislative Service

Elected to the Senate in 2008
House of Representatives, 2006-2008

Other Public Service

Big Cypress Water Basin

Honors and Awards

Florida Insurance Council, Harry G. Landrum Outstanding Legislative Leadership and Distinguished Service Award, 2009, 2011
Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association, Legislator of the Year, 2011
Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged, Legislator of the Year, 2011
Florida Bankers Association, Legislator of the Year, 2011
PACE Center, Legislator of the Year, 2011
Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida, Friend of Free Enterprise Award, 2010
Associated Industries of Florida, Champion for Business Award, 2009, 2010, 2011
Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., Legislator of the Year Award, 2009
Florida Chamber of Commerce, Most Valuable Legislator, 2009
Florida Insurance Council, Legislator of the Year, 2009

Affiliations

Collier County Education Foundation, Emeritus Board Member
Quest for Kids, Trustee
Economic Development Council, past Board Member, 2004

Highlights

Founder and CEO of First National Bank of Florida
Founder and President of First National Bank of the Gulf Coast

Biographical Information

Occupation:	President, First National Bank of the Gulf Coast
Spouse:	Diana Richter
Children:	Melissa, Elizabeth, Robert
Grandchildren:	Ian Davis Psota, Leah Elizabeth Psota
Education:	Graduate School of Banking, Madison, WI, 1985 University of Pittsburgh, B.S., 1981
Born:	August 1, 1950 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Moved to Florida in 1987.
Military Service:	U.S. Army, 1969-1971, Vietnam Bronze Star, Combat Infantry Badge, U.S. Air Force Reserves, 1979-1981
Historical:	Father, F. Garrett Richter, PA General Assembly, 1948 and 1952
Religious Affiliation:	Presbyterian
Recreation:	Golf

District 37

Consists of parts of Collier, and Lee counties

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