Bill > SB835

This bill modifies various court procedures and legal provisions, including changes to how insurers handle property damage claims by stating that legal title to the paid portion of a claim vests in the insurer without needing claimant assignment, and that certain assignment agreements for post-loss insurance benefits are void as against public policy, with exceptions for financial institutions and specific contracts. It also restructures the Statewide Court Automation Fund and its oversight committee, expands the number of judges in the twenty-fifth judicial circuit, adjusts fees for civil case filings in certain circuits, clarifies procedures for judgment debtor examinations and grants immunity for statements made during them, updates exemptions from attachment and execution to increase monetary limits for various personal property and expands the definition of exempt retirement plans, establishes new rules for garnishment of financial institution accounts to protect exempt funds and clarify procedures for financial institutions, and enacts the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act, which provides a mechanism for quickly dismissing civil lawsuits that are intended to chill protected speech or petitioning activities, with provisions for awarding costs and attorney fees.