Editorial: Florida lawmakers deserve opportunity to vote on Safeguard Our Seniors bill

A bill designed to protect Florida seniors from unscrupulous annuities brokers is being held hostage by a committee chairman in the state House.

Rep. Pat Patterson, R-DeLand, chairman of the House Insurance, Business and Financial Affairs Policy Committee, has refused to allow the committee to consider the Safeguard Our Seniors legislation (House Bill 825) proposed by Alex Sink, the state’s chief financial officer.

It’s the third year in a row Patterson, an insurance agent, has shackled Sink’s proposal...

TC Palm: Editorial: Florida lawmakers deserve opportunity to vote on Safeguard Our Seniors bill