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2020 Regular Session The Florida Senate
COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
COMMERCE AND TOURISM
Senator Gruters, Chair
Senator Torres, Vice Chair
MEETING DATE: Tuesday, January 28, 2020
TIME: 1:30—3:30 p.m.
PLACE: Toni Jennings Committee Room, 110 Senate Building
MEMBERS: Senator Gruters, Chair; Senator Torres, Vice Chair; Senators Hutson, Stewart, and Wright
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
1 SB 1166 Broadband Internet Service; Authorizing certain funds Fav/CS
Albritton within the State Transportation Trust Fund to be used Yeas 3 Nays 0
(Compare H 969, H 1309, S 1776) for certain broadband infrastructure projects within or
adjacent to multiuse corridors; designating the
Department of Economic Opportunity, and not the
Department of Management Services, as the lead
state entity to facilitate the expansion of broadband
Internet service in this state; creating the Florida
Office of Broadband within the Division of Community
Development within the Department of Economic
Opportunity, etc.
CM 01/28/2020 Fav/CS
ATD
AP
2 SB 1186 Drug-free Workplaces; Requiring licensed drug- Favorable
Baxley testing facilities to perform prescreening tests on Yeas 3 Nays 0
(Compare H 1297) urine specimens to determine the specimens’ validity;
providing that urine specimens may not be sent to an
out-of-state facility unless the facility complies with
certain requirements; revising information required in
a written policy statement provided to employees and
job applicants before drug testing; revising
procedures for specimen collection, testing, and
preservation, etc.
CM 01/28/2020 Favorable
GO
RC
3 SB 1356 Employer Contributions for Reemployment Fav/CS
Bean Assistance; Reducing the initial rate that certain client Yeas 3 Nays 0
(Similar H 1253) companies of employee leasing companies must pay
under specified circumstances to tax collection
service providers; requiring the tax collection service
provider to adjust the initial employer contribution rate
under certain circumstances, etc.
CM 01/28/2020 Fav/CS
FT
AP
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 1:30—3:30 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
4 SB 1492 Consumer Protection; Prohibiting consumer reporting Favorable
Wright agencies from charging to reissue or provide a new Yeas 3 Nays 0
(Identical H 1137, Compare H unique personal identifier to a consumer for the
707, S 1124) removal of a security freeze; authorizing the
Department of Financial Services to disapprove the
use of insurance agency names containing the words
“Medicare” or “Medicaid”; prohibiting life insurers from
writing new policies of industrial life insurance
beginning on a certain date; providing that
communication made to or by an insurer’s
representative, rather than to or by an insurer’s agent,
constitutes communication to or by the insurer, etc.
CM 01/28/2020 Favorable
BI
RC
5 SB 1140 Public Accountancy; Requiring certain applicants to Not Considered
Gruters not be licensed in any state or territory in order to be
(Identical H 867) licensed by endorsement; providing license renewal
requirements for nonresident licensees; requiring that
a majority of the hours required for continuing
education include specific content; authorizing certain
Florida certified public accountants to apply to the
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
to have their license placed in a retired status;
providing that retired licensees are not required to
maintain continuing education requirements, etc.
IT 01/21/2020 Favorable
CM 01/28/2020 Not Considered
RC
6 SB 1240 Corporate Income Tax Credit; Defining the term Not Considered
Gruters “NAICS”; providing a credit against the corporate
income tax, for a specified amount and for a specified
taxable year, for taxpayers classified in the sales
financing or passenger car rental or leasing industries
which meet certain criteria, etc.
CM 01/28/2020 Not Considered
FT
AP
7 Presentation on Policy Considerations Related to Emerging Facial Recognition Presented
Technologies
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