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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, February 18, 2020
TIME: 10:00 a.m.—12:00 noon
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 CS/SB 664 Verification of Employment Eligibility; Requiring public Fav/CS
Judiciary / Lee employers and certain contractors and subcontractors Yeas 3 Nays 2
(Compare H 1265, S 1822) to register with and use an employment verification
system by a specified date; requiring employers who
meet specified criteria to register with and use an
employment verification system to verify the
employment eligibility of new employees; authorizing
the imposition of fines for violations of the act;
creating a rebuttable presumption for certain
employers that the employer did not knowingly
employ an unauthorized alien, etc.
JU 02/11/2020 Fav/CS
CM 02/18/2020 Fav/CS
RC
2 CS/SB 680 Shark Fins; Prohibiting the import and export of shark Fav/CS
Environment and Natural fins, etc. Yeas 5 Nays 0
Resources / Hutson
(Compare CS/H 401) EN 02/03/2020 Fav/CS
CM 02/18/2020 Fav/CS
RC
3 CS/SB 776 Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board; Revising the Favorable
Innovation, Industry, and composition of the board; requiring the board Yeas 4 Nays 0
Technology / Perry membership to reflect the ethnic and gender diversity
(Similar H 1399) of this state, etc.
IT 02/10/2020 Fav/CS
CM 02/18/2020 Favorable
RC
4 SB 1582 Asbestos Trust Claims; Requiring a plaintiff who files Fav/CS
Simmons an asbestos claim to provide certain information to Yeas 4 Nays 0
(Similar CS/H 741) the parties of the action within a specified timeframe;
requiring the plaintiff to supplement the information
and materials under certain circumstances within a
specified timeframe; authorizing the defendant to
seek discovery from an asbestos trust; prohibiting the
plaintiff from claiming privilege or confidentiality to bar
discovery of such materials, etc.
JU 02/04/2020 Favorable
CM 02/18/2020 Fav/CS
RC
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 10:00 a.m.—12:00 noon
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
5 CS/SB 1632 Cultural Affairs; Providing that the Secretary of State Favorable
Governmental Oversight and shall be known as “Florida’s Chief Arts and Culture Yeas 4 Nays 0
Accountability / Rouson Officer”; renaming the Division of Cultural Affairs of
(Identical CS/H 757) the Department of State as the Division of Arts and
Culture, etc.
GO 02/10/2020 Fav/CS
CM 02/18/2020 Favorable
RC
6 SB 90 Discrimination in Labor and Employment; Creating Temporarily Postponed
Stewart the “Senator Helen Gordon Davis Fair Pay Protection
(Identical H 739) Act”; prohibiting an employer from providing less
favorable employment opportunities to employees
based on their sex; prohibiting an employer from
taking certain employment actions against
employees; prohibiting an employer from engaging in
certain activities relating to wages and benefits, etc.
CM 02/18/2020 Temporarily Postponed
JU
RC
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