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2022 Regular Session The Florida Senate
COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
COMMERCE AND TOURISM
Senator Hooper, Chair
Senator Wright, Vice Chair
MEETING DATE: Monday, January 10, 2022
TIME: 4:00—6:00 p.m.
PLACE: Toni Jennings Committee Room, 110 Senate Building
MEMBERS: Senator Hooper, Chair; Senator Wright, Vice Chair; Senators Diaz, Garcia, Gruters, Hutson, Pizzo,
Powell, Taddeo, and Torres
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
1 SB 842 Invalid Restrictive Covenants in Health Care; Defining Favorable
Brodeur the terms “hospital” and “physician”; specifying that Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 1449) certain restrictive covenants in employment
agreements between physicians and hospitals do not
support a legitimate business interest; authorizing a
party to an employment agreement to elect to have a
mutually agreed upon arbitrator make a specified
binding determination, etc.
CM 01/10/2022 Favorable
HP
RC
2 SB 418 Assistive Technology Advisory Council; Revising Favorable
Pizzo provisions relating to the membership of and Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 55) appointments and reappointments to the Assistive
Technology Advisory Council; requiring council
members to select a chair from among the council
membership; revising provisions relating to
committees appointed to perform the council’s
functions; expanding the council’s functions to include
fundraising activities, etc.
ED 11/30/2021 Favorable
CM 01/10/2022 Favorable
RC
3 SB 546 Consumer Finance Loans; Authorizing an applicant Favorable
Gruters for a license to make and collect loans under the Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Similar CS/H 123) Florida Consumer Finance Act to provide certain
documents in lieu of evidence of liquid assets;
prohibiting a person licensed to make and collect
consumer finance loans from charging prepayment
penalties for loans; authorizing a licensee or an
applicant for a license to make and collect consumer
finance loans to provide a surety bond, certificate of
deposit, or letter of credit in lieu of evidence of liquid
assets; modifying grounds for denial of license or
disciplinary action for certain violations of the Florida
Consumer Finance Act, etc.
BI 12/01/2021 Favorable
CM 01/10/2022 Favorable
RC
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Monday, January 10, 2022, 4:00—6:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
4 SB 946 Entertainment Industry; Creating the Targeted High Favorable
Gruters Wage Production Program within the Department of Yeas 9 Nays 1
(Similar H 217) Economic Opportunity under the supervision of the
Commissioner of Film and Entertainment; requiring
that film, television, and digital media projects being
produced in this state meet specified criteria to be
eligible for tax credit awards; requiring a certified
project to make a good faith effort to use existing
providers of infrastructure or equipment in this state
and to employ residents of this state; requiring the
Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council to
determine a score for each qualified project using
specified criteria; requiring the department to
disqualify a project under certain circumstances, etc.
CM 01/10/2022 Favorable
FT
AP
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