Florida Senate Committee Meeting Expanded Agenda: Commerce and Tourism, January 23, 2024
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2024 Regular Session The Florida Senate
COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
COMMERCE AND TOURISM
Senator Trumbull, Chair
Senator Wright, Vice Chair
MEETING DATE: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
TIME: 1:00—3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Toni Jennings Committee Room, 110 Senate Building
MEMBERS: Senator Trumbull, Chair; Senator Wright, Vice Chair; Senators Gruters, Rodriguez, Stewart, and
Torres
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
1 SB 356 Notaries Public; Requiring that certain notarial Fav/CS
Avila certificates contain the printed names of specified Yeas 5 Nays 0
(Similar H 1255) individuals; prohibiting a notary public from falsely
notarizing the signature of a person who is not in that
notary public’s presence, either in person or online;
deleting a provision that prohibits a notary public from
notarizing a signature on a document of a person who
is not, at the time of the notarial act, physically
present or present by means of audio-video
communication technology and that provides civil
penalties; requiring a notary public to keep at least
one electronic journal; requiring the Department of
State to retain jurisdiction over the journal records for
a specified timeframe for a certain purpose, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Fav/CS
ATD
FP
2 SB 542 Boards of Directors of Banks; Disqualifying certain Fav/CS
Ingoglia persons from serving on the board of directors of a Yeas 6 Nays 0
(Identical H 543) bank under certain circumstances, etc.
BI 01/09/2024 Favorable
CM 01/23/2024 Fav/CS
RC
3 SB 998 Sale of Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Defining the terms Favorable
Collins “licensed location” and “remote bulk storage”; Yeas 5 Nays 0
(Similar CS/H 815) authorizing up to two remote bulk storage locations
for specified licenses; authorizing the Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services to condemn
unsafe equipment and order the immediate removal
of liquefied petroleum gas from certain bulk storage
locations; requiring persons servicing, testing,
repairing, maintaining, or installing liquefied petroleum
gas equipment and systems to include specified
information on certain documents, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Favorable
EN
FP
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 1:00—3:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
4 SB 1198 Corporate Actions; Providing that a defective Fav/CS
Martin corporate action is not void or voidable in certain Yeas 5 Nays 0
(Similar H 1189) circumstances; requiring the board of directors to take
certain action to ratify a defective corporate action;
providing quorum and voting requirements for the
ratification of certain defective corporate actions;
requiring that notice be given to shareholders of
certain corporate action taken by the board of
directors; authorizing certain persons and entities to
file certain motions, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Fav/CS
RC
5 SB 1218 Broadband; Extending the date through which a Favorable
Burgess promotional rate and related terms for certain wireline Yeas 6 Nays 0
(Similar H 1147) attachments of broadband facilities to municipal
electric utility poles are effective, etc.
RI 01/16/2024 Favorable
CM 01/23/2024 Favorable
RC
6 SB 1420 Department of Commerce; Providing that Fav/CS
Burgess amendments are deemed withdrawn if the local Yeas 6 Nays 0
(Identical H 1419) government fails to transmit the comprehensive plan
amendments to the department, in its role as the state
land planning agency, within a certain time period;
revising the duties of the Florida Sports Foundation;
requiring the department to establish a direct-support
organization; specifying that the organization is a
direct-support organization of the department and a
corporation not for profit; authorizing the organization
to take certain actions regarding administration of
property and expenditures, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Fav/CS
ATD
RC
7 SB 1748 Tourist Development Tax; Prohibiting a plan for tourist Favorable
Brodeur development from allocating more than a certain Yeas 6 Nays 0
(Identical H 1599) percentage of the tax revenue to an individual project
unless the governing board of the county approves
such use by supermajority vote, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Favorable
FT
AP
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 1:00—3:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
8 SB 58 Sales Tax Holiday for Micromobility Vehicles and Fav/CS
Stewart Related Personal Safety Equipment; Providing a Yeas 6 Nays 0
(Similar H 475) sales tax exemption during a specified period on the
retail sale of micromobility vehicles and related
personal safety equipment; defining the terms
“micromobility vehicle” and “related personal safety
equipment”, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Fav/CS
FT
AP
9 SB 1260 Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Favorable
Trumbull Eligibility; Citing this act as the "Promoting Work, Yeas 4 Nays 2
(Similar H 1289) Deterring Fraud Act of 2024"; providing requirements
for reemployment assistance benefit conditions for
non-Florida residents; removing requirements that
certain skills assessments of claimants be voluntary;
revising circumstances under which the department
disqualifies claimants from benefits; requiring the
department to verify claimants’ identities before
paying benefits; requiring the department to procure
an online workforce search and match tool for a
specified purpose, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Favorable
ATD
FP
10 SB 1492 Employment Regulations; Prohibiting political Fav/CS
Trumbull subdivisions from maintaining a certain minimum Yeas 4 Nays 2
(Compare CS/H 433) wage; prohibiting political subdivisions from
controlling, affecting, or awarding preferences relating
to wages or employment benefits of entities
contracting with the political subdivision; prohibiting a
political subdivision from requiring employers to meet
or provide heat exposure requirements beyond those
required by law; prohibiting a political subdivision from
giving preference to or considering or seeking
information from an employer in a competitive
solicitation based on or relating to an employer’s heat
exposure requirements, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Fav/CS
CA
RC
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 1:00—3:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
11 SB 1540 Workforce Retention; Designating the “Florida Jobs Favorable
Torres Retention Act of 2024”; defining the terms Yeas 6 Nays 0
“department” and “employer”; requiring employers
that intend to relocate out of state or cease operation
to notify the Department of Business and Professional
Regulation within a specified timeframe before taking
such action; providing that such employers are
ineligible for state grants, loans, or tax benefits for a
specified timeframe; requiring the head of each state
agency to ensure that certain services are performed
by state contractors within the state, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Favorable
AEG
FP
TAB OFFICE and APPOINTMENT (HOME CITY) FOR TERM ENDING COMMITTEE ACTION
12 Senate Confirmation Hearing: A public hearing will be held for consideration of the below-
named executive appointment to the office indicated.
Secretary of Commerce
Kelly, James Alexander (Tallahassee) Pleasure of Governor Recommend Confirm
Yeas 6 Nays 0
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
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