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2026 Regular Session The Florida Senate
COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
COMMERCE AND TOURISM
Senator Leek, Chair
Senator Arrington, Vice Chair
MEETING DATE: Wednesday, February 4, 2026
TIME: 10:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
PLACE: Toni Jennings Committee Room, 110 Senate Building
MEMBERS: Senator Leek, Chair; Senator Arrington, Vice Chair; Senators Bracy Davis, Davis, DiCeglie, Mayfield,
McClain, Smith, Wright, and Yarborough
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
1 CS/SB 198 Virtual Currency Kiosks; Revising the definition of the Favorable
Banking and Insurance / Rouson term “money services business”; revising the Yeas 9 Nays 0
(Similar CS/H 505) requirements for certain rules adopted by the
Financial Services Commission; prohibiting a virtual
currency kiosk business from operating in this state
without registering or renewing its registration;
specifying that certain money transmitters are exempt
from registration as a virtual currency kiosk business
but are subject to certain provisions; prohibiting
certain entities from performing certain actions
without being licensed as a money services business,
etc.
BI 01/28/2026 Fav/CS
CM 02/04/2026 Favorable
RC
2 CS/SB 422 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-broadcasts; Fav/CS
Transportation / Wright Prohibiting airports from using information broadcast Yeas 7 Nays 1
(Similar H 387) or collected by automatic dependent surveillance-
broadcast systems for specified purposes under
certain circumstances, etc.
TR 01/27/2026 Fav/CS
CM 02/04/2026 Fav/CS
RC
3 SB 1236 Employers Receiving Economic Development Favorable
Massullo Incentives from State Agencies; Requiring an Yeas 6 Nays 3
(Similar H 1387) employer to sign an agreement with a state agency
that is awarding an economic development incentive
before becoming eligible for the economic
development incentive; authorizing persons and
entities to report a suspected violation to the Attorney
General within a specified timeframe; requiring the
Attorney General to determine whether a violation has
occurred; requiring a state agency to execute a
separate written agreement with the recipient of the
economic development incentive before the state
agency awards the economic development incentive,
etc.
CM 02/04/2026 Favorable
GO
AP
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 10:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
4 SB 1356 Handling of Animals; Requiring the Department of Fav/CS
Garcia Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop and Yeas 9 Nays 0
(Similar H 1521, Compare S 1004) adopt rules, best management practices, and other
measures for dog breeding in this state; preempting
the regulatory and operational oversight of local
animal shelters to the department; deleting a limit on
veterinary costs under certain provisions; specifying
requirements for retail stores that offer animals for
sale; requiring dog breeders to apply to the
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
for a certificate of registration and to renew the
certificate at specified intervals, etc.
CM 02/04/2026 Fav/CS
AEG
RC
5 SB 1456 Doula Workforce Development; Establishing the Temporarily Postponed
Osgood Doula Workforce Development Support Program
(Similar H 1043) within the Department of Commerce to provide grants
and technical assistance to eligible doula training
entities for a specified purpose; requiring the
department to prioritize support to high-need regions;
specifying authorized uses of the grant funds;
requiring the department to submit annual reports to
the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date,
etc.
CM 02/04/2026 Temporarily Postponed
ATD
FP
6 SB 1722 Application Stores; Requiring an app store provider to Favorable
Calatayud take certain steps to verify the ages of individuals who Yeas 9 Nays 0
create or who have existing accounts with the app
store provider; providing parental consent
requirements for accounts created or held by minors;
requiring app store providers to take certain steps to
protect specified personal information; authorizing
minors, or the parents of minors, to bring civil actions
against app store providers or developers for
violations of the act, etc.
CM 02/04/2026 Favorable
JU
RC
TAB OFFICE and APPOINTMENT (HOME CITY) FOR TERM ENDING COMMITTEE ACTION
Senate Confirmation Hearing: A public hearing will be held for consideration of the below-
named executive appointments to the offices indicated.
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 10:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
TAB OFFICE and APPOINTMENT (HOME CITY) FOR TERM ENDING COMMITTEE ACTION
Chair, Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission
7 Faircloth, Charles T., Jr. (Tallahassee) 06/30/2029 Recommend Confirm
Yeas 8 Nays 0
Board of Supervisors of the Central Florida Tourism
Oversight District
8 Ravenscroft, Thomas Matthew (Orlando) 02/26/2027 Recommend Confirm
Yeas 8 Nays 0
Woods, David (Orlando) 02/26/2029 Recommend Confirm
Yeas 8 Nays 0
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
Other Related Meeting Documents
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