The Florida Senate, Commerce and Tourism — Committee Meeting Expanded Agenda, February 15, 2021
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Expanded agenda for a meeting of the Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism committee on Monday, February 15, 2021, with Senator Hooper as Chair and Senator Wright as Vice Chair. The agenda lists SB 72, on civil liability for damages relating to COVID-19, marked Temporarily Postponed. It lists SB 374, Fair Repair of Agricultural Equipment, marked Favorable with Yeas 10 Nays 1, and SB 598, a Back-to-school Sales Tax Holiday, marked Fav/CS with Yeas 11 Nays 0. Other items include SB 46 on craft distilleries and SB 778 on Florida Tourism Marketing.
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2021 Regular Session The Florida Senate
COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
COMMERCE AND TOURISM
Senator Hooper, Chair
Senator Wright, Vice Chair
MEETING DATE: Monday, February 15, 2021
TIME: 3:30—6:00 p.m.
PLACE: Toni Jennings Committee Room, 110 Senate Building
MEMBERS: Senator Hooper, Chair; Senator Wright, Vice Chair; Senators Burgess, Diaz, Garcia, Gruters,
Hutson, Pizzo, Powell, Taddeo, and Torres
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE RECEIVED FROM ROOM A1 AT THE DONALD L.
TUCKER CIVIC CENTER, 505 W PENSACOLA STREET, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301
1 SB 72 Civil Liability for Damages Relating to COVID-19; Temporarily Postponed
Brandes Providing requirements for a civil action based on a
(Identical H 7) COVID-19-related claim; providing that the plaintiff
has the burden of proof in such action; providing a
statute of limitations; providing severability; providing
retroactive applicability, etc.
JU 01/25/2021 Favorable
CM 02/15/2021 Temporarily Postponed
RC
2 SB 374 Fair Repair of Agricultural Equipment; Citing this act Favorable
Bradley as the "Agricultural Equipment Fair Repair Act"; Yeas 10 Nays 1
(Identical H 511) requiring original equipment manufacturers of
agricultural equipment to provide certain
manufacturing, diagnostic, and repair information to
independent repair providers and owners; prohibiting
the original equipment manufacturers from excluding
certain information concerning security-related
functions, etc.
AG 01/27/2021 Favorable
CM 02/15/2021 Favorable
RC
3 SB 598 Back-to-school Sales Tax Holiday; Providing Fav/CS
Perry exemptions from the sales and use tax on the retail Yeas 11 Nays 0
sale of certain clothing, wallets, bags, school
supplies, personal computers, and personal
computer-related accessories during a specified
timeframe; defining terms; specifying locations where
the exemptions do not apply; authorizing certain
dealers to opt out of participating in the tax holiday,
subject to certain requirements, etc.
CM 02/15/2021 Fav/CS
FT
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Monday, February 15, 2021, 3:30—6:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
4 CS/SB 46 Craft Distilleries; Authorizing craft distilleries to be Fav/CS
Regulated Industries / Hutson licensed as specified vendors under certain Yeas 11 Nays 0
(Identical H 737, Compare S 142) circumstances; requiring certain alcoholic beverages
to be obtained through a licensed distributor;
prohibiting a distillery from operating as a craft
distillery until certain requirements are met;
authorizing persons to have common ownership in
craft distilleries under certain circumstances; requiring
a minimum percentage of a craft distillery’s total
finished branded products to be distilled in this state
and contain one or more Florida agricultural products
after a specified date, etc.
RI 01/26/2021 Fav/CS
CM 02/15/2021 Fav/CS
RC
5 SB 602 Business Organizations; Revising requirements Fav/CS
Burgess relating to inspecting certain records of limited liability Yeas 11 Nays 0
(Identical H 339) companies; revising the circumstances under which
shareholders are entitled to appraisal rights and
certain payments; entitling corporations to prepay a
shareholder if the shareholder makes a demand for
payment; revising requirements for proceedings
relating to unsettled demands for payment, etc.
CM 02/15/2021 Fav/CS
JU
RC
6 SB 704 Entertainment Industry; Creating the Film, Television, Favorable
Gruters and Digital Media Targeted Rebate Program within Yeas 9 Nays 2
(Identical H 757) the Department of 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 for rebate eligibility; requiring
an applicant that receives funding 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, etc.
CM 02/15/2021 Favorable
ATD
AP
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Monday, February 15, 2021, 3:30—6:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
7 SB 734 Sales Tax Holiday for Disaster Preparedness Fav/CS
Gruters Supplies; Providing exemptions from the sales and Yeas 11 Nays 0
use tax for specified disaster preparedness supplies
during a specified timeframe; requiring purchasers of
certain items to furnish a specified affidavit and
information to the selling dealer; providing a criminal
penalty for furnishing a false affidavit with certain
intent; authorizing the Department of Revenue to
adopt emergency rules, etc.
CM 02/15/2021 Fav/CS
FT
AP
8 SB 778 Florida Tourism Marketing; Authorizing the Florida Favorable
Hooper Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation to carry Yeas 10 Nays 1
(Identical H 675) forward unexpended state appropriations into
succeeding fiscal years; removing the scheduled
repeal of the corporation; removing the scheduled
repeal of the Division of Tourism Marketing within
Enterprise Florida, Inc., etc.
CM 02/15/2021 Favorable
ATD
AP
Consideration of proposed bill:
9 SPB 7020 OGSR/County Tourism Promotion Agencies/Florida Submitted and Reported
Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation; Amending a Favorably as Committee Bill
provision which provides an exemption from public Yeas 11 Nays 0
records requirements for trade secrets held by county
tourism promotion exemption; amending a provision
which provides an exemption from public records
requirements for the identity of a person who
responds to a marketing or advertising research
project conducted by the Florida Tourism Industry
Marketing Corporation and for certain trade secrets;
removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.
Other Related Meeting Documents
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