The Florida Senate, Commerce and Tourism — Committee Meeting Expanded Agenda, February 4, 2020
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Expanded agenda of the Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism committee for its Tuesday, February 4, 2020 meeting, 2020 Regular Session, with Senator Gruters as Chair and Senator Torres as Vice Chair. It lists CS/SB 474, Deregulation of Professions and Occupations, with committee action Fav/CS and Yeas 4 Nays 0, and SB 660, Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act, with Fav/CS and Yeas 4 Nays 0. It also lists SB 1642, Tax Exemptions, with Fav/CS and Yeas 4 Nays 1, and SR 1704 on Taiwan, with Favorable and Yeas 4 Nays 0.
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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 4, 2020
TIME: 9:00—11:00 a.m.
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 474 Deregulation of Professions and Occupations; Citing Fav/CS
Innovation, Industry, and this act as the “Occupational Freedom and Yeas 4 Nays 0
Technology / Albritton Opportunity Act”; requiring the Department of
(Compare H 77, CS/CS/CS/H 115, Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to waive the
CS/CS/H 713, H 1193, CS/S 66, requirement to pass the Commercial Driver License
CS/S 356, S 926, S 1124) Skills Tests for certain servicemembers and veterans;
deleting the requirement that a yacht broker maintain
a separate license for each branch office; specifying
that the failure to repay certain student loans is not
considered a failure to perform a statutory or legal
obligation for which certain disciplinary action can be
taken; revising licensure requirements for engineers
who hold specified licenses in another state, etc.
IT 01/21/2020 Fav/CS
CM 02/04/2020 Fav/CS
AP
2 SB 660 Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act; Fav/CS
Berman Desgnating chapter 714, F.S., as the Uniform Yeas 4 Nays 0
(Similar H 783) Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act; specifying
that a court has exclusive jurisdiction to direct
receivers and determine controversies under certain
circumstances; providing requirements and
authorizations relating to the appointment of a
receiver; providing for defenses and immunities of a
receiver; authorizing the court to enter certain orders
if the court concludes that receivership property is
likely to be insufficient to satisfy certain claims;
requiring a receiver to file a final report containing
certain information upon completion of the receiver’s
duties, etc.
JU 12/10/2019 Favorable
CM 02/04/2020 Fav/CS
RC
3 SB 850 Exposure of Sexual Organs; Specifying that an Favorable
Pizzo exception to the unlawful exposure or exhibition of an Yeas 4 Nays 0
individual’s sexual organs in certain places includes
clothing-optional beaches, etc.
CJ 01/21/2020 Favorable
CM 02/04/2020 Favorable
RC
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 9:00—11:00 a.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
4 SR 1704 Taiwan; Encouraging the enhancement of the sister- Favorable
Flores state relationship and bilateral economic and cultural Yeas 4 Nays 0
(Similar HR 8021) ties between Florida and the Republic of China, also
known as Taiwan, and reaffirming and maintaining
the commitment of the State of Florida to its strong
and deepening relationship with the Republic of
China, as the two embrace the same fundamental
values of freedom, democracy, and the protection of
human rights, etc.
CM 02/04/2020 Favorable
RC
5 SB 1140 Public Accountancy; Requiring certain applicants to Favorable
Gruters not be licensed in any state or territory in order to be Yeas 5 Nays 0
(Identical H 867) licensed by endorsement; providing license renewal
requirements for nonresident licensees; requiring that
a majority of the hours required for continuing
education include specific content; authorizing certain
Florida certified public accountants to apply to the
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
to have their license placed in a retired status;
providing that retired licensees are not required to
maintain continuing education requirements, etc.
IT 01/21/2020 Favorable
CM 01/28/2020 Not Considered
CM 02/04/2020 Favorable
RC
6 SB 1240 Corporate Income Tax Credit; Defining the term Fav/CS
Gruters “NAICS”; providing a credit against the corporate Yeas 5 Nays 0
income tax, for a specified amount and for a specified
taxable year, for taxpayers classified in the sales
financing or passenger car rental or leasing industries
which meet certain criteria, etc.
CM 01/28/2020 Not Considered
CM 02/04/2020 Fav/CS
FT
AP
7 SB 1642 Tax Exemptions; Providing a sales tax exemption for Fav/CS
Gruters certain aircraft equipment used as part of certain Yeas 4 Nays 1
governmental contracts; providing a use tax
exemption for certain aircraft owned by nonresidents
and used in service of certain governmental
contracts; providing a sales tax exemption for parts
and accessories necessary for the continued
operation of certain industrial machinery or
equipment, etc.
CM 02/04/2020 Fav/CS
FT
AP
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 9:00—11:00 a.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
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