The Florida Senate, Commerce and Tourism — Committee Meeting Expanded Agenda, January 13, 2026
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Expanded agenda for the Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism committee meeting on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, from 4:00—6:00 p.m. in the 2026 Regular Session, with Senator Leek as Chair and Senator Arrington as Vice Chair. SB 386 on Farm Equipment and SB 806 on Consumers' Right to Repair Certain Equipment are each listed Favorable with Yeas 10 Nays 0. SB 528 on Manufacturing is listed Favorable with Yeas 9 Nays 0. SB 898 on Online Media Transparency is listed as Temporarily Postponed.
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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: Tuesday, January 13, 2026
TIME: 4:00—6:00 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 SB 386 Farm Equipment; Authorizing a consumer to report Favorable
Trumbull farm equipment that is defective and does not Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 637) conform to specified warranties to the manufacturer
or its authorized service agent during a specified
timeframe to allow the manufacturer or its authorized
agent to conform such farm equipment to such
warranty; requiring the manufacturer or its authorized
agent to make such repairs to conform the farm
equipment to the warranty upon receipt of such
report, etc.
AG 12/02/2025 Favorable
CM 01/13/2026 Favorable
RC
2 SB 528 Manufacturing; Revising the duties of the Department Favorable
Truenow of Commerce; establishing the Chief Manufacturing Yeas 9 Nays 0
(Identical H 483) Officer among the senior leadership of the
department for a specified purpose; creating the
Florida Manufacturers’ Workforce Development Grant
Program within the department; providing that the
grant program is under the direction of the Chief
Manufacturing Officer in consultation with the National
Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing
Extension Partnership organization in this state;
requiring the department to administer the grant
awards from the Economic Development Trust Fund,
etc.
CM 01/13/2026 Favorable
ATD
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 4:00—6:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
3 SB 806 Consumers’ Right to Repair Certain Equipment; Favorable
Truenow Creating the "Portable Wireless Device Repair Act"; Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Similar H 1255, Compare CS/H requiring portable wireless device manufacturers to
487, S 586) make certain items available to device owners and
independent repair providers; prohibiting certain
manufacturers from requiring authorized repair
providers to continue purchasing certain information
in a proprietary format; requiring original equipment
manufacturers of agricultural equipment to make
certain diagnostic and repair information available for
no charge and in a certain manner to independent
repair providers and owners, etc.
CM 01/13/2026 Favorable
AG
RC
4 SB 696 Registration of Trademarks; Removing provisions Favorable
Martin relating to the classification of goods and services for Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Similar S 476, Identical H 679) trademark purposes; requiring the Department of
State to adopt a federal system of classification each
year; requiring publication of the classification as part
of the trademark registration application; requiring the
department to establish and maintain a secure
Internet website that allows submission of an online
trademark registration application and renewal
application, etc.
CM 01/13/2026 Favorable
ATD
RC
5 SB 930 Florida Retirement Savings Task Force; Citing this act Favorable
Martin as the “Florida Retirement Savings Task Force Act”; Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 1357) creating the Florida Retirement Savings Task Force
adjunct to the Department of Commerce; requiring the
department to provide administrative, technical, and
staff support to the task force; providing that members
serve without compensation but are entitled to per
diem and travel reimbursement; authorizing the task
force to receive confidential and exempt information
under specified conditions, etc.
CM 01/13/2026 Favorable
GO
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 4:00—6:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
6 SB 874 Professional Licensure Reciprocity for the Practice of Favorable
Gaetz Surveying and Mapping; Revising the requirements Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 879) for applicants eligible to be qualified for licensure by
endorsement by the Board of Professional Surveyors
and Mappers to include applicants from outside of the
state who meet certain requirements; authorizing the
board to require and independently evaluate certain
documents and information, etc.
CM 01/13/2026 Favorable
AEG
RC
7 SB 898 Online Media Transparency; Creating the "Online Temporarily Postponed
Garcia Media Transparency Act"; requiring certain content
creators to clearly and conspicuously disclose any
sponsorship within any related media content;
providing that failure to disclose a sponsorship
constitutes an unfair or deceptive act or practice;
requiring a content creator who receives sponsorship
from a foreign principal of a foreign country to file a
certain disclosure with the Department of State, etc.
CM 01/13/2026 Temporarily Postponed
JU
FP
8 SB 826 Gift Certificates; Revising the definition of the term Favorable
Leek “gift certificate”; deleting provisions authorizing the Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 707) expiration of a gift certificate under specified
circumstances, etc.
CM 01/13/2026 Favorable
BI
RC
9 SB 838 Electronic Payments of Retail Installment Contracts; Fav/CS
Yarborough Defining the term “electronic payment”; authorizing a Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Similar H 959) holder of a retail installment contract, or its agent, to
collect a fee for processing a retail buyer’s electronic
payment only if certain conditions are met, etc.
CM 01/13/2026 Fav/CS
BI
RC
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