The Florida Senate, Commerce and Tourism — Committee Meeting Expanded Agenda, January 28, 2020
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The expanded agenda of the Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism committee meeting of Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 2020 Regular Session, with Senator Gruters as Chair and Senator Torres as Vice Chair. It lists SB 1166 on broadband Internet service, marked Fav/CS with Yeas 3 Nays 0, and SB 1186 on drug-free workplaces, marked Favorable with Yeas 3 Nays 0. SB 1140 on public accountancy and SB 1240 on a corporate income tax credit are marked Not Considered. The last item is a presentation on policy considerations related to emerging facial recognition technologies.
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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, January 28, 2020
TIME: 1:30—3:30 p.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 SB 1166 Broadband Internet Service; Authorizing certain funds Fav/CS
Albritton within the State Transportation Trust Fund to be used Yeas 3 Nays 0
(Compare H 969, H 1309, S 1776) for certain broadband infrastructure projects within or
adjacent to multiuse corridors; designating the
Department of Economic Opportunity, and not the
Department of Management Services, as the lead
state entity to facilitate the expansion of broadband
Internet service in this state; creating the Florida
Office of Broadband within the Division of Community
Development within the Department of Economic
Opportunity, etc.
CM 01/28/2020 Fav/CS
ATD
AP
2 SB 1186 Drug-free Workplaces; Requiring licensed drug- Favorable
Baxley testing facilities to perform prescreening tests on Yeas 3 Nays 0
(Compare H 1297) urine specimens to determine the specimens’ validity;
providing that urine specimens may not be sent to an
out-of-state facility unless the facility complies with
certain requirements; revising information required in
a written policy statement provided to employees and
job applicants before drug testing; revising
procedures for specimen collection, testing, and
preservation, etc.
CM 01/28/2020 Favorable
GO
RC
3 SB 1356 Employer Contributions for Reemployment Fav/CS
Bean Assistance; Reducing the initial rate that certain client Yeas 3 Nays 0
(Similar H 1253) companies of employee leasing companies must pay
under specified circumstances to tax collection
service providers; requiring the tax collection service
provider to adjust the initial employer contribution rate
under certain circumstances, etc.
CM 01/28/2020 Fav/CS
FT
AP
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 1:30—3:30 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
4 SB 1492 Consumer Protection; Prohibiting consumer reporting Favorable
Wright agencies from charging to reissue or provide a new Yeas 3 Nays 0
(Identical H 1137, Compare H unique personal identifier to a consumer for the
707, S 1124) removal of a security freeze; authorizing the
Department of Financial Services to disapprove the
use of insurance agency names containing the words
“Medicare” or “Medicaid”; prohibiting life insurers from
writing new policies of industrial life insurance
beginning on a certain date; providing that
communication made to or by an insurer’s
representative, rather than to or by an insurer’s agent,
constitutes communication to or by the insurer, etc.
CM 01/28/2020 Favorable
BI
RC
5 SB 1140 Public Accountancy; Requiring certain applicants to Not Considered
Gruters not be licensed in any state or territory in order to be
(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
RC
6 SB 1240 Corporate Income Tax Credit; Defining the term Not Considered
Gruters “NAICS”; providing a credit against the corporate
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
FT
AP
7 Presentation on Policy Considerations Related to Emerging Facial Recognition Presented
Technologies
Other Related Meeting Documents
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