The Florida Senate, Commerce and Tourism — Committee Meeting Expanded Agenda, January 23, 2024
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Expanded agenda for a meeting of the Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism committee in the 2024 Regular Session, set for Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Toni Jennings Committee Room, 110 Senate Building. Senator Trumbull is chair and Senator Wright vice chair, with Senators Gruters, Rodriguez, Stewart and Torres as members. SB 356 on notaries public shows Fav/CS with Yeas 5 and Nays 0. The final item is a confirmation hearing for Secretary of Commerce nominee James Alexander Kelly of Tallahassee, marked Recommend Confirm with Yeas 6 and Nays 0.
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2024 Regular Session The Florida Senate
COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
COMMERCE AND TOURISM
Senator Trumbull, Chair
Senator Wright, Vice Chair
MEETING DATE: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
TIME: 1:00—3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Toni Jennings Committee Room, 110 Senate Building
MEMBERS: Senator Trumbull, Chair; Senator Wright, Vice Chair; Senators Gruters, Rodriguez, Stewart, and
Torres
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
1 SB 356 Notaries Public; Requiring that certain notarial Fav/CS
Avila certificates contain the printed names of specified Yeas 5 Nays 0
(Similar H 1255) individuals; prohibiting a notary public from falsely
notarizing the signature of a person who is not in that
notary public’s presence, either in person or online;
deleting a provision that prohibits a notary public from
notarizing a signature on a document of a person who
is not, at the time of the notarial act, physically
present or present by means of audio-video
communication technology and that provides civil
penalties; requiring a notary public to keep at least
one electronic journal; requiring the Department of
State to retain jurisdiction over the journal records for
a specified timeframe for a certain purpose, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Fav/CS
ATD
FP
2 SB 542 Boards of Directors of Banks; Disqualifying certain Fav/CS
Ingoglia persons from serving on the board of directors of a Yeas 6 Nays 0
(Identical H 543) bank under certain circumstances, etc.
BI 01/09/2024 Favorable
CM 01/23/2024 Fav/CS
RC
3 SB 998 Sale of Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Defining the terms Favorable
Collins “licensed location” and “remote bulk storage”; Yeas 5 Nays 0
(Similar CS/H 815) authorizing up to two remote bulk storage locations
for specified licenses; authorizing the Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services to condemn
unsafe equipment and order the immediate removal
of liquefied petroleum gas from certain bulk storage
locations; requiring persons servicing, testing,
repairing, maintaining, or installing liquefied petroleum
gas equipment and systems to include specified
information on certain documents, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Favorable
EN
FP
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 1:00—3:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
4 SB 1198 Corporate Actions; Providing that a defective Fav/CS
Martin corporate action is not void or voidable in certain Yeas 5 Nays 0
(Similar H 1189) circumstances; requiring the board of directors to take
certain action to ratify a defective corporate action;
providing quorum and voting requirements for the
ratification of certain defective corporate actions;
requiring that notice be given to shareholders of
certain corporate action taken by the board of
directors; authorizing certain persons and entities to
file certain motions, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Fav/CS
RC
5 SB 1218 Broadband; Extending the date through which a Favorable
Burgess promotional rate and related terms for certain wireline Yeas 6 Nays 0
(Similar H 1147) attachments of broadband facilities to municipal
electric utility poles are effective, etc.
RI 01/16/2024 Favorable
CM 01/23/2024 Favorable
RC
6 SB 1420 Department of Commerce; Providing that Fav/CS
Burgess amendments are deemed withdrawn if the local Yeas 6 Nays 0
(Identical H 1419) government fails to transmit the comprehensive plan
amendments to the department, in its role as the state
land planning agency, within a certain time period;
revising the duties of the Florida Sports Foundation;
requiring the department to establish a direct-support
organization; specifying that the organization is a
direct-support organization of the department and a
corporation not for profit; authorizing the organization
to take certain actions regarding administration of
property and expenditures, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Fav/CS
ATD
RC
7 SB 1748 Tourist Development Tax; Prohibiting a plan for tourist Favorable
Brodeur development from allocating more than a certain Yeas 6 Nays 0
(Identical H 1599) percentage of the tax revenue to an individual project
unless the governing board of the county approves
such use by supermajority vote, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Favorable
FT
AP
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 1:00—3:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
8 SB 58 Sales Tax Holiday for Micromobility Vehicles and Fav/CS
Stewart Related Personal Safety Equipment; Providing a Yeas 6 Nays 0
(Similar H 475) sales tax exemption during a specified period on the
retail sale of micromobility vehicles and related
personal safety equipment; defining the terms
“micromobility vehicle” and “related personal safety
equipment”, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Fav/CS
FT
AP
9 SB 1260 Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Favorable
Trumbull Eligibility; Citing this act as the "Promoting Work, Yeas 4 Nays 2
(Similar H 1289) Deterring Fraud Act of 2024"; providing requirements
for reemployment assistance benefit conditions for
non-Florida residents; removing requirements that
certain skills assessments of claimants be voluntary;
revising circumstances under which the department
disqualifies claimants from benefits; requiring the
department to verify claimants’ identities before
paying benefits; requiring the department to procure
an online workforce search and match tool for a
specified purpose, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Favorable
ATD
FP
10 SB 1492 Employment Regulations; Prohibiting political Fav/CS
Trumbull subdivisions from maintaining a certain minimum Yeas 4 Nays 2
(Compare CS/H 433) wage; prohibiting political subdivisions from
controlling, affecting, or awarding preferences relating
to wages or employment benefits of entities
contracting with the political subdivision; prohibiting a
political subdivision from requiring employers to meet
or provide heat exposure requirements beyond those
required by law; prohibiting a political subdivision from
giving preference to or considering or seeking
information from an employer in a competitive
solicitation based on or relating to an employer’s heat
exposure requirements, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Fav/CS
CA
RC
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 1:00—3:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
11 SB 1540 Workforce Retention; Designating the “Florida Jobs Favorable
Torres Retention Act of 2024”; defining the terms Yeas 6 Nays 0
“department” and “employer”; requiring employers
that intend to relocate out of state or cease operation
to notify the Department of Business and Professional
Regulation within a specified timeframe before taking
such action; providing that such employers are
ineligible for state grants, loans, or tax benefits for a
specified timeframe; requiring the head of each state
agency to ensure that certain services are performed
by state contractors within the state, etc.
CM 01/23/2024 Favorable
AEG
FP
TAB OFFICE and APPOINTMENT (HOME CITY) FOR TERM ENDING COMMITTEE ACTION
12 Senate Confirmation Hearing: A public hearing will be held for consideration of the below-
named executive appointment to the office indicated.
Secretary of Commerce
Kelly, James Alexander (Tallahassee) Pleasure of Governor Recommend Confirm
Yeas 6 Nays 0
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
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