The Florida Senate, Commerce and Tourism — Committee Meeting Expanded Agenda, January 21, 2026
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The expanded agenda for the Florida Senate Committee on Commerce and Tourism meeting on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., with Senator Leek as Chair and Senator Arrington as Vice Chair. It lists SB 214 on special district funding (McClain) and SB 482 on an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights (Leek), each shown as Favorable with Yeas 10 Nays 0. It also lists SPB 7030, a proposed committee bill on public records and investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs, shown as Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill, and SB 554 on nonprofit corporations (Bernard).
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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: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
TIME: 8:30—10:30 a.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 214 Special District Funding; Revising agency Favorable
McClain agreements that provide state financial assistance to Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 273) recipients or subrecipients to include certain special
districts as an entity to which such agency may
provide for the payment of invoices under specified
circumstances; revising the definition of “rural
community” to include certain special districts, etc.
CM 01/21/2026 Favorable
ATD
FP
2 SB 482 Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights; Prohibiting a Favorable
Leek governmental entity from extending or renewing a Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 1395, Compare H contract with specified entities; creating the “Artificial
659) Intelligence Bill of Rights”; providing the rights of
Floridians relating to the use of artificial intelligence;
requiring companion chatbot platforms to prohibit a
minor from creating new or maintaining existing
accounts unless the minor’s parent or guardian
consents; prohibiting artificial intelligence technology
companies from selling or disclosing the personal
information of users unless the information is
deidentified data, etc.
CM 01/21/2026 Favorable
AP
Consideration of proposed bill:
3 SPB 7030 Public Records/Investigations by the Department of Submitted and Reported
Legal Affairs; Providing an exemption from public Favorably as Committee Bill
records requirements for information relating to Yeas 10 Nays 0
notifications of violations or investigations by the
Department of Legal Affairs of certain companion
chatbot violations; requiring certain information
remain confidential and exempt upon the completion
or cessation of an investigation; providing an
exemption from public records requirements for
information relating to notifications of violations or
investigations by the department of certain bot-related
consumer protection violations; providing for future
legislative review and repeal of the exemption;
providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 8:30—10:30 a.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
4 SB 554 Nonprofit Corporations; Renaming the “Florida Not Favorable
Bernard For Profit Corporation Act” as the “Florida Nonprofit Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 797) Corporation Act”; revising the circumstances in which
a domestic or foreign corporation may correct a
document filed with the department; requiring all
courts, public offices, and official bodies to receive all
certificates issued by the department as prima facie
evidence of certain facts; authorizing a corporation to
register under a name that is not otherwise
distinguishable on the records of the department
under certain circumstances; prohibiting a corporation
from paying any dividend and making distributions of
any part of its net income or net earnings to its
members, directors, or officers, etc.
CM 01/21/2026 Favorable
JU
FP
5 SB 994 Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act; Requiring Temporarily Postponed
Gruters that finished kratom products sold to consumers at
(Similar H 1205) certain establishments meet certain requirements;
requiring that kratom products be manufactured only
by a processor who holds a certain permit issued by
the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services; providing requirements for finished kratom
products produced in this state and subsequently
shipped or transported out of this state for sale
outside of this state; providing that a processor whose
kratom product contains a controlled substance or
other prohibited substances is in violation of the act,
etc.
CM 01/21/2026 Temporarily Postponed
AEG
FP
6 SB 998 Department of Commerce; Repealing provisions Favorable
Yarborough relating to the Florida Small Cities Community Yeas 6 Nays 4
(Similar H 741) Development Block Grant Program Act; providing an
exemption for certain conveyances of state lands to
certain federal agencies which revert to the Board of
Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund if
such land is not used for its intended purposes as a
military installation buffer or if the military installation
closes; requiring employers who are required to use
the E-Verify system to verify a new employee’s
employment eligibility to maintain an E-Verify case
result for each employee which shows that the
employee is authorized to work; requiring the
department to provide an employer knowingly
employing an unauthorized alien with a written
determination, etc.
CM 01/21/2026 Favorable
ATD
RC
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 8:30—10:30 a.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
7 SB 1004 Sale of Dogs and Cats; Requiring that if a pet sale is Favorable
Gaetz terminated for certain reasons, the financing Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Compare H 1521, S 1356) agreement must be terminated without certain costs;
requiring that all financial terms be disclosed to the
consumer before the sale of the animal; requiring a
pet dealer to provide copies of specified medical
records to a consumer; providing that violations
constitute an unfair method of competition or an unfair
or deceptive act or practice in violation of specified
provisions and subject to penalties, etc.
CM 01/21/2026 Favorable
JU
RC
8 SB 1074 One-cent Piece; Requiring dealers to round to the Favorable
Gaetz nearest nickel in certain circumstances; providing Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Similar H 951) procedures for such rounding; requiring that the tax
due on rounded transactions be calculated on the
price before rounding; providing that rounding to the
nearest nickel is not a deceptive and unfair trade
practice in certain circumstances, etc.
CM 01/21/2026 Favorable
FT
AP
9 SB 1076 Research and Development Tax Credit; Increasing Favorable
Calatayud the combined total amount of tax credits which may Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 847) be granted to business enterprises under the
research and development tax credit, etc.
CM 01/21/2026 Favorable
FT
AP
10 SB 1266 Cybersecurity Internships; Creating the Cybersecurity Fav/CS
Calatayud Experiential Internship and Clearance Readiness Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 1081) Program within the Department of Commerce;
requiring the department to enter into an agreement
with the Florida Center for Cybersecurity (Cyber
Florida) to implement the program in collaboration
with specified universities and institutions; requiring
the department, using data and analyses provided by
Cyber Florida, to submit a report by a specified date
and annually thereafter to the Governor and the
Legislature, etc.
CM 01/21/2026 Fav/CS
ATD
AP
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