The Florida Senate, Commerce and Tourism — Committee Meeting Expanded Agenda, February 18, 2020
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Expanded agenda for a meeting of the Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism committee in the 2020 Regular Session, set for Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in the Toni Jennings Committee Room, 110 Senate Building. Senator Gruters is chair and Senator Torres vice chair, with Senators Hutson, Stewart and Wright as members. Listed bills include CS/SB 664 on employment verification, which shows Fav/CS with Yeas 3 and Nays 2, SB 680 on shark fins, and SB 90 on fair pay protection, which is marked Temporarily Postponed.
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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 18, 2020
TIME: 10:00 a.m.—12:00 noon
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 664 Verification of Employment Eligibility; Requiring public Fav/CS
Judiciary / Lee employers and certain contractors and subcontractors Yeas 3 Nays 2
(Compare H 1265, S 1822) to register with and use an employment verification
system by a specified date; requiring employers who
meet specified criteria to register with and use an
employment verification system to verify the
employment eligibility of new employees; authorizing
the imposition of fines for violations of the act;
creating a rebuttable presumption for certain
employers that the employer did not knowingly
employ an unauthorized alien, etc.
JU 02/11/2020 Fav/CS
CM 02/18/2020 Fav/CS
RC
2 CS/SB 680 Shark Fins; Prohibiting the import and export of shark Fav/CS
Environment and Natural fins, etc. Yeas 5 Nays 0
Resources / Hutson
(Compare CS/H 401) EN 02/03/2020 Fav/CS
CM 02/18/2020 Fav/CS
RC
3 CS/SB 776 Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board; Revising the Favorable
Innovation, Industry, and composition of the board; requiring the board Yeas 4 Nays 0
Technology / Perry membership to reflect the ethnic and gender diversity
(Similar H 1399) of this state, etc.
IT 02/10/2020 Fav/CS
CM 02/18/2020 Favorable
RC
4 SB 1582 Asbestos Trust Claims; Requiring a plaintiff who files Fav/CS
Simmons an asbestos claim to provide certain information to Yeas 4 Nays 0
(Similar CS/H 741) the parties of the action within a specified timeframe;
requiring the plaintiff to supplement the information
and materials under certain circumstances within a
specified timeframe; authorizing the defendant to
seek discovery from an asbestos trust; prohibiting the
plaintiff from claiming privilege or confidentiality to bar
discovery of such materials, etc.
JU 02/04/2020 Favorable
CM 02/18/2020 Fav/CS
RC
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 10:00 a.m.—12:00 noon
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
5 CS/SB 1632 Cultural Affairs; Providing that the Secretary of State Favorable
Governmental Oversight and shall be known as “Florida’s Chief Arts and Culture Yeas 4 Nays 0
Accountability / Rouson Officer”; renaming the Division of Cultural Affairs of
(Identical CS/H 757) the Department of State as the Division of Arts and
Culture, etc.
GO 02/10/2020 Fav/CS
CM 02/18/2020 Favorable
RC
6 SB 90 Discrimination in Labor and Employment; Creating Temporarily Postponed
Stewart the “Senator Helen Gordon Davis Fair Pay Protection
(Identical H 739) Act”; prohibiting an employer from providing less
favorable employment opportunities to employees
based on their sex; prohibiting an employer from
taking certain employment actions against
employees; prohibiting an employer from engaging in
certain activities relating to wages and benefits, etc.
CM 02/18/2020 Temporarily Postponed
JU
RC
Other Related Meeting Documents
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