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The Florida Senate, Commerce and Tourism — Committee Meeting Expanded Agenda, January 24, 2022

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The expanded agenda for the Florida Senate Committee on Commerce and Tourism meeting on Monday, January 24, 2022, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., with Senator Hooper as Chair and Senator Wright as Vice Chair. It lists Senate bills with their introducers and committee actions, among them SB 634 on judicial notice (Bradley, Fav/CS, Yeas 9 Nays 0) and SB 1618 on restrictions on employment (Broxson, Fav/CS). SB 1800 and SB 1802 on broadband infrastructure and the Broadband Pole Replacement Trust Fund (Boyd) show Fav/CS, and SB 1878 on a capital investment tax credit (Gruters) shows Favorable, Yeas 8 Nays 1. The agenda runs three pages.

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2022 Regular Session                                The Florida Senate
                             COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
                                               COMMERCE AND TOURISM
                                                 Senator Hooper, Chair
                                               Senator Wright, Vice Chair

            MEETING DATE:    Monday, January 24, 2022
                    TIME:    3:00—5:00 p.m.
                  PLACE:     Toni Jennings Committee Room, 110 Senate Building

                  MEMBERS:   Senator Hooper, Chair; Senator Wright, Vice Chair; Senators Diaz, Garcia, Gruters, Hutson, Pizzo,
                             Powell, Taddeo, and Torres

                                                       BILL DESCRIPTION and
 TAB       BILL NO. and INTRODUCER                  SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS                            COMMITTEE ACTION

   1    SB 634                            Judicial Notice; Authorizing courts to take judicial       Fav/CS
        Bradley                           notice of certain information taken from web mapping           Yeas 9 Nays 0
        (Similar H 677)                   services, global satellite imaging sites, or Internet
                                          mapping tools upon request of a party; requiring
                                          parties who intend to offer such information into
                                          evidence to file a notice of intent containing specified
                                          information; authorizing parties to object to the
                                          admissibility of such information; requiring courts to
                                          overrule such objection unless certain findings are
                                          made, etc.

                                          JU       11/30/2021 Not Considered
                                          JU       01/10/2022 Favorable
                                          CM       01/24/2022 Fav/CS
                                          RC


   2    SB 1038                           Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic                Favorable
        Perry                             Development Council; Revising the membership of                Yeas 9 Nays 0
        (Similar H 907)                   the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
                                          Development Council to include a representative of
                                          Putnam County; authorizing Putnam County to apply
                                          for a grant for a port feasibility study through the
                                          Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic
                                          Development Council; requiring the Department of
                                          Transportation to include the study in its budget
                                          request under certain circumstances; terminating the
                                          membership of Putnam County on the council under
                                          certain circumstances, etc.

                                          TR       01/12/2022 Favorable
                                          CM       01/24/2022 Favorable
                                          RC


   3    SB 1618                           Restrictions on Employment; Providing that restrictive     Fav/CS
        Broxson                           covenants are only enforceable against a former                Yeas 9 Nays 0
        (Identical H 1191)                employee, agent, or independent contractor who
                                          voluntarily resigned or was terminated because of
                                          misconduct; defining the term “misconduct”, etc.

                                          CM       01/24/2022 Fav/CS
                                          JU
                                          RC




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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Monday, January 24, 2022, 3:00—5:00 p.m.

                                                        BILL DESCRIPTION and
 TAB      BILL NO. and INTRODUCER                    SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS                              COMMITTEE ACTION

  4     SB 1718                            Cosmetic Animal Testing; Citing this act as the              Fav/CS
        Book                               "Humane Cosmetics Act"; prohibiting a manufacturer               Yeas 9 Nays 0
        (Identical H 1279)                 from manufacturing, importing for profit, selling, or
                                           offering for sale a cosmetic developed or
                                           manufactured using cosmetic animal testing
                                           conducted or contracted by certain persons or from
                                           conducting or contracting for cosmetic animal testing;
                                           providing exceptions; providing labeling requirements
                                           for specified cosmetics; providing enforcement and
                                           civil penalties, etc.

                                           CM       01/24/2022 Fav/CS
                                           AP
                                           RC


  5     SB 1762                            Solicitation of Nonmedical Services; Providing that a        Temporarily Postponed
        Brandes                            person who submits or sponsors a nonmedical
        (Identical H 1537)                 solicitation that contains certain terminology or fails to
                                           include specified disclosures commits a deceptive
                                           and unfair trade practice, subject to the penalties and
                                           remedies of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade
                                           Practices Act; prohibiting the unauthorized use, sale,
                                           transfer, or disclosure of protected health information
                                           for the purpose of soliciting professional services;
                                           providing that a person who willfully and knowingly
                                           violates such prohibition commits a deceptive and
                                           unfair trade practice, subject to the penalties and
                                           remedies of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade
                                           Practices Act, etc.

                                           CM       01/24/2022 Temporarily Postponed
                                           JU
                                           RC


  6     SB 1800                            Broadband Infrastructure; Revising the duties of the         Fav/CS
        Boyd                               Florida Office of Broadband to include administering             Yeas 9 Nays 0
        (Similar H 1543, Compare H 1545,   the Broadband Pole Replacement Program;
        Linked S 1802)                     establishing the Broadband Pole Replacement
                                           Program within the office; requiring the Secretary of
                                           Economic Opportunity to apply for certain federal
                                           funding for the program; requiring that the amount of
                                           state funds allocated to the program be reduced by
                                           the amount of certain federal funds provided to the
                                           program; requiring an audit of the Broadband Pole
                                           Replacement Trust Fund within a certain period of
                                           time, etc.

                                           CM       01/24/2022 Fav/CS
                                           ATD
                                           AP




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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Monday, January 24, 2022, 3:00—5:00 p.m.

                                                       BILL DESCRIPTION and
 TAB      BILL NO. and INTRODUCER                   SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS                            COMMITTEE ACTION

  7     SB 1802                           Broadband Pole Replacement Trust Fund; Creating            Fav/CS
        Boyd                              the trust fund within the Department of Economic               Yeas 9 Nays 0
        (Identical H 1545, Compare H      Opportunity; providing the purpose of the trust fund;
        1543, Linked S 1800)              providing that moneys credited to the trust fund shall
                                          consist of certain funds; requiring that funds in the
                                          trust fund be used in a manner consistent with federal
                                          law; providing that the balance in the trust fund at the
                                          end of a fiscal year remains in the trust fund and is
                                          available for carrying out the purposes of the trust
                                          fund; providing for future legislative review and
                                          termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.

                                          CM       01/24/2022 Fav/CS
                                          ATD
                                          AP


  8     SB 1564                           Telephone Solicitation; Revising the definitions of the    Fav/CS
        Hutson                            terms “prior express written consent” and “unsolicited         Yeas 10 Nays 0
        (Compare CS/H 1095)               telephonic sales call”; revising the limitations on
                                          making unsolicited telephonic sales calls, etc.

                                          CM       01/24/2022 Fav/CS
                                          RI
                                          RC


  9     SB 1878                           Capital Investment Tax Credit; Providing a credit          Favorable
        Gruters                           against the corporate income tax, the sales and use            Yeas 8 Nays 1
                                          tax, or a stated combination of the two taxes to a
                                          qualifying business that establishes a qualifying
                                          project for the creation of intellectual property which
                                          meets a certain capital investment threshold;
                                          specifying the calculation of the credit; authorizing
                                          use of the credit or portions of the credit by the
                                          business or members of its affiliated group of
                                          corporations; authorizing use of the credit within a
                                          certain timeframe, etc.

                                          CM       01/24/2022 Favorable
                                          FT
                                          AP


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