The Florida Senate, Commerce and Tourism — Committee Meeting Expanded Agenda, March 9, 2021
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Expanded agenda for the Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee meeting on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 12:30 to 3:00 p.m., 2021 Regular Session, with Senator Hooper as Chair and Senator Wright as Vice Chair. The agenda lists nine bills with their committee actions, each marked Favorable. SB 98 on workforce related programs and services passed Yeas 10 Nays 0, and CS/SB 148 on beverage law for off-premises alcohol sales passed Yeas 11 Nays 0. Other bills cover the Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board, massage therapy, a tax exemption for diapers and incontinence products, commercial telephone solicitation, veterans employment and training, and a tax refund program for qualified target industry businesses.
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2021 Regular Session The Florida Senate
COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
COMMERCE AND TOURISM
Senator Hooper, Chair
Senator Wright, Vice Chair
MEETING DATE: Tuesday, March 9, 2021
TIME: 12:30—3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Toni Jennings Committee Room, 110 Senate Building
MEMBERS: Senator Hooper, Chair; Senator Wright, Vice Chair; Senators Burgess, Diaz, Garcia, Gruters,
Hutson, Pizzo, Powell, Taddeo, and Torres
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE RECEIVED FROM ROOM A1 AT THE DONALD L.
TUCKER CIVIC CENTER, 505 W PENSACOLA STREET, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301
1 SB 98 Workforce Related Programs and Services; Favorable
Albritton Renaming the Workforce Estimating Conference as Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Compare H 791, H 1507, CS/S the Labor Market Estimating Conference; removing
366, S 1042) authority for a local board to review a decision by the
department to deny a contract; requiring certain
standards and policies established by the Department
of Education to include a specified requirement for
training providers; requiring that middle grades career
and professional academies and career-themed
courses lead to careers in occupations aligned with
the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List, etc.
CM 03/09/2021 Favorable
ED
AP
2 CS/SB 148 Beverage Law; Authorizing certain food service Favorable
Regulated Industries / Bradley establishments to sell or deliver certain alcoholic Yeas 11 Nays 0
(Compare H 329, S 134) beverages for off-premises consumption under
certain circumstances; providing requirements for
such establishments to sell alcoholic beverages for
off-premises consumption; requiring that such
alcoholic beverages be transported in a specified
manner; specifying that certain alcoholic beverages
sold by such establishments are not open containers
for the purposes of the prohibition on possessing
open containers of alcoholic beverages in vehicles,
etc.
RI 02/16/2021 Fav/CS
CM 03/09/2021 Favorable
RC
3 SB 346 Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board; Revising the Favorable
Rodriguez composition of the board, etc. Yeas 11 Nays 0
(Identical H 491)
RI 03/01/2021 Favorable
CM 03/09/2021 Favorable
RC
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 12:30—3:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
4 CS/SB 352 Massage Therapy; Revising a short title; revising and Favorable
Health Policy / Rodriguez defining terms, etc. Yeas 11 Nays 0
(Similar H 245)
HP 02/04/2021 Fav/CS
CM 03/09/2021 Favorable
AP
5 SB 806 Tax Exemption for Diapers and Incontinence Favorable
Book Products; Exempting the sale for human use of Yeas 11 Nays 0
diapers, incontinence undergarments, incontinence
pads, or incontinence liners from the sales and use
tax, etc.
CM 03/09/2021 Favorable
FT
AP
6 SB 968 Public Records/Economic Development Agency; Favorable
Gainer Providing an exemption from public records Yeas 11 Nays 0
(Identical H 379) requirements for certain information held by an
economic development agency; providing that such
information may be released in an aggregated and
anonymized format; providing for future legislative
review and repeal of the exemption; providing a
statement of public necessity, etc.
CM 03/09/2021 Favorable
GO
RC
7 SB 1120 Commercial Telephone Solicitation; Prohibiting a Favorable
Gibson commercial telephone seller or salesperson from Yeas 11 Nays 0
(Identical H 857) using automated dialing or recorded messages to
make certain commercial telephone solicitation phone
calls; prohibiting commercial telephone sellers or
salespersons from making a specified number of
commercial telephone solicitation phone calls to a
person over a specified timeframe, etc.
CM 03/09/2021 Favorable
RI
RC
8 SB 586 Veterans Employment and Training; Directing Florida Favorable
Wright Is For Veterans, Inc., to serve as the state’s principal Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 435) assistance organization under the United States
Department of Defense’s SkillBridge program;
prescribing duties of the corporation to facilitate the
administration of the SkillBridge program, etc.
MS 03/01/2021 Favorable
CM 03/09/2021 Favorable
AP
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COMMITTEE MEETING EXPANDED AGENDA
Commerce and Tourism
Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 12:30—3:00 p.m.
BILL DESCRIPTION and
TAB BILL NO. and INTRODUCER SENATE COMMITTEE ACTIONS COMMITTEE ACTION
9 SB 982 Tax Refund Program for Qualified Target Industry Favorable
Gruters Businesses; Deleting a provision prohibiting the Yeas 10 Nays 0
(Identical H 6071) certification of applicants after a specified date, etc.
CM 03/09/2021 Favorable
FT
AP
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