Florida Senate Bill 476 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Failed on May 5 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-05 - Died in Commerce and Tourism
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creating the program within the Department of Economic Opportunity; requiring that film, television, and digital media projects being produced in this state meet specified criteria to be eligible for rebates; requiring the Commissioner of Film and Entertainment to set application windows; requiring the Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council to determine a score for each qualified project using specified criteria; requiring certified projects to allow certain persons to visit the production site upon request of the commissioner and after providing the commissioner with reasonable notice; providing for liability and imposing civil penalties for an applicant that submits fraudulent information, etc.

Florida First Production Partnership Pilot Program

Sen. Joe Gruters [R]	Sen. Ed Hooper [R]	Sen. Linda Stewart [D]	Sen. Gayle Harrell [R]
Sen. Tommy Wright [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-05	Senate	Died in Commerce and Tourism
2023-03-07	Senate	Introduced
2023-02-09	Senate	Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations
2023-02-01	Senate	Filed

H251 (Similar To) 2023-05-05 - Died in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/476
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/476/BillText/Filed/HTML