Florida Senate Bill 1540

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Designating the "Florida Jobs Retention Act of 2024"; defining the terms "department" and "employer"; requiring employers that intend to relocate out of state or cease operation to notify the Department of Business and Professional Regulation within a specified timeframe before taking such action; providing that such employers are ineligible for state grants, loans, or tax benefits for a specified timeframe; requiring the head of each state agency to ensure that certain services are performed by state contractors within the state, etc.

Workforce Retention

Sen. Victor Torres [D]

2024-01-23 - Senate - Senate Commerce and Tourism (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-08	Senate	Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
2024-01-24	Senate	Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
2024-01-23	Senate	Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
2024-01-18	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/23/24, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
2024-01-10	Senate	Introduced
2024-01-10	Senate	Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
2024-01-05	Senate	Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
559	953		Amended Code	See Bill Text
559	9531		Amended Code	See Bill Text
559	9532		Amended Code	See Bill Text
559	9533		Amended Code	See Bill Text
559	9534		Amended Code	See Bill Text
559	9535		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1540
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1540/BillText/Filed/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1540/Analyses/2024s01540.pre.cm.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1540/Analyses/2024s01540.cm.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1540/Vote/2024-01-23%200100PM~S01540%20Vote%20Record.PDF