2024 Regular Session • Florida Legislature
S1540: Workforce Retention
Legislative Summary
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.
Bill History
1/5/2024
Filed
Senate
1/10/2024
Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
Senate
1/10/2024
Introduced
Senate
1/18/2024
On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/23/24, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
Senate
1/23/2024
Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
Senate
1/24/2024
Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Senate
3/8/2024
Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate Commerce and Tourism
1/23/2024
6
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Failed(3/8/2024)
Chamber
Senate
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor

Victor Torres
Democrat