Entertainment Industry
Summary
Entertainment Industry; Creating the Targeted High Wage Production Program within the Department of Economic Opportunity under the supervision of the Commissioner of Film and Entertainment; requiring that film, television, and digital media projects being produced in this state meet specified criteria to be eligible for tax credit awards; requiring a certified project to make a good faith effort to use existing providers of infrastructure or equipment in this state and to employ residents of this state; requiring the Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council to determine a score for each qualified project using specified criteria; requiring the department to disqualify a project under certain circumstances, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Mar 14, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 1
upper
Jan 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/10/22, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Nov 30, 2021
Committee
Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joe Gruters
RRepublican
Co
Annette Taddeo
DDemocratic
Co
Audrey Gibson
DDemocratic
Co
Darryl Rouson
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Hooper
RRepublican
Co
Gayle Harrell
RRepublican
Co
Janet Cruz
DDemocratic
Co
Linda Stewart
DDemocratic
Co
Loranne Ausley
DDemocratic
Co
Lori Berman
DDemocratic
Co
Randolph Bracy
DDemocratic
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