Bill Summary

SB 1570 Economic Assistance to New Businesses (2022 Session)
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Sponsors
by Jones
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Summary
Economic Assistance to New Businesses; Requiring the Department of Management Services to encourage agencies to allocate a certain percentage of specified funds to purchase commodities and contractual services from certain businesses; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to award a specified minimum amount of funds to certain businesses; creating the "Florida Right to Start Act"; prohibiting agencies from requiring eligible new businesses or persons establishing an eligible new business from paying fees relating to licenses or registrations for the business for a specified amount of time; creating the Self-Employment Assistance Program within the Department of Economic Opportunity; requiring that a specified percentage of workforce development funding go to certain individuals and businesses, etc. Effective Date: 1/1/2023
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committees of reference
» S Commerce and Tourism
   S Finance and Tax
   S Appropriations
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Actions
01/05/22
SENATE
Filed
01/12/22
SENATE
Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
03/12/22
SENATE
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
03/14/22
SENATE
Died in Commerce and Tourism
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bill text & filed amendments
1570
Filed on 01/05/22
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
287.042
288.006
288.102
443.31
445.004
542.335
687.21
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