Florida 2021 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 2008 — Tourist and Convention Development Taxes

Last action — Died in Community Affairs

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Tourist and Convention Development Taxes; Deleting a provision requiring an extraordinary vote of a governing board for a county or subcounty special taxing district to increase its tourist development taxes; authorizing a county to impose a tourist development tax to finance flood mitigation projects or improvements; specifying that certain taxing authority expires 5 years after the date the authority was approved in an election; authorizing convention development taxes to finance flood mitigation projects or improvements, etc.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died in Community Affairs

  2. On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/30/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed

  3. Introduced

  4. Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations

  5. Filed

Sponsors

  • Diaz · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Diaz

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

163 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2008 do?
Tourist and Convention Development Taxes; Deleting a provision requiring an extraordinary vote of a governing board for a county or subcounty special taxing district to increase its tourist development taxes; authorizing a county to impose a tourist development tax to finance flood mitigation projects or improvements; specifying that certain taxing authority expires 5 years after the date the authority was approved in an election; authorizing convention development taxes to finance flood mitigation projects or improvements, etc.
Who sponsors SB 2008?
SB 2008 is sponsored by Diaz.
What is the current status of SB 2008?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 2008?
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