--- type: "Bill" title: "Department of Commerce" description: "Department of Commerce; Providing that amendments are deemed withdrawn if the local government fails to transmit the comprehensive plan amendments to the department, in its role as the state land planning agency, within a certain timeframe; revising the maximum length of a loan term under the Local Government Emergency Revolving Bridge Loan Program; requiring the department to establish a direct-support organization; specifying that the organization is a direct-support organization of the department and a corporation not for profit; authorizing the organization to take certain actions regarding administration of property and expenditures, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "SB 1420" citation: "Florida SB 1420 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["labor", "public business", "real and personal property", "relations"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2024-234" primary_sponsors: ["Burgess", "Commerce and Tourism", "Rules"] version_count: 5 action_count: 34 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2024-01-05" last_action: "2024-06-17" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fe5c5d8-3be2-49ec-b5ab-1dbb6e78ea37" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1420/ByCategory" source_hash: "7e32a6e82c444939931c46800d9d3b31fc0ad46a35e06bd3dda2bd0da28bb5e0" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"] --- # Florida SB 1420 (2024) — Department of Commerce Department of Commerce; Providing that amendments are deemed withdrawn if the local government fails to transmit the comprehensive plan amendments to the department, in its role as the state land planning agency, within a certain timeframe; revising the maximum length of a loan term under the Local Government Emergency Revolving Bridge Loan Program; requiring the department to establish a direct-support organization; specifying that the organization is a direct-support organization of the department and a corporation not for profit; authorizing the organization to take certain actions regarding administration of property and expenditures, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-234. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 1420 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1420/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 1420 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1420/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 1420 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1420/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 1420 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1420/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 1420 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1420/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **104–9** (pass) · lower - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Burgess — primary (person) - Commerce and Tourism — primary (person) - Rules — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-01-05** Filed `filing` - **2024-01-10** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules `referral-committee` - **2024-01-10** Introduced `introduction` - **2024-01-18** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/23/24, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building - **2024-01-23** CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 - **2024-01-24** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-01-24** CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time - **2024-01-25** Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development - **2024-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 02/08/24, 10:45 am, 110 Senate Building - **2024-02-08** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-02-08** Now in Rules - **2024-02-16** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/21/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2024-02-21** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 - **2024-02-22** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-02-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2024-02-22** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time - **2024-02-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/24 - **2024-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-02-28** Amendment(s) adopted (828046) - **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-02-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage` - **2024-02-28** In Messages - **2024-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2024-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024) - **2024-03-04** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2024-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 104, NAYS 9 `passage` - **2024-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2024-05-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-06-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2024-06-17** Chapter No. 2024-234 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fe5c5d8-3be2-49ec-b5ab-1dbb6e78ea37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).