Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 600
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
03/13/2025 .
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The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development (Truenow) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraph (m) is added to subsection (4) of
6 section 20.60, Florida Statutes, to read:
7 20.60 Department of Commerce; creation; powers and duties.—
8 (4) The purpose of the department is to assist the Governor
9 in working with the Legislature, state agencies, business
10 leaders, and economic development professionals to formulate and
11 implement coherent and consistent policies and strategies
12 designed to promote economic opportunities for all Floridians.
13 The department is the state’s chief agency for business
14 recruitment and expansion and economic development. To
15 accomplish such purposes, the department shall:
16 (m) Encourage and oversee manufacturing in this state in
17 coordination with the Chief Manufacturing Officer.
18 Section 2. Section 20.601, Florida Statutes, is created to
19 read:
20 20.601 Chief Manufacturing Officer.—
21 (1) There shall be designated among the senior leadership
22 of the Department of Commerce a Chief Manufacturing Officer for
23 the purpose of supporting the manufacturing ecosystem statewide.
24 The Chief Manufacturing Officer is appointed by and serves at
25 the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce.
26 (2) The Chief Manufacturing Officer shall:
27 (a) Serve as a subject-matter expert for the state on
28 issues related to manufacturing.
29 (b) Be responsible for promoting and coordinating
30 manufacturing efforts in this state and identifying gaps across
31 state-supported activities.
32 (c) Provide strategic direction for interagency and cross
33 disciplinary initiatives to promote and support manufacturing in
34 this state.
35 (d) Work with federal, state, regional, and local
36 governmental entities and nongovernmental entities to align
37 manufacturing priorities.
38 (e) Engage with state agencies and water management
39 districts to innovate processes, programs, decision frameworks,
40 and reporting mechanisms intended to support manufacturing in
41 this state.
42 (3) All state and local governmental entities shall assist
43 the Chief Manufacturing Officer to the extent such assistance is
44 consistent with law and with budgetary constraints.
45 (4) The department shall prepare a report, in consultation
46 with the Chief Manufacturing Officer and the state Manufacturing
47 Extension Partnership, regarding manufacturing efforts in this
48 state. The department shall submit the report to the Governor,
49 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
50 Representatives by December 15, 2026, and every 2 years
51 thereafter. The report must include information regarding the
52 strength and economic importance of the manufacturing industry
53 in this state.
54 Section 3. Section 288.103, Florida Statutes, is created to
55 read:
56 288.103 Florida Manufacturers’ Workforce Development Grant
57 Program.—
58 (1) The Florida Manufacturers’ Workforce Development Grant
59 Program is created within the Department of Commerce, under the
60 direction of the Chief Manufacturing Officer and in consultation
61 with the state Manufacturing Extension Partnership, to fund
62 proposed projects, subject to appropriation by the Legislature,
63 which support small manufacturers in this state with the
64 deployment of new technologies or cybersecurity infrastructure
65 and to provide training support to the workforce.
66 (2) The department, in coordination with the Chief
67 Manufacturing Officer and the state Manufacturing Extension
68 Partnership, shall review applications submitted and select
69 projects for awards which create strategic investments in
70 workforce training to facilitate the deployment of new
71 technologies or cybersecurity infrastructure. Final grant awards
72 are made at the sole discretion of the department.
73 (3) Priority must be given to projects with innovative
74 plans, advanced technologies, and development strategies that
75 focus on workforce development for small manufacturers across
76 this state.
77 (4) Applicants may seek funding for workforce development
78 and operations, but grant funding awarded under this section may
79 not be used to pay salary and benefits or general business or
80 office expenses. Grants awarded under the program shall be
81 administered by the department from the Economic Development
82 Trust Fund established in s. 288.095.
83 (5) The department shall annually provide a list available
84 to the public of each project awarded a grant, the benefit of
85 each project in meeting the goals and objectives of the program,
86 and the current status of each project. The department shall
87 include such information in its annual incentives report
88 required under s. 288.0065.
89 (6) The department may adopt rules to implement this
90 section.
91 Section 4. Section 288.1031, Florida Statutes, is created
92 to read:
93 288.1031 Legislative findings.—The Legislature finds that
94 there is a need for the Florida Manufacturing Promotional
95 Campaign, as established in s. 288.1033, to increase consumer
96 awareness of manufacturing activities in this state, to expand
97 market exposure for manufactured products and goods in this
98 state, and to inspire future generations of entrepreneurs,
99 fabricators, and skilled workers to build and grow domestic
100 businesses and manufacturing operations in this state. The
101 Legislature further finds that a campaign that creates a
102 partnership between industry and the state is necessary to
103 promote and advertise such products efficiently.
104 Section 5. Section 288.1032, Florida Statutes, is created
105 to read:
106 288.1032 Definitions.—As used in ss. 288.1031-288.1036, the
107 term:
108 (1) “Campaign” means the Florida Manufacturing Promotional
109 Campaign.
110 (2) “Department” means the Department of Commerce.
111 (3) “Manufactured product” means any tangible personal
112 property that has been fabricated or produced, often through
113 industrial or mechanical processes. The term includes items sold
114 or leased to consumers.
115 (4) “Person” means an individual, a firm, a partnership, a
116 corporation, an association, a business, a trust, a legal
117 representative, or any other business unit.
118 Section 6. Section 288.1033, Florida Statutes, is created
119 to read:
120 288.1033 Florida Manufacturing Promotional Campaign;
121 purpose; duties of the department.—There is created within the
122 department, under the supervision of the Chief Manufacturing
123 Officer and in coordination with the state Manufacturing
124 Extension Partnership, the Florida Manufacturing Promotional
125 Campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to serve as a voluntary
126 marketing program to promote manufacturing products and
127 businesses in this state. In promoting the campaign, the
128 department shall do all of the following:
129 (1) Develop logos for the campaign and authorize the use of
130 such logos as provided by rule.
131 (2) Register campaign participants.
132 (3) Collect rental receipts for industry promotions.
133 (4) Develop in-kind advertising programs.
134 (5) Contract with media representatives for the purpose of
135 dispersing promotional materials.
136 Section 7. Section 288.1034, Florida Statutes, is created
137 to read:
138 288.1034 Registration.—A person that participates in the
139 Florida Manufacturing Promotional Campaign must register
140 annually with the department in a form and manner as prescribed
141 by the department.
142 Section 8. Section 288.1036, Florida Statutes, is created
143 to read:
144 288.1036 Rulemaking authority.—The department may adopt
145 rules to implement and administer the Florida Manufacturing
146 Promotional Campaign. By rule, the department may establish the
147 logos or product identifiers to be depicted for use in the
148 campaign for advertising, publicizing, and promoting the sale of
149 manufactured products in this state. The department may also
150 adopt any other rules as deemed necessary to ensure compliance
151 with the Florida Manufacturing Promotional Campaign, including,
152 but not limited to, rules governing participant registration,
153 renewal of registration, classes of membership, application
154 forms, and other forms and enforcement measures.
155 Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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158 And the title is amended as follows:
159 Delete everything before the enacting clause
160 and insert:
161 A bill to be entitled
162 An act relating to manufacturing; amending s. 20.60,
163 F.S.; revising the duties of the Department of
164 Commerce; creating s. 20.601, F.S.; establishing the
165 Chief Manufacturing Officer among the senior
166 leadership of the department; providing that the Chief
167 Manufacturing Officer is appointed by and serves at
168 the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce; providing
169 responsibilities for the Chief Manufacturing Officer;
170 directing all state and local governmental entities to
171 assist the Chief Manufacturing Officer; requiring the
172 department biennially to prepare a report regarding
173 manufacturing efforts in this state; requiring the
174 department to submit its report on a specified date
175 and biennially thereafter to the Governor and the
176 Legislature; requiring that the report include certain
177 information; creating s. 288.103, F.S.; creating the
178 Florida Manufacturers’ Workforce Development Grant
179 Program; providing that the grant program is created
180 within the department and under the direction of the
181 Chief Manufacturing Officer; providing a specified
182 purpose for the grant program; requiring the
183 department, the Chief Manufacturing Officer, and the
184 state Manufacturing Extension Partnership to review
185 applications submitted and to select specified
186 projects; providing that the department has sole
187 discretion in final grant awards; requiring that
188 priority be given to projects that meet certain
189 criteria; authorizing applicants to seek funding for a
190 specified purpose; requiring the department to
191 administer the grant awards from the Economic
192 Development Trust Fund; requiring the department to
193 include certain information in its annual incentives
194 report; authorizing the department to adopt rules;
195 creating s. 288.1031, F.S.; providing legislative
196 findings; creating s. 288.1032, F.S.; defining terms;
197 creating s. 288.1033, F.S.; creating the Florida
198 Manufacturing Promotional Campaign within the
199 department; providing the purpose of the campaign;
200 requiring the department to take certain actions in
201 promoting the campaign; creating s. 288.1034, F.S.;
202 requiring persons that participate in the campaign to
203 register annually with the department; creating s.
204 288.1036, F.S.; authorizing the department to adopt
205 rules; authorizing the department to establish, by
206 rule, the logos or product identifiers to be depicted
207 for use in the campaign; providing an effective date.