Florida · Senate Bill 1264 · 2025 Regular Session

Rural and Urban Business Enterprises

SB 1264 Sponsored by Jay Collins Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 25, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 3, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Rural and Urban Business Enterprises; Revising the purpose of the Department of Commerce; deleting the definition of the term “minority business enterprise”; establishing the Research, Innovation, Science, and Engineering (RISE) Investment Tax Credit Program within the Department of Commerce; requiring the department to authorize the Department of Revenue to issue tax credits to a qualifying private fund if certain requirements are met; requiring the department to issue a notice of revocation and recapture to the qualifying private fund and the Department of Revenue, etc.

Every action

18 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 10 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  5. CommitteeCS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 7 NAYS 2 · Senate Commerce and Tourism7–2 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeCS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  8. SenateOriginal reference(s) removed: Finance and Tax
  9. SenateRemaining references corrected to Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules
  10. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development · Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  1. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 04/15/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  2. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 13 NAYS 2 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development13–2 vote
  3. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  4. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  5. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/21/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed · Senate Rules
  6. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development read 1st time · Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  7. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2502 (Ch. 2025-199 ) · Senate Rules

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 31, 2025 Senate Commerce and Tourism CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 7 NAYS 2
Members

Yes · 7

No · 2

 7–2
Apr 15, 2025 Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 13 NAYS 2
Members

Yes · 13

No · 2

 13–2

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Jay CollinsR Primary sponsor · District 14
  • AC Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Sponsoring committee
  • Ca Commerce and Tourism Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.