Manufacturing
Summary
Manufacturing ; Revises duties of Department of Commerce; establishes Chief Manufacturing Officer for certain purpose; provides organizational structure & responsibilities for Chief Manufacturing Officer; directs all state & local governmental entities to assist Chief Manufacturing Officer; requires department to prepare & submit to Governor & Legislature specified report regarding manufacturing efforts in this state by specified date; creates Florida Manufacturing Promotional Campaign for specified purpose; requires department to take certain actions in promoting campaign; requires persons that participate in campaign to register annually with department.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025
Last action Jun 16, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was amended to consolidate and restructure its content, reducing the page count from 9 to 6 by removing duplicate sections and streamlining the legislative text. The substantive policy content regarding the Chief Manufacturing Officer and the Florida Manufacturing Promotional Campaign remains intact, though the bill title was updated to reflect its committee revision status (CS/CS/HB 561).
TECHNICAL
Duplicate sections containing the same legislative text were removed to eliminate redundancy and reduce document length.
The bill title was updated from 'CS/HB 561' to 'CS/CS/HB 561' to indicate it is a second committee revision.
Page numbering was updated from 'Page 1 of 9' to 'Page 1 of 6' reflecting the reduced document size after removing duplicate content.
Floor votes · House Apr 22, 2025
How they voted
23–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 27
Apr 22, 2025
D
Democratic8
87% Yea
R
Republican19
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
13
Committee
18
Apr 22, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (23-0-4)
house
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Commerce Committee
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Commerce Committee
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Commerce Committee agenda
lower
Apr 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Commerce Committee
lower
Apr 11, 2025
Committee
Referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Apr 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee agenda
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
lower
Apr 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
PCS added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
lower
2 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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