Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development 2/18/2026

Florida Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development · February 18, 2026

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Call to order and quorum

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Chair called the Appropriations Committee to order and Brooke called the roll; a quorum was announced. Chair set time limits for the one-and-a-half-hour hearing and reminded attendees about appearance forms and device silencing.

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A Florida Senate appropriations committee heard six bills covering transit-oriented development, election eligibility and document verification, advanced air mobility (vertiports), a roadway designation, and two veterans housing trust-fund measures. Lawmakers debated scope, implementation costs, effects on local control, and potential voter access impacts; three bills were reported favorably.

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