Proposed Changes to Florida Spaceport Operations and Oversight

Where This Stands

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Passed

Signed

Currently Died in Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.

Procedural history

15 actions

Jan 22, 2026HouseIntroduced
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
Jan 22, 2026House
Now in Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
Jan 22, 2026HouseCommittee
Referred to Commerce Committee
Jan 22, 2026HouseCommittee
Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
Jan 21, 2026HouseIntroduced
CS Filed
Jan 21, 2026House
Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

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Jan 21, 2026House
Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
Jan 20, 2026HouseCommittee
Favorable with CS by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
Jan 15, 2026House
Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda
Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroduced
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Nov 12, 2025House
Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
Nov 12, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to Commerce Committee
Nov 12, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
Nov 12, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
Nov 4, 2025HouseIntroduced
Filed

Version history

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Finance Connection

Notable money activity

$20,000across 20 reported contributions

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Candidate	Donor	Amount	Industry	Date
Kim Kendall	B & G PLUMBING CO	$1,000	PLUMBING COMPANY	Jun 2025
Kim Kendall	LEWERS TIFFANY	$1,000	HOMEMAKER	Jun 2025
Kim Kendall	WOTIZ DEBRA	$1,000	RETIRED	Feb 2025
Kim Kendall	ANGELO BETH	$1,000	PRIVATE INVESTOR	Jun 2025
Kim Kendall	MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC	$1,000	MEDICAL DRUG COMPANY	Nov 2025
Kim Kendall	OSMAN TERRY	$1,000	RETIRED	Feb 2025
Kim Kendall	COMMITTEE OF FLORIDA AGENTS	$1,000	PAC	Feb 2025
Kim Kendall	THE SOUTHERN GROUP OF FLORIDA POLITICAL COMMITTEE	$1,000	PAC	Mar 2025
Kim Kendall	LANSDALE SAMUEL	$1,000	CONSTRUCTION MANAGER	Jan 2025
Kim Kendall	DOSAL TOBACCO CORPORATION	$1,000	TOBACCO COMPANY	Feb 2025
Kim Kendall	ENTERPRISE MOBILITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	$1,000	PAC	Feb 2025
Kim Kendall	FIORENTINO MARTIN	$1,000	GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS	Mar 2025
Kim Kendall	FLORIDA OPERATORS ASSOCIATION	$1,000	PAC	Feb 2025
Kim Kendall	FLORIDA POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOC FPBA LAW & ORDER PAC	$1,000	PAC	Mar 2025
Kim Kendall	FLORIDA POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOC JUSTICE PAC	$1,000	PAC	Mar 2025
Kim Kendall	FLORIDA RESTAURANT & LODGING ASSOC PAC #2	$1,000	PAC	Feb 2025
Kim Kendall	FLORIDA RESTAURANT & LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	$1,000	PAC	Feb 2025
Kim Kendall	STUART EILEEN	$1,000	GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS	Feb 2025
Kim Kendall	HONEST LEADERSHIP	$1,000	PAC	Jan 2025
Kim Kendall	STEWART MANDI	$1,000	DIRECTOR-FIRSTLIGHT HOMECARE	Jun 2025

Reported financial relationships and timing signals. This does not prove motive or influence. Readers draw their own conclusions.

The Frame

What this does

The bill would have shifted day-to-day operational control of spaceports to local commanders, limiting Space Florida's direct oversight to strategic planning and financing unless specifically requested by the local facility.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Space Florida

The agency would have been required to shift its focus to statewide strategic planning and coordination while losing direct control over local spaceport operations.

Spaceport directors or commanders

These individuals would have been granted primary authority over the management, safety, and administration of their respective facilities.

Local governments

These entities would have been required to coordinate with Space Florida on the development of quintimodal transportation hubs.

What changed

Current stage: Died in Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee.

What's next

Floor Vote.

Background

Space Florida is the state's aerospace economic development agency, created to foster the growth of the aerospace industry. context

Summary

This bill would have established new definitions for spaceport management and required Space Florida to promote '' transportation hubs that integrate road, rail, air, sea, and space facilities. It aimed to clarify the division of power between local spaceport commanders and the state-level Space Florida agency, while updating legal definitions of critical infrastructure to include spaceport territories.

Key Facts

You don't have to trust us. Each fact below is taken straight from the official document - click any one to see the exact passage, highlighted in the original.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a quintimodal transportation hub?

The bill defines it as a that provides interconnected facilities for moving people or property via road, rail, airport, seaport, and spaceport.

Would Space Florida still control local spaceports?

Under the bill, Space Florida would handle statewide strategy and financing, but local spaceport directors would have held authority over day-to-day operations and management.

Did this bill become law?

No, the bill died in the Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee on March 13, 2026.

Why It Matters

The bill would have shifted day-to-day operational control of spaceports to local commanders, limiting Space Florida's direct oversight to strategic planning and financing unless specifically requested by the local facility.

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Voting Record

Motion succeededhouse1/20/2026Official roll call ↗

Favorable With Committee Substitute (Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee)

Total

30

Yes

30

No

0

Present

0

Not Voting

0

Abstain

0

How they voted (30)

+ 6 more

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift95% confidence

Decentralization of Spaceport Management

The bill explicitly sought to move operational control from a centralized state agency (Space Florida) to local facility commanders.

Space Florida

Connected Entities

organizationEconomic Infrastructure Subcommittee“Committee reviewing the bill”Map →

organizationTransportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee“Committee reviewing the bill”Map →

organizationCommerce Committee“Committee reviewing the bill”Map →

otherRule 7.18(a)“Procedural rule for laying bills on the table”Map →

otherCS“Committee Substitute”Map →

Sources

Open source document

openstates.org

Analysis Score

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Significance65
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Controversy20
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Entertainment5
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