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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 483: Manufacturing

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 483 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on November 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Manufacturing. Primary sponsor: Nan Cobb (Republican), Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Manufacturing; Revises duties of Department of Commerce; establishes Chief Manufacturing Officer among senior leadership of department for specified purpose; provides that Chief Manufacturing Officer is appointed by and serves at pleasure of Secretary of Commerce; provides duties of Chief Manufacturing Officer; requires all state and local governmental entities to assist Chief Manufacturing Officer within certain constraints; creates Florida Manufacturers' Workforce Development Grant Program within department; provides that grant program is under direction of Chief Manufacturing Officer in consultation with National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership organization in this state; provides purpose for grant program; requires department, in coordination with National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership organization in this state, to review submitted applications and to select specified projects; provides that department has sole discretion in final grant awards; requires department, in coordination with National Institute of Standards & Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership organization in this state, to establish and publish ranking metrics for reviewing and awarding grants; provides guidelines for such metrics; requires that priority be given to projects that meet certain criteria.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Nan CobbPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Housing, Agriculture & Tourism SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jon AlbertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse48
Yvette BenarrochCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
  2. Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
  3. Referred to Commerce Committee
  4. Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
  5. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  6. CS Filed
  7. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  8. Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
  9. Favorable with CS by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
  10. Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda
  11. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  12. Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source