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FL SB 678

died on adjournment

Deductions for Certain Losses of Alcoholic Beverages

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did FL SB 678 pass?

No. FL SB 678 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-26): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1137 (Ch. 2026-41)

What is FL SB 678 about?

Deductions for Certain Losses of Alcoholic Beverages; Authorizing a distributor of vinous, spirituous, or malt beverages to make an excise tax deduction in its monthly tax report for alcoholic beverages that have become unsellable through warehouse breakage, spoliation, evaporation, or expiration or that have become unfit for human consumption; requiring distributors that distribute more than one type of alcoholic beverage to deduct their gross taxes for products according to those specified in a specified manner; requiring a distributor to immediately notify the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco when an extraordinary loss occurs, etc.

Who sponsors FL SB 678?

Mayfield, Regulated Industries are the primary sponsors of FL SB 678, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Deductions for Certain Losses of Alcoholic Beverages; Authorizing a distributor of vinous, spirituous, or malt beverages to make an excise tax deduction in its monthly tax report for alcoholic beverages that have become unsellable through warehouse breakage, spoliation, evaporation, or expiration or that have become unfit for human consumption; requiring distributors that distribute more than one type of alcoholic beverage to deduct their gross taxes for products according to those specified in a specified manner; requiring a distributor to immediately notify the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco when an extraordinary loss occurs, etc.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-02-26 — Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1137 (Ch. 2026-41)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Mayfieldprimary
  • Regulated Industriesprimary
  • Gaetzcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-26

    Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1137 (Ch. 2026-41)

    deferral

  2. 2026-02-26

    Substituted CS/HB 1137

  3. 2026-02-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  4. 2026-02-23

    Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26

  5. 2026-02-19

    Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  6. 2026-02-18

    Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-02-13

    On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

  8. 2026-02-13

    Now in Appropriations

  9. 2026-02-12

    Favorable by Finance and Tax; YEAS 6 NAYS 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2026-02-09

    On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 02/12/26, 4:30 pm, 301 Senate Building

  11. 2026-01-22

    CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time

  12. 2026-01-22

    Now in Finance and Tax

  13. 2026-01-21

    Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  14. 2026-01-20

    CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 7 NAYS 0

  15. 2026-01-15

    On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building

  16. 2026-01-13

    Introduced

    introduction

  17. 2025-12-16

    Referred to Regulated Industries; Finance and Tax; Appropriations

    referral-committee

  18. 2025-12-01

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable with Committee Substitute

    2026-01-20 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Bernard: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Bracy Davis: yes
    • Brodeur: yes
    • Calatayud: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Pizzo: yes
    • Burgess: other
    • Bradley: other

  • Favorable

    2026-02-12 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Bernard: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Passidomo: yes
    • Rouson: yes
    • Gaetz: yes
    • Avila: yes
    • Hooper: other
    • Jones: other

  • Favorable

    2026-02-18 · pass · 18-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Berman: yes
    • Brodeur: yes
    • Burgess: yes
    • DiCeglie: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Grall: yes
    • Harrell: yes
    • Martin: yes
    • Massullo: yes
    • McClain: yes
    • Pizzo: yes
    • Polsky: yes
    • Sharief: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Trumbull: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Rouson: yes
    • Hooper: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/678/ByCategory

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