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FL S0916

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Debbie Mayfield

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Defines "quintimodal transportation hub" as a spaceport territory with interconnected road, railroad, airport, seaport, and spaceport facilities for moving people or property

  • Creates the position of "spaceport director or commander" to administer operations, maintenance, safety, and local agreements for individual spaceport facilities

  • Requires Space Florida to coordinate with the Department of Transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governments to enhance and promote quintimodal transportation hubs statewide

  • Vests operational oversight and day-to-day management authority in local spaceport directors rather than Space Florida, which retains statewide strategic planning, financing, and economic development responsibilities

  • Requires each spaceport to develop and submit an annual operational governance plan to Space Florida, though the plan is not subject to Space Florida's approval

Legislative Description

Spaceport Operations

Last Action

Introduced

1/13/2026

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