{"id":117593,"date":"2026-01-14T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/117593\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:57:07","slug":"florida-chamber-outlines-session-priorities-in-where-we-stand-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/117593\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Chamber outlines Session priorities in \u2018Where We Stand 2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Florida\u2019s growth did not happen by chance, and maintaining our competitive edge requires thoughtful policy choices.’<\/p>\n

The Florida Chamber of Commerce has released its annual jobs and competitiveness agenda, Where We Stand 2026<\/a>, outlining the business lobby\u2019s legislative priorities for the 2026 Legislative Session.<\/p>\n

Released during the 2026 Florida Chamber Legislative Fly-In<\/a>, the agenda reflects input from local businesses, local chambers of commerce, key policymakers, trade groups and industry leaders across the state. The Chamber said the agenda aligns state policy priorities with the Florida 2030 Blueprint, its long-term roadmap for growing Florida\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlorida\u2019s continued success is driven by a unified business community that believes in free enterprise and has a long-term vision for Florida\u2019s economic competitiveness,\u201d said David Sweeney, Chairman of the Board for RS&H and the Florida Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Florida Chamber\u2019s 2026 Where We Stand agenda keeps Florida on the path where businesses can continue to grow, families can prosper and opportunity reaches every zip code.\u201d<\/p>\n

The agenda calls for further legal and regulatory changes that enhance the protections lawmakers passed in the 2023 torts package, arguing those measures help control costs for consumers and employers.<\/p>\n

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The Chamber is also prioritizing policies that would encourage more competition in the state\u2019s property insurance market, expand workforce housing options and boost infrastructure investments as Florida\u2019s population continues growing.<\/p>\n

Other goals include strengthening education and workforce training pipelines, improving access to health care and behavioral health services, and maintaining fiscal policies the organization says support a stable business climate.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlorida\u2019s growth did not happen by chance, and maintaining our competitive edge requires thoughtful policy choices that put the long-term ahead of the short-term and ensuring we don\u2019t take any steps backward,\u201d Florida Chamber President and CEO Mark Wilson said. \u201cWith 2026 Where We Stand, the Florida Chamber remains laser-focused on the Florida 2030 Blueprint goal of becoming a top 10 global economy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Florida\u2019s growth did not happen by chance, and maintaining our competitive edge requires thoughtful policy choices.’ The Florida…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29964,59247,28,4036,3327,30,29,3329,59248],"class_list":{"0":"post-117593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-2026-legislative-session","9":"tag-david-sweeney","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-chamber","12":"tag-florida-chamber-of-commerce","13":"tag-florida-headlines","14":"tag-florida-news","15":"tag-mark-wilson","16":"tag-where-we-stand-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}