Florida SB 352: Massage Therapy

Bill Text

352 
Common Entities of Motor Vehicle Distributors and Manufacturers 
2025-11-04T04:51:19Z 
Revising the definition of the term “common entity”, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 352 

 By Senator Martin 

 33-00522-26 2026352__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to common entities of motor vehicle 
 3 distributors and manufacturers; amending s. 320.60, 
 4 F.S.; revising the definition of the term “common 
 5 entity”; providing an effective date. 
 6 
 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 8 
 9 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 320.60, Florida 
 10 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 11 320.60 Definitions for ss. 320.61-320.70.—Whenever used in 
 12 ss. 320.61-320.70, unless the context otherwise requires, the 
 13 following words and terms have the following meanings: 
 14 (2)(a) “Common entity” means a person: 
 15 1. Who is directly or indirectly controlled by or has more 
 16 than 30 percent of its equity interest directly or indirectly 
 17 owned, beneficially or of record, through any form of ownership 
 18 structure, by a manufacturer, an importer, a distributor, or a 
 19 licensee, or an affiliate thereof; or 
 20 2. Who has more than 30 percent of its equity interest 
 21 directly or indirectly controlled or owned, beneficially or of 
 22 record, through any form of ownership structure, by one or more 
 23 persons who also directly or indirectly control or own, 
 24 beneficially or of record, more than 30 percent of the equity 
 25 interests of a manufacturer, an importer, a distributor, or a 
 26 licensee, or an affiliate thereof. 
 27 (b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a)1. or subparagraph 
 28 (a)2., an entity that would otherwise be considered a common 
 29 entity of a distributor or a manufacturer under subparagraph 
 30 (a)1. or subparagraph (a)2. because of its relation to a 
 31 distributor or a manufacturer is not considered a common entity 
 32 of that distributor or manufacturer if: 
 33 1.a. The distributor to which the entity is related was a 
 34 licensed distributor on March 1, 2023; 
 35 b.2. The entity is not a common entity of a manufacturer or 
 36 an importer; and 
 37 c.3. The distributor to which the entity is related is not, 
 38 and has never been, a common entity of a manufacturer or an 
 39 importer; or 
 40 2. The entity was incorporated in the United States and 
 41 solely manufactures or assembles vehicles that are part of a 
 42 motor vehicle line-make that has no franchised motor vehicle 
 43 dealers in this state. 
 44 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.