Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: The Florida Chamber of Commerce (Florida Chamber) has negative engagement with climate policy in Florida. The Florida Chamber has advocated for policies that would expand fossil gas infrastructure and impose excessive fees on electric vehicle owners in 2022-2024.
Top-Line Messaging on Climate Policy: The Florida Chamber has little top-line messaging on climate policy in 2022-2024. The association did not appear to take a clear position on the need to respond to climate change on its corporate website, accessed in November 2024. In the Florida Chamber’s 2023 Where We Stand Report, released in February 2023, the Florida Chamber supported resilience measures to prepare for sea level rise but did not take a position on regulations to address climate change.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: The Florida Chamber of commerce advocated in favor of HB 741, a bill that would weaken distributed renewable energy incentives, in a February 2022 Florida House of Representatives subcommittee meeting, and in an Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee meeting the same month.
Positioning on Energy Transition: The Florida Chamber appears to have advocated for numerous policies to support the deployment of fossil gas in 2022-2024. In a March 2023 Florida House of Representatives Committee Meeting, the association supported HB 821, a bill that would enable increased funding for fossil gas infrastructure expansion. The Florida Chamber also supported HB529, a bill that would delay taxes on fossil gas, in a separate Florida House of Representatives Committee meeting in March 2023.
In a December 2023 Florida Senate Appearance, the association supported SB 28, a bill which would impose potentially excessive fees on electric vehicle owners.
The Florida Chamber also advocated for permitting reform for all types of energy infrastructure in a March 2023 coalition statement.
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the company’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically. This summary was last updated in Q4 2024.