FloridaIndustries and Professional Activities
What it does
Industries and Professional Activities; Renames, removes, & redesignates specified boards, commissions, and councils established within DBPR; changes office locations of certain divisions; specifies that certain license application requirements apply only to certain professions; provides licensing authority to department rather than licensing boards; removes postlicensure education requirements for brokers, broker associates, and sales associates; removes continuing education requirements for licensure renewal as broker, broker associate, and sales associate; removes continuing education requirements for licensure renewal due to inactive status; revises provisions pertaining to board to transfer powers, duties, and responsibilities of board to DBPR; granting certain authority to department, rather than Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board; requires department to adopt rules; revises violations for which retail tobacco products dealers are penalized; revises retail nicotine product dealer administrative penalties; requires FDLE to accept and process certain fingerprints; specifies procedures for submitting and processing fingerprinting; requires department to conduct certain background checks.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Died
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 13Died in Commerce Committee; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 290 (Ch. 2026-3)Died
- Jan 14Now in Commerce Committee
- Vote recorded Favorable (State Administration Budget Subcommittee). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 14Reported out of State Administration Budget Subcommittee
- Jan 14Favorable by State Administration Budget SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 131st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)Minor
- Jan 131st Reading (Original Filed Version)Minor
- Jan 12Added to State Administration Budget Subcommittee agenda
- 2025
- Dec 18Now in State Administration Budget Subcommittee
- Dec 18Referred to Commerce CommitteeMinor
- Dec 18Referred to State Administration Budget SubcommitteeMinor
- Dec 15CS FiledMinor
- Dec 15Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)Minor
- Dec 15Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Dec 11Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities SubcommitteeMinor
- Vote recorded Favorable With Committee Substitute (Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee). Result: pass.Lower
- Dec 4Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
- Dec 3Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Dec 3Referred to Commerce CommitteeMinor
- Dec 3Referred to State Administration Budget SubcommitteeMinor
- Dec 3Referred to Industries & Professional Activities SubcommitteeMinor
- Dec 2FiledIntroduced