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SB 1140: Public Accountancy

GENERAL BILL by Gruters

Public Accountancy; Requiring certain applicants to not be licensed in any state or territory in order to be licensed by endorsement; providing license renewal requirements for nonresident licensees; requiring that a majority of the hours required for continuing education include specific content; authorizing certain Florida certified public accountants to apply to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to have their license placed in a retired status; providing that retired licensees are not required to maintain continuing education requirements, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/12/2020 Senate - Laid on Table -SJ 775
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Innovation, Industry, and Technology (IT)
  2. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/5/2019 Senate • Filed
    12/13/2019 Senate • Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Commerce and Tourism; Rules -SJ 83
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 83
    1/16/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 01/21/20, 2:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    1/21/2020 Senate • Favorable by Innovation, Industry, and Technology; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 153
    • Now in Commerce and Tourism
    1/23/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/28/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Not Considered
    1/30/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
    2/4/2020 Senate • Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 239
    • Now in Rules
    2/26/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/02/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/2/2020 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 374
    3/3/2020 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    3/9/2020 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/20 -SJ 724
    3/11/2020 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 724
    3/12/2020 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 774
    • Substituted CS/CS/HB 867 (Died in returning Messages) -SJ 775
    • Laid on Table -SJ 775

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  • SB 1140, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/5/2019 at 8:41 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Innovation, Industry, and Technology (Pre-Meeting) 1/21/2020 (pdf)
    Innovation, Industry, and Technology (Post-Meeting) 1/21/2020 (pdf)
    Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) 2/3/2020 (pdf)
    Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting) 2/4/2020 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/28/2020 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 3/3/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 867 (c2) Public Accountancy Stevenson Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in returning Messages Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    1/21/2020 2:30 PM Innovation, Industry, and Technology 9 Yeas - 0 Nays
    2/4/2020 9:00 AM Commerce and Tourism 5 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/2/2020 12:00 PM Rules 16 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    473.308 Licensure. Page 1 (pdf)
    473.311 Renewal of license. Page 3 (pdf)
    473.312 Continuing education. Page 4 (pdf)
    473.313 Inactive status. Page 4 (pdf)

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