Senate Bill 268 (2021) - The Florida Senate

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CS/SB 268: Preemption of Local Occupational Licensing

GENERAL BILL by Regulated Industries ; Perry

Preemption of Local Occupational Licensing; Preempting licensing of occupations to the state; prohibiting local governments from imposing additional licensing requirements or modifying licensing unless specified conditions are met; specifying that certain specialty contractors are not required to register with the Construction Industry Licensing Board; authorizing counties and municipalities to issue certain journeyman licenses, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 4/26/2021 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 735 (Ch. 2021-214) -SJ 707
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Regulated Industries (RI)
Community Affairs (CA)
Rules (RC)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
12/14/2020	Senate	• Filed
12/21/2020	Senate	• Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 56
3/2/2021	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 56
3/11/2021	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/16/21, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/16/2021	Senate	• CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 -SJ 271
3/17/2021	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/18/2021	Senate	• Now in Community Affairs • CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time -SJ 274
3/25/2021	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/30/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
3/30/2021	Senate	• Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 -SJ 341
3/31/2021	Senate	• Now in Rules
4/1/2021	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/06/21, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
4/6/2021	Senate	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 11 NAYS 5 -SJ 378
4/7/2021	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/22/2021	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/21 -SJ 721
4/26/2021	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 707 • Substituted HB 735 -SJ 707 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 735 (Ch. 2021-214) -SJ 707

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CS/SB 268, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/17/2021 at 2:36 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/29/2021 (pdf) Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/31/2021 (pdf) Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/2/2021 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/6/2021 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 735 (er)	Preemption of Local Occupational Licensing	Harding	Identical	Last Action: 7/6/2021 Chapter No. 2021-214

Committee Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
815936 - Amendment Delete lines 37 - 74 and insert:	Rules (Farmer)	4/6/2021 8:32 AM	Withdrawn 4/6/2021	Web Page PDF

Floor Amendments (12)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
434936 - Amendment Delete lines 42 - 68 and insert:	Farmer	4/13/2021 7:14 PM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2021	Web Page PDF
456776 - Amendment Delete line 42 and insert:	Farmer	4/23/2021 1:21 PM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2021	Web Page PDF
979060 - Amendment Delete lines 43 - 141 and insert:	Perry	4/21/2021 3:01 PM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2021	Web Page PDF
179254 - Amendment to Amendment (979060) Between lines 8 and 9 insert:	Cruz	4/23/2021 2:02 PM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2021	Web Page PDF
948072 - Amendment to Amendment (979060) Between lines 8 and 9 insert:	Perry	4/23/2021 6:27 PM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2021	Web Page PDF
335090 - Amendment to Amendment (979060) Between lines 64 and 65 insert:	Baxley	4/23/2021 10:25 AM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2021	Web Page PDF
586938 - Substitute Amendment (979060) Delete lines 43 - 141 and insert:	Garcia	4/23/2021 12:26 PM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2021	Web Page PDF
566552 - Amendment Delete lines 45 - 52 and insert:	Perry	4/12/2021 12:05 PM	Senate: Withdrawn 4/12/2021	Web Page PDF
299936 - Amendment Delete lines 45 - 52 and insert:	Hooper	4/12/2021 12:33 PM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2021	Web Page PDF
765314 - Amendment to Amendment (299936) Delete lines 5 - 12 and insert:	Garcia	4/19/2021 10:32 AM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2021	Web Page PDF
145014 - Amendment Between lines 45 and 46 insert:	Cruz	4/19/2021 12:23 PM	Senate: Withdrawn 4/26/2021	Web Page PDF
936794 - Amendment Delete lines 54 - 74 and insert:	Garcia	4/19/2021 10:37 AM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2021	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (2)

Date	Committee	Result
3/30/2021 3:30 PM	Community Affairs	6 Yeas - 3 Nays
4/6/2021 9:30 AM	Rules	11 Yeas - 5 Nays

Citations - Statutes (4)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
163.211		Page 1 (pdf)
489.117	Registration; specialty contractors.	Page 2 (pdf)
489.1455	Journeyman; reciprocity; standards.	Page 3 (pdf)
489.5335	Journeyman; reciprocity; standards.	Page 4 (pdf)

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SB 268, Original Filed Version Posted 12/14/2020 at 2:50 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) 3/15/2021 (pdf) Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) 3/17/2021 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 735	Preemption of Local Occupational Licensing	Harding	Similar	Last Action: 7/6/2021 Chapter No. 2021-214

Committee Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
917258 - Amendment Delete lines 42 - 73 and insert:	Regulated Industries (Perry)	3/15/2021 1:13 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/17/2021	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
3/16/2021 3:30 PM	Regulated Industries	7 Yeas - 1 Nays

Citations - Statutes (4)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
163.211		Page 1 (pdf)
489.117	Registration; specialty contractors.	Page 2 (pdf)
489.1455	Journeyman; reciprocity; standards.	Page 3 (pdf)
489.5335	Journeyman; reciprocity; standards.	Page 4 (pdf)

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