Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1570
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/29/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Hooper) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
    6  163.211, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         163.211 Licensing of occupations preempted to state.—
    8         (2) PREEMPTION OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING TO THE STATE.—The
    9  licensing of occupations is expressly preempted to the state,
   10  and this section supersedes any local government licensing
   11  requirement of occupations with the exception of the following:
   12         (a) Any local government that imposed licenses on
   13  occupations before January 1, 2021. However, any such local
   14  government licensing of occupations expires on July 1, 2024 July
   15  1, 2023.
   16         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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   19  And the title is amended as follows:
   20         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   21  and insert:
   22                        A bill to be entitled                      
   23         An act relating to the preemption of local
   24         occupational licensing; amending s. 163.211, F.S.;
   25         extending the date on which certain local government
   26         occupational licensing requirements expire; providing
   27         an effective date.