Florida Senate - 2024                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1142
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Hooper moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 19
    4  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, 2025
   15  2024.
   16         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
   17  489.113, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         489.113 Qualifications for practice; restrictions.—
   19         (6) 
   20         (b) By July 1, 2025 2024, the board shall, by rule,
   21  establish certified specialty contractor categories for
   22  voluntary licensure for all of the following:
   23         1. Structural aluminum or screen enclosures.
   24         2. Marine seawall work.
   25         3. Marine bulkhead work.
   26         4. Marine dock work.
   27         5. Marine pile driving.
   28         6. Structural masonry.
   29         7. Structural prestressed, precast concrete work.
   30         8. Rooftop solar heating installation.
   31         9. Structural steel.
   32         10. Window and door installation, including garage door
   33  installation and hurricane or windstorm protection.
   34         11. Plaster and lath.
   35         12. Structural carpentry.
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   38  And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Delete lines 3 - 5
   40  and insert:
   41         163.211, F.S.; extending the date on which certain
   42         local government occupational licensing requirements
   43         expire; amending s. 489.113, F.S.; extending the date
   44         by which the Construction Industry Licensing Board
   45         within the Department of Business and Professional
   46         Regulation is required to establish by rule specified
   47         certified specialty contractor categories for
   48         voluntary licensure; amending s. 489.117, F.S.;
   49         requiring the board to issue registrations to