--- type: "Bill" title: "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services" description: "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Revising application of agricultural load securing requirements; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt rules specifying requirements for agents to administer certain competency examinations and establishing a competency examination for a license to engage in activities solely related to the service and repair of recreational vehicles; extending the scheduled expiration for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' use of funds from the Pest Control Trust Fund for certain duties of the department; directing the Florida Forest Service to develop a training curriculum for wildland firefighters; authorizing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to revoke an aquaculture certificate of registration under certain conditions, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2020" identifier: "HB 921" citation: "Florida HB 921 (2020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["motor vehicles", "reclamation", "and use", "regulation of professions and occupations", "insurance", "industry", "and solicitations"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2020-135" primary_sponsors: ["Brannan"] version_count: 7 action_count: 40 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2019-12-11" last_action: "2020-06-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84c3e3d0-e43f-4fc1-8ada-351b50dc42ca" source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/921/ByCategory" source_hash: "ee5cdf74002e95d08ec6cbd4a366faf749437fde2dd44c31eafbad5d89bc3534" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"] --- # Florida HB 921 (2020) — Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Revising application of agricultural load securing requirements; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt rules specifying requirements for agents to administer certain competency examinations and establishing a competency examination for a license to engage in activities solely related to the service and repair of recreational vehicles; extending the scheduled expiration for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' use of funds from the Pest Control Trust Fund for certain duties of the department; directing the Florida Forest Service to develop a training curriculum for wildland firefighters; authorizing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to revoke an aquaculture certificate of registration under certain conditions, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-135. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 921 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/921/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 921 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/921/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 921 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/921/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 921 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/921/BillText/e1/PDF) 5. **H 921 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/921/BillText/e2/PDF) 6. **H 921 e3** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/921/BillText/e3/PDF) 7. **H 921 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/921/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower - Passage — **111–0** (pass) · lower - Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Brannan — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-12-11** Filed `filing` - **2019-12-12** Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction` - **2020-02-21** PCS on Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, 02/25/20, 10:00 am, 12 HOB - **2020-02-25** CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 - **2020-02-25** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) - **2020-02-25** Original reference(s) removed: Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee - **2020-02-25** CS referred to State Affairs Committee - **2020-02-25** Now in State Affairs Committee - **2020-02-25** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall - **2020-02-26** CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee read 1st time - **2020-02-27** CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 - **2020-02-28** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c) - **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar - **2020-03-02** CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time - **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20 - **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2020-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (749531) - **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading - **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2020-03-09** Amendment(s) adopted (617843) - **2020-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2020-03-09** In Messages - **2020-03-09** Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2020-03-10** Received - **2020-03-12** Withdrawn from Agriculture; Appropriations `withdrawal` - **2020-03-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2020-03-12** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1514 - **2020-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2020-03-12** Placed on 3rd reading - **2020-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2020-03-13** Amendment(s) adopted (158898) - **2020-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2020-03-13** In returning messages - **2020-03-13** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (158898) - **2020-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 111 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2020-03-13** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled - **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2020-06-30** Chapter No. 2020-135 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); 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Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).