---
type: "Bill"
title: "Barber Services"
description: "Barber Services; Authorizes barber to shampoo, cut, or arrange hair in location other than registered barbershop without specified arrangements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 855"
citation: "Florida HB 855 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-218"
primary_sponsors: ["Morales"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c8f5e32-831b-421f-a2cf-18c0e1a62d08"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/855/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2d1325988b1bde76c879ac19e2cca5b7ebd65c0901b96db67aaeb203a901b904"
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 855 (2021) — Barber Services

Barber Services; Authorizes barber to shampoo, cut, or arrange hair in location other than registered barbershop without specified arrangements.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-218.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 855 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/855/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 855 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/855/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morales — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-04** Added to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-08** Favorable by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Reported out of Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-08** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2021-03-12** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2021-03-16** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-03-16** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Received
- **2021-04-14** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-14** Substituted for SB 1176
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-14** In Messages
- **2021-04-14** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-218

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c8f5e32-831b-421f-a2cf-18c0e1a62d08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).