---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Accountancy"
description: "Public Accountancy; Requiring that certain applicants not be licensed in any state or territory in order to be licensed by endorsement; providing license renewal requirements for nonresident licensees; requiring that a majority of the hours required for continuing education include specific content, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 616"
citation: "Florida SB 616 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-98"
primary_sponsors: ["Gruters"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e461760-8c56-4f01-a985-a54064920057"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/616/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d4b55058e84b5ae8d4004cd47e0809c1702f660f6a897e0bf0adbbe5d00cd359"
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 SB 616 (2021) — Public Accountancy

Public Accountancy; Requiring that certain applicants not be licensed in any state or territory in order to be licensed by endorsement; providing license renewal requirements for nonresident licensees; requiring that a majority of the hours required for continuing education include specific content, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-98.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 616 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/616/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 616 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/616/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 616 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/616/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 616 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/616/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gruters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Regulated Industries; Commerce and Tourism; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/01/21, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-01** Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-02** Now in Commerce and Tourism
- **2021-03-10** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/15/21, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2021-03-15** Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Now in Rules
- **2021-04-13** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-15** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-16** CS by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
- **2021-04-16** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
- **2021-04-20** CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 438629 filed
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 438629 adopted
- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-28** In returning messages
- **2021-04-28** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (438629)
- **2021-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17** Chapter No. 2021-98

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e461760-8c56-4f01-a985-a54064920057`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).