---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensing Fee Relief"
description: "Licensing Fee Relief; Waives portion of initial license application fee & renewal fees for certain licenses; provides maximum waiver; provides expiration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1091"
citation: "Florida HB 1091 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-68"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarez"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/539198fb-8d93-4a38-b58d-808394d9d63d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1091/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d8c24f5892e4e1b7b8297cee8b0798fc06b99c94e6d4f6e04e911f39e39a673e"
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 1091 (2023) — Licensing Fee Relief

Licensing Fee Relief; Waives portion of initial license application fee & renewal fees for certain licenses; provides maximum waiver; provides expiration.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-68.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1091 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1091/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1091 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1091/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarez — primary (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-16** Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-16** Now in State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-17** Added to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-21** Favorable by State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Reported out of State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-21** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-03-23** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-03-27** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-03-27** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-27** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-03** Substituted for SB 7046
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-68

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/539198fb-8d93-4a38-b58d-808394d9d63d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).