---
type: "Bill"
title: "Specialty Contractors"
description: "Specialty Contractors; Revises date on which local government licensing of certain occupations expires; requires Construction Industry Licensing Board to establish certified specialty contractor categories for voluntary licensure; prohibits local governments from imposing new licensing requirements for specialty contractors; authorizes critical state concern county to offer license for certain job scopes; prohibits local government from requiring license as prerequisite to submit bid for public works projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1383"
citation: "Florida HB 1383 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-271"
primary_sponsors: ["Mooney", "Trabulsy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a949759-7159-497e-9ee7-d578a101c184"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1383/ByCategory"
source_hash: "dc21dc6eb77bdc83b34b211969046e2747e7c5f9dcd56ad509a2cf352f7a3550"
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 1383 (2023) — Specialty Contractors

Specialty Contractors; Revises date on which local government licensing of certain occupations expires; requires Construction Industry Licensing Board to establish certified specialty contractor categories for voluntary licensure; prohibits local governments from imposing new licensing requirements for specialty contractors; authorizes critical state concern county to offer license for certain job scopes; prohibits local government from requiring license as prerequisite to submit bid for public works projects.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-271.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1383 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1383/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1383 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1383/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1383 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1383/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1383 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1383/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Mooney — primary (person)
- State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Trabulsy — primary (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-20** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-22** Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-22** Now in State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-14** Added to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-04-18** Favorable with CS by State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Reported out of State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-18** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-19** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-23** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-04-24** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-25** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1570
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-21** Chapter No. 2023-271

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a949759-7159-497e-9ee7-d578a101c184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).