---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Customer Representative Licensing Qualifications"
description: "Insurance Customer Representative Licensing Qualifications; Revises methods by which applicants can qualify for customer representative license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1343"
citation: "Florida HB 1343 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-133"
primary_sponsors: ["Hodgers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe692c31-e196-4d44-aeea-1e6cee0923e9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1343/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2a175cb157c81248215018bd4b5e3d4acae9278954e3f7661d9c541183836438"
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 1343 (2026) — Insurance Customer Representative Licensing Qualifications

Insurance Customer Representative Licensing Qualifications; Revises methods by which applicants can qualify for customer representative license.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-133.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1343 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1343/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1343 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1343/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1343 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1343/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Careers & Workforce Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hodgers — primary (person)
- Insurance & Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Boyles — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2026-01-27** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-29** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2026-01-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-29** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2026-01-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-04** Favorable by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** Reported out of Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- **2026-02-04** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2026-02-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2026-02-10** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2026-02-11** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** In Messages
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Substituted for CS/SB 1504
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-06** In Messages
- **2026-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-12** Chapter No. 2026-133

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe692c31-e196-4d44-aeea-1e6cee0923e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).