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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status chapter_law primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Preemption of Local Occupational Licensing Preemption of Local Occupational Licensing; Preempts licensing of occupations to state; prohibits local governments from imposing or modifying licensing requirements; specifies certain local licensing may not be enforced; specifies certain specialty contractors are not required to register with Construction Industry Licensing Board; prohibits local governments from requiring certain specialty contractors to obtain license; specifies job scopes for which local government may not require license; authorizes counties & municipalities to issue journeyman licenses. us/states/fl Florida Legislature 2021 HB 735 Florida HB 735 (2021)
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Florida HB 735 (2021) — Preemption of Local Occupational Licensing

Preemption of Local Occupational Licensing; Preempts licensing of occupations to state; prohibits local governments from imposing or modifying licensing requirements; specifies certain local licensing may not be enforced; specifies certain specialty contractors are not required to register with Construction Industry Licensing Board; prohibits local governments from requiring certain specialty contractors to obtain license; specifies job scopes for which local government may not require license; authorizes counties & municipalities to issue journeyman licenses.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-214.

Version chain

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

  1. H 735 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 735 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • A - 359408, Amendment, Second Reading — 1821 (fail) · upper
  • Favorable (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — 134 (pass) · lower
  • Passage, Third Reading — 8232 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 2218 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable (Commerce Committee) — 195 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Harding — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-03 Filed filing
  • 2021-02-18 Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-18 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-18 Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
  • 2021-02-26 Added to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee agenda
  • 2021-03-02 Favorable by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-02 Reported out of Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
  • 2021-03-02 Now in Commerce Committee
  • 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  • 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 82, NAYS 32 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
  • 2021-04-26 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
  • 2021-04-26 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  • 2021-04-26 Substituted for CS/SB 268
  • 2021-04-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-04-26 Amendment(s) failed (305262, 359408, 706494, 934014)
  • 2021-04-26 Placed on 3rd reading
  • 2021-04-27 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-27 Passed; YEAS 22 NAYS 18 passage
  • 2021-04-27 In Messages
  • 2021-04-27 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. 2021-214

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26a127fc-9a91-4c62-9d41-c8f28409e708. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).