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| 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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enacted | 2021-214 |
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2 | 37 | 5 | 2021-02-03 | 2021-07-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/26a127fc-9a91-4c62-9d41-c8f28409e708 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/735/ByCategory | 022521dde52345eaa587bbc44e2f0067b49c588657ebfc29fdba359e058cf5a0 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
Votes
- A - 359408, Amendment, Second Reading — 18–21 (fail) · upper
- Favorable (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — 13–4 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 82–32 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 22–18 (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — 19–5 (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).