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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Accountancy"
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description: "Public Accountancy; Requiring that certain applicants not be licensed in any state or territory in order to be licensed by endorsement; providing license renewal requirements for nonresident licensees; requiring that a majority of the hours required for continuing education include specific content, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 616"
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citation: "Florida SB 616 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-98"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gruters"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2021-01-13"
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last_action: "2021-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e461760-8c56-4f01-a985-a54064920057"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/616/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "d4b55058e84b5ae8d4004cd47e0809c1702f660f6a897e0bf0adbbe5d00cd359"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 616 (2021) — Public Accountancy
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Public Accountancy; Requiring that certain applicants not be licensed in any state or territory in order to be licensed by endorsement; providing license renewal requirements for nonresident licensees; requiring that a majority of the hours required for continuing education include specific content, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-98.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 616 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/616/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 616 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/616/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 616 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/616/BillText/e1/HTML)
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4. **S 616 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/616/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Returning Messages — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gruters — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-01-28** Referred to Regulated Industries; Commerce and Tourism; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/01/21, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-03-01** Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2021-03-02** Now in Commerce and Tourism
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- **2021-03-10** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/15/21, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2021-03-15** Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-16** Now in Rules
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- **2021-04-13** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-04-15** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-04-16** CS by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
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- **2021-04-16** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-19** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
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- **2021-04-20** CS by Rules read 1st time
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- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-21** In Messages
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- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
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- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
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- **2021-04-27** Amendment 438629 filed
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- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-27** Amendment 438629 adopted
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- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-28** In returning messages
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- **2021-04-28** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (438629)
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- **2021-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-28** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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- **2021-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-17** Chapter No. 2021-98
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e461760-8c56-4f01-a985-a54064920057`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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