republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/hb-813.md

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Bill	Certified Public Accountants	Certified Public Accountants; Authorizes certified public accountants to apply to DBPR to place their licenses on retired status; provides requirements for application; provides that licensee loses retired status in certain circumstances; authorizes retired licensee to take certain actions without losing retired status; requires certain affirmation; authorizes retired licensee to accept reimbursements or per diem amounts; prohibits retired licensee from offering or rendering certain professional services; provides for reactivation of retired licensee's license; provides requirements for conditions of such reactivation.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 813	Florida HB 813 (2024)	bill	regulation of professions and occupations	enacted	2024-97	Caruso	3	39	3	2023-12-11	2024-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/48dc4d51-f341-4a1d-a0c0-ff477276d83b	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/813/ByCategory	0b3ad08daab457f35abdca60dbea37974cac8803af38a3199dbe63db62000ca6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 813 (2024) — Certified Public Accountants

Certified Public Accountants; Authorizes certified public accountants to apply to DBPR to place their licenses on retired status; provides requirements for application; provides that licensee loses retired status in certain circumstances; authorizes retired licensee to take certain actions without losing retired status; requires certain affirmation; authorizes retired licensee to accept reimbursements or per diem amounts; prohibits retired licensee from offering or rendering certain professional services; provides for reactivation of retired licensee's license; provides requirements for conditions of such reactivation.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-97.

Version chain

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

1. H 813 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 813 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 813 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 119–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Co-Introduce, Second Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Caruso — primary (person)
• Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Garcia — cosponsor (person)
• Stevenson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-11 Filed filing
• 2023-12-27 Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-12-27 Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-12-27 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2023-12-27 Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-30 Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-02-01 Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-02 Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
• 2024-02-02 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-02-02 CS Filed filing
• 2024-02-05 Original reference removed: State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2024-02-05 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 Now in Commerce Committee
• 2024-02-05 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
• 2024-02-08 Favorable by Commerce Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-08 Reported out of Commerce Committee
• 2024-02-08 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2024-02-08 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-12 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
• 2024-02-15 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-15 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-15 CS passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-02-15 In Messages
• 2024-02-16 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Received enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2024-03-05 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-03-05 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 954
• 2024-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-05 In Messages
• 2024-03-05 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-02 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-15 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-16 Chapter No. 2024-97

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48dc4d51-f341-4a1d-a0c0-ff477276d83b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).