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type: "Bill"
title: "Certified Public Accountants"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 813"
citation: "Florida HB 813 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-97"
primary_sponsors: ["Caruso"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48dc4d51-f341-4a1d-a0c0-ff477276d83b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/813/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0b3ad08daab457f35abdca60dbea37974cac8803af38a3199dbe63db62000ca6"
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 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](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/813/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 813 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/813/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 813 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/813/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1190** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Co-Introduce, Second Reading — **370** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48dc4d51-f341-4a1d-a0c0-ff477276d83b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).