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CS/CS/HB 867: Public Accountancy

GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee ; Business and Professions Subcommittee ; Stevenson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bush

Public Accountancy; Authorizes vendor to complete performance audit of program associated with the proposed surtax; requires certain applicants to not be licensed in any state or territory in order to be licensed by endorsement; provides license renewal requirements for nonresident licensees; requires majority of the hours required for continuing education include specific content; authorizes certain Florida certified public accountants to apply to DBPR to have their license placed in a retired status; provides retired licensees are not required to maintain continuing education requirements.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in returning Messages
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/5/2019 House • Filed
    12/12/2019 House • Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee -HJ 74
    1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 74
    1/31/2020 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
    2/4/2020 House • CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 507
    2/5/2020 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
    • CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 497
    2/6/2020 House • Original reference(s) removed: Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
    • CS referred to Commerce Committee -HJ 525
    • Now in Commerce Committee -HJ 525
    2/11/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/13/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
    2/13/2020 House • CS/CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 -HJ 581
    2/14/2020 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
    2/17/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 581
    • CS/CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time -HJ 579
    2/20/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
    2/26/2020 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 648
    • Read 3rd time -HJ 648
    • CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 -HJ 649
    3/3/2020 Senate • In Messages
    3/5/2020 Senate • Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Commerce and Tourism; Rules -SJ 472
    • Received -SJ 472
    3/12/2020 Senate • Withdrawn from Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Commerce and Tourism; Rules -SJ 774
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Substituted for SB 1140 -SJ 775
    • Read 2nd time -SJ 774
    • Amendment(s) adopted (641492) -SJ 775
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    3/13/2020 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 854
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 854
    3/13/2020 House • In returning messages
    3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in returning Messages

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  • CS/CS/HB 867, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/14/2020 at 4:22 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1140 Public Accountancy Gruters Similar Last Action: 3/12/2020 S Laid on Table -SJ 775 Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    641492 - Amendment
    Delete lines 99 - 117 and insert:     		Gruters 3/10/2020
    11:19 AM     		Senate: Adopted
    3/12/2020     		Web Page
    PDF

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    2/26/2020 2:39 PM House 113 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/13/2020 2:19 PM Senate 39 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    212.055 Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent; authorization and use of proceeds. Page 2 (pdf)
    473.308 Licensure. Page 5 (pdf)
    473.311 Renewal of license. Page 7 (pdf)
    473.312 Continuing education. Page 8 (pdf)
    473.313 Inactive status. Page 8 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 867, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 2/5/2020 at 3:54 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/14/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1140 Public Accountancy Gruters Similar Last Action: 3/12/2020 S Laid on Table -SJ 775 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    366277 - Amendment
    Remove lines 282-285 and insert:     		Stevenson 2/12/2020
    3:17 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    2/13/2020     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    212.055 Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent; authorization and use of proceeds. Page 2 (pdf)
    473.308 Licensure. Page 5 (pdf)
    473.311 Renewal of license. Page 7 (pdf)
    473.312 Continuing education. Page 8 (pdf)
    473.313 Inactive status. Page 8 (pdf)

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  • HB 867, Original Filed Version Posted 12/5/2019 at 4:35 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Business and Professions Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/5/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1140 Public Accountancy Gruters Identical Last Action: 3/12/2020 S Laid on Table -SJ 775 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    473.308 Licensure. Page 2 (pdf)
    473.311 Renewal of license. Page 3 (pdf)
    473.312 Continuing education. Page 4 (pdf)
    473.313 Inactive status. Page 4 (pdf)

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