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SB 1448: Licensure for Tree Care Services

GENERAL BILL by Ausley

Licensure for Tree Care Services; Designating the “Florida Arborist and Tree Care Practitioners Licensing Act”; establishing the Florida Board of Tree Experts within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; requiring the board to develop or designate a licensure examination for licensed Florida arborists; providing requirements for licensure as a licensed Florida arborist and a licensed tree care practitioner; providing grounds for the board to suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a license or admit a person to a licensing examination; requiring a business engaged in tree care services to biennially register with the board by providing the board with certain information, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Commerce and Tourism
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/4/2022 Senate • Filed
1/12/2022 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations -SJ 128
1/18/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 127
3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Commerce and Tourism