Florida Senate - 2023                             CS for SB 1570
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senators Hooper
       and Osgood
       
       
       
       
       580-03280-23                                          20231570c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the preemption of local
    3         occupational licensing; amending s. 163.211, F.S.;
    4         extending the date on which certain local government
    5         occupational licensing requirements expire; providing
    6         an effective date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   11  163.211, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         163.211 Licensing of occupations preempted to state.—
   13         (2) PREEMPTION OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING TO THE STATE.—The
   14  licensing of occupations is expressly preempted to the state,
   15  and this section supersedes any local government licensing
   16  requirement of occupations with the exception of the following:
   17         (a) Any local government that imposed licenses on
   18  occupations before January 1, 2021. However, any such local
   19  government licensing of occupations expires on July 1, 2024 July
   20  1, 2023.
   21         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.