SB 1452: Department of Business and Professional Regulation

GENERAL BILL by Truenow

Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Repealing provisions relating to expenditure of excess funds; the Board of Employee Leasing Companies, membership, appointments, and terms; rules of the board; the Barbers’ Board; the Board of Cosmetology; interior design, practice requirements, disclosure of compensation for professional services; disciplinary proceedings against registered interior designers; the Board of Landscape Architecture; the Board of Professional Geologists; the Drug Wholesale Distributor Advisory Council; and liens for interior design services, respectively, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/26/2025 04:48 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Regulated Industries (RI)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 991 (c2) by State Affairs Committee Community and Economic Development Last Action: 4/25/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 110	Compare
  H 1461 (c1) by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee Industries and Professional Activities Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare

• Citations - Statute (138)

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  20.165	Department of Business and Professional Regulation.	Page 10 [pdf]
  120.54	Rulemaking.	Page 147 [pdf]
  120.74	Agency annual rulemaking and regulatory plans; reports.	Page 148 [pdf]
  125.01	Powers and duties.	Page 139 [pdf]
  125.56	Enforcement and amendment of the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code; inspection fees; inspectors; etc.	Page 139 [pdf]
  212.08	Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions.	Page 140 [pdf]
  287.055	Acquisition of professional architectural, engineering, landscape architectural, or surveying and mapping services; definitions; procedures; contingent fees prohibited; penalties.	Page 150 [pdf]
  326.002	Definitions.	Page 94 [pdf]
  326.006	Powers and duties of division.	Page 94 [pdf]
  399.035	Elevator accessibility requirements for the physically handicapped.	Page 14 [pdf]
  440.02	Definitions.	Page 142 [pdf]
  448.09	Unauthorized aliens; employment prohibited.	Page 150 [pdf]
  448.095	Employment eligibility.	Page 15 [pdf]
  448.26	Application.	Page 143 [pdf]
  455.02	Licensure of members of the Armed Forces in good standing and their spouses or surviving spouses with administrative boards or programs.	Page 15 [pdf]
  455.2124	Proration of or not requiring continuing education.	Page 18 [pdf]
  455.213	General licensing provisions.	Page 18 [pdf]
  458.3265	Pain-management clinics.	Page 154 [pdf]
  459.0137	Pain-management clinics.	Page 155 [pdf]
  468.382	Definitions.	Page 20 [pdf]
  468.384	Florida Board of Auctioneers.	Page 94 [pdf]
  468.385	Licenses required; qualifications; examination.	Page 95 [pdf]
  468.3852	Reactivation of license; fee.	Page 97 [pdf]
  468.3855	Apprenticeship training requirements.	Page 97 [pdf]
  468.386	Fees; local licensing requirements.	Page 98 [pdf]
  468.387	Licensing of nonresidents; endorsement; reciprocity.	Page 98 [pdf]
  468.388	Conduct of an auction.	Page 98 [pdf]
  468.389	Prohibited acts; penalties.	Page 99 [pdf]
  468.392	Auctioneer Recovery Fund.	Page 102 [pdf]
  468.393	Surcharge to license fee; assessments.	Page 103 [pdf]
  468.395	Conditions of recovery; eligibility.	Page 104 [pdf]
  468.396	Claims against a single licensee in excess of dollar limitation; joinder of claims, payment; insufficient funds.	Page 105 [pdf]
  468.397	Payment of claim.	Page 106 [pdf]
  468.398	Suspension of judgment debtor’s license; repayment by licensee; interest.	Page 106 [pdf]
  468.399	Expenditure of excess funds.	Page 9 [pdf]
  468.4315	Regulatory Council of Community Association Managers.	Page 149 [pdf]
  468.520	Definitions.	Page 20 [pdf]
  468.521	Board of Employee Leasing Companies; membership; appointments; terms.	Page 9 [pdf]
  468.522	Rules of the board.	Page 107 [pdf]
  468.523	Applicability of s. 20.165 and ch. 455.	Page 9, 150 [pdf]
  468.524	Application for license.	Page 9, 107 [pdf]
  468.5245	Change of ownership.	Page 108 [pdf]
  468.525	License requirements.	Page 109 [pdf]
  468.526	License required; fees.	Page 111 [pdf]
  468.527	Licensure and license renewal.	Page 112 [pdf]
  468.5275	Registration and exemption of de minimis operations.	Page 112 [pdf]
  468.529	Licensee’s insurance; employment tax; benefit plans.	Page 113 [pdf]
  468.530	License, contents; posting.	Page 114 [pdf]
  468.531	Prohibitions; penalties.	Page 114 [pdf]
  468.532	Discipline.	Page 115 [pdf]
  471.015	Licensure.	Page 27 [pdf]
  473.3065	Clay Ford Scholarship Program; Certified Public Accountant Education Minority Assistance Advisory Council.	Page 27 [pdf]
  476.034	Definitions.	Page 20 [pdf]
  476.054	Barbers’ Board.	Page 9 [pdf]
  476.064	Organization; headquarters; personnel; meetings.	Page 30 [pdf]
  476.074	Legal, investigative, and inspection services.	Page 118 [pdf]
  476.114	Examination; prerequisites.	Page 118 [pdf]
  476.134	Examinations.	Page 120 [pdf]
  476.144	Licensure.	Page 120 [pdf]
  476.154	Biennial renewal of licenses.	Page 122 [pdf]
  476.155	Inactive status; reactivation of inactive license.	Page 122 [pdf]
  476.184	Barbershop licensure; requirements; fee; inspection; license display.	Page 31 [pdf]
  476.188	Barber services to be performed in registered barbershop; exception.	Page 122 [pdf]
  476.192	Fees; disposition.	Page 122 [pdf]
  476.204	Penalties.	Page 123 [pdf]
  476.214	Grounds for suspending, revoking, or refusing to grant license or certificate.	Page 124 [pdf]
  476.234	Civil proceedings.	Page 125 [pdf]
  477.013	Definitions.	Page 23 [pdf]
  477.0135	Exemptions.	Page 143 [pdf]
  477.015	Board of Cosmetology.	Page 10 [pdf]
  477.016	Rulemaking.	Page 125 [pdf]
  477.018	Investigative services.	Page 125 [pdf]
  477.019	Cosmetologists; qualifications; licensure; supervised practice; license renewal; endorsement; continuing education.	Page 34 [pdf]
  477.0201	Specialty registration; qualifications; registration renewal; endorsement.	Page 36 [pdf]
  477.0212	Inactive status.	Page 126 [pdf]
  477.022	Examinations.	Page 126 [pdf]
  477.025	Cosmetology salons; specialty salons; requisites; licensure; inspection; mobile cosmetology salons.	Page 126 [pdf]
  477.026	Fees; disposition.	Page 128 [pdf]
  477.0263	Cosmetology services to be performed in licensed salon; exceptions.	Page 128 [pdf]
  477.028	Disciplinary proceedings.	Page 129 [pdf]
  477.029	Penalty.	Page 130 [pdf]
  481.203	Definitions.	Page 39 [pdf]
  481.205	Board of Architecture and Interior Design.	Page 40 [pdf]
  481.207	Fees.	Page 43 [pdf]
  481.209	Examinations.	Page 44 [pdf]
  481.213	Licensure and registration.	Page 45 [pdf]
  481.2131	Interior design; practice requirements; disclosure of compensation for professional services.	Page 10 [pdf]
  481.215	Renewal of license or certificate of registration.	Page 47 [pdf]
  481.217	Inactive status.	Page 48 [pdf]
  481.219	Qualification of business organizations.	Page 48 [pdf]
  481.221	Seals; display of certificate number.	Page 49 [pdf]
  481.222	Architects performing building code inspection services.	Page 51 [pdf]
  481.223	Prohibitions; penalties; injunctive relief.	Page 51 [pdf]
  481.225	Disciplinary proceedings against registered architects.	Page 151 [pdf]
  481.2251	Disciplinary proceedings against registered interior designers.	Page 10 [pdf]
  481.229	Exceptions; exemptions from licensure.	Page 52 [pdf]
  481.231	Effect of part locally.	Page 54 [pdf]
  481.303	Definitions.	Page 54 [pdf]
  481.305	Board of Landscape Architecture.	Page 10 [pdf]
  489.103	Exemptions.	Page 143 [pdf]
  489.107	Construction Industry Licensing Board.	Page 55 [pdf]
  489.111	Licensure by examination.	Page 55 [pdf]
  492.102	Definitions.	Page 25 [pdf]
  492.103	Board of Professional Geologists.	Page 10 [pdf]
  492.104	Rulemaking authority.	Page 131 [pdf]
  492.105	Licensure by examination; requirements; fees.	Page 132 [pdf]
  492.106	Provisional licenses.	Page 134 [pdf]
  492.107	Seals.	Page 135 [pdf]
  492.108	Licensure by endorsement; requirements; fees.	Page 135 [pdf]
  492.1101	Inactive status.	Page 137 [pdf]
  492.111	Practice of professional geology by a firm, corporation, or partnership.	Page 137 [pdf]
  492.113	Disciplinary proceedings.	Page 138 [pdf]
  499.01	Permits.	Page 157 [pdf]
  499.012	Permit application requirements.	Page 56 [pdf]
  499.0121	Storage and handling of prescription drugs; recordkeeping.	Page 62 [pdf]
  499.01211	Drug Wholesale Distributor Advisory Council.	Page 10 [pdf]
  499.015	Registration of drugs and devices; issuance of certificates of free sale.	Page 167 [pdf]
  499.041	Schedule of fees for drug, device, and cosmetic applications and permits, product registrations, and free-sale certificates.	Page 63 [pdf]
  499.067	Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit, certification, or registration.	Page 153 [pdf]
  509.098	Prohibition of hourly rates.	Page 63 [pdf]
  509.261	Revocation or suspension of licenses; fines; procedure.	Page 63 [pdf]
  553.73	Florida Building Code.	Page 64 [pdf]
  553.775	Interpretations.	Page 144 [pdf]
  553.79	Permits; applications; issuance; inspections.	Page 144 [pdf]
  553.844	Windstorm loss mitigation; requirements for roofs and opening protection.	Page 144 [pdf]
  558.002	Definitions.	Page 139 [pdf]
  569.002	Definitions.	Page 91 [pdf]
  569.006	Retail tobacco products dealers; administrative penalties.	Page 92 [pdf]
  569.34	Operating without a retail nicotine products dealer permit; penalty.	Page 145 [pdf]
  569.35	Retail nicotine product dealers; administrative penalties.	Page 145 [pdf]
  581.217	State hemp program.	Page 93 [pdf]
  604.50	Nonresidential farm buildings; farm fences; farm signs.	Page 146 [pdf]
  627.192	Workers’ compensation insurance; employee leasing arrangements.	Page 147 [pdf]
  713.01	Definitions.	Page 167 [pdf]
  713.02	Types of lienors and exemptions.	Page 93, 168 [pdf]
  713.03	Liens for professional services.	Page 93 [pdf]
  713.79	Liens for interior design services.	Page 10 [pdf]
  1013.45	Educational facilities contracting and construction techniques for school districts and Florida College System institutions.	Page 152 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/26/2025	S	• Filed
  3/6/2025	S	• Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
  3/10/2025	S	• Introduced
  5/3/2025	S	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration