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    CS/HB 607: Industries and Professional Activities

    GENERAL BILL by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee, Yarkosky

    Industries and Professional Activities; Renames, removes, & redesignates specified boards, commissions, and councils established within DBPR; changes office locations of certain divisions; specifies that certain license application requirements apply only to certain professions; provides licensing authority to department rather than licensing boards; removes postlicensure education requirements for brokers, broker associates, and sales associates; removes continuing education requirements for licensure renewal as broker, broker associate, and sales associate; removes continuing education requirements for licensure renewal due to inactive status; revises provisions pertaining to board to transfer powers, duties, and responsibilities of board to DBPR; granting certain authority to department, rather than Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board; requires department to adopt rules; revises violations for which retail tobacco products dealers are penalized; revises retail nicotine product dealer administrative penalties; requires FDLE to accept and process certain fingerprints; specifies procedures for submitting and processing fingerprinting; requires department to conduct certain background checks.

    Effective Date: 7/1/2026

    Last Action: 1/14/2026 House - Now in Commerce Committee

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    Current Bill Version Posted: 12/15/2025 12:00 PM


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    • Bill History

      S = Senate, H = House

      12/2/2025 H • Filed
      12/3/2025 H • Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
      • Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee
      • Referred to Commerce Committee
      • Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
      12/4/2025 H • Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
      12/11/2025 H • Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
      12/15/2025 H • Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
      • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
      • CS Filed
      12/18/2025 H • Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee
      • Referred to Commerce Committee
      • Now in State Administration Budget Subcommittee
      1/12/2026 H • Added to State Administration Budget Subcommittee agenda
      1/13/2026 H • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
      • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
      1/14/2026 H • Favorable by State Administration Budget Subcommittee
      • Reported out of State Administration Budget Subcommittee
      • Now in Commerce Committee
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