FL S1114

Authorizes persons to seek declaratory statements from agencies regarding how their criminal background affects eligibility for occupational or professional licenses, with agency conclusions binding except upon subsequent criminal history, and requires submission of a fee (not to exceed $100), certified criminal judgments, and fingerprints for state and federal background checks.

Removes separate licensing requirements for yacht broker branch offices and eliminates labor organization business agent licensure, permit, and registration requirements by repealing sections 447.04, 447.041, 447.045, 447.06, 447.12, and 447.16.

Establishes a five-year lookback period for barber, cosmetologist, and construction trade licenses, prohibiting denial based on convictions more than 5 years old, and allows applicants to apply before release from confinement with board permission for teleconference appearances and Department of Corrections cooperation.

Creates restricted barber and restricted barbering categories with 325-hour training requirement (versus 1,200 hours for full barbers) and expands cosmetology specialty registrations to include separate nail specialist, facial specialist, and full specialist categories with varying hour requirements.

Replaces "certificate of authorization" system with "qualifying agent" model for architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture business organizations, allowing practitioners to qualify multiple businesses or operate under fictitious names without maintaining separate certificates.