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FL S1452
Bill
AI Summary
- Repeals multiple professional boards including the Barbers' Board, Board of Cosmetology, Board of Employee Leasing Companies, Board of Landscape Architecture, and Board of Professional Geologists, transferring their regulatory functions directly to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Eliminates the state registration and regulation of interior designers, removing interior design definitions, licensing requirements, seals, continuing education provisions, and lien rights from Florida law, while renaming the Board of Architecture and Interior Design as the Board of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
- Requires all licensees, permitholders, and applicants under the Division of Professions or Division of Real Estate to create and maintain an online account with the department, prohibiting processing of applications not submitted through the department's online system
- Adds new requirements for cosmetology and specialty registration applicants to submit fingerprints for state and federal criminal background checks, authorizes mobile barbershop licensing with itinerary filing and permanent business address requirements, and prohibits public lodging establishments from offering rooms at hourly rates or providing early checkout discounts
- Grants the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco authority to assist in enforcing the state hemp program at retail locations, adds the Department of Business and Professional Regulation as an entity that may request employment eligibility verification documents, and expands engineering licensure by endorsement to include foreign jurisdiction applicants with active National Council records
Legislative Description
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Last Action
Died in Regulated Industries
6/16/2025
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