Bill > H1341

Introduced Session

An act relating to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; amending s. 20.165, F.S.; expanding the jurisdiction of law over which employees serving as law enforcement officers for the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco may investigate, enforce, and prosecute; amending s. 448.095, F.S.; providing the Department of Business and Professional Regulation enforcement authority over employment eligibility verification; requiring the department, under certain circumstances, to notify certain other departments of certain violations within a specified timeframe; amending s. 468.412, F.S.; revising prohibitions relating to minors for a talent agency; providing criminal penalties; amending ss. 476.114, 477.019, and 477.0201, F.S.; requiring the Barbers' Board and the Board of Cosmetology, respectively, to establish by rule minimum standards for electronically reporting a student's course completion records to the department and the penalties for failing to adhere to such minimum standards; requiring the department to report all penalties imposed to the Department of Education; amending s. 509.261, F.S.; authorizing the department to take certain actions against certain establishments for violating laws relating to the distribution and retail sale of hemp extract; amending s. 559.79, F.S.; authorizing the department to validate the identity and work authorization of an applicant before issuing a license or renewing a license; specifying personal identification information the department may request from an applicant; authorizing the department to submit such personal identification information to and enter into memoranda of understanding with appropriate federal agencies for a certain purpose; requiring the department to suspend the license of a person not authorized to work in the United States; requiring the department to reinstate a license without charge upon verification of a licensee's work authorization; providing immunity; authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending ss. 569.006 and 569.35, F.S.; authorizing the division to suspend or revoke the permit of a dealer if the division finds sufficient evidence of a violation of the laws of this state or any other state or territory of the United States; providing a short title; creating s. 569.24, F.S.; prohibiting licensed or permitted dealers from possessing, selling, intending to sell, delivering, or giving nitrous oxide on or from the dealer's licensed premises; providing a criminal penalty; providing applicability; requiring the department to adopt rules relating to the sale and purchase of nitrous oxide; providing effective dates.

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Rachel Plakon (R)*,  Michael Owen (R),  Michelle Salzman (R), 

Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee (on 03/13/2026)

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