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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 607: Industries and Professional Activities

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 607 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on December 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Industries and Professional Activities. Primary sponsor: Taylor Yarkosky (Republican), Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Commerce Committee; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 290 (Ch. 2026-3).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Taylor YarkoskyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Industries & Professional Activities SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Commerce Committee; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 290 (Ch. 2026-3)
  2. Now in Commerce Committee
  3. Reported out of State Administration Budget Subcommittee
  4. Favorable by State Administration Budget Subcommittee
  5. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  6. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  7. Added to State Administration Budget Subcommittee agenda
  8. Now in State Administration Budget Subcommittee
  9. Referred to Commerce Committee
  10. Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee
  11. CS Filed
  12. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source