FL HB 839
died on adjournmentUnlicensed Practice of Engineering
Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Unlicensed Practice of Engineering; Provides penalties for persons found to have repeatedly engaged in unlicensed practice of engineering.
- Introduced
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- Status date
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- Latest action
- 2026-03-11 — Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 800
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Meloprimary
- Industries & Professional Activities Subcommitteeprimary
- Trabulsycosponsor
- Tantcosponsor
- Hunschofskycosponsor
- Chaneycosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-12-19
Filed
filing
2026-01-05
Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
referral-committee
2026-01-05
Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee
referral-committee
2026-01-05
Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee
2026-01-05
Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2026-01-13
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing,reading-1
2026-02-10
PCS added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
2026-02-12
Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-12
Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2026-02-12
Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral
2026-02-12
CS Filed
filing
2026-02-13
Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee
2026-02-13
Now in Commerce Committee
2026-02-13
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1
2026-02-20
Added to Commerce Committee agenda
2026-02-24
Favorable by Commerce Committee
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-25
Reported out of Commerce Committee
2026-02-25
Bill released to House Calendar
2026-02-25
Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-02-26
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
2026-03-03
Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
2026-03-03
Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-03-11
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 800
deferral
Versions
Documents
- application/pdf
- application/pdf
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
Votes
Favorable (Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee)
2026-02-12 · pass · 17-0
Favorable (Commerce Committee)
2026-02-24 · pass · 23-0
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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