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FL HB 839

died on adjournment

Unlicensed 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
Status date
Latest action
2026-03-11 — Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 800
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Meloprimary
  • Industries & Professional Activities Subcommitteeprimary
  • Trabulsycosponsor
  • Tantcosponsor
  • Hunschofskycosponsor
  • Chaneycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-19

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2026-01-05

    Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-05

    Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-05

    Referred to Commerce Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-05

    Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

  6. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  7. 2026-02-10

    PCS added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda

  8. 2026-02-12

    Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2026-02-12

    Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

  10. 2026-02-12

    Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

    deferral

  11. 2026-02-12

    CS Filed

    filing

  12. 2026-02-13

    Referred to Commerce Committee

    referral-committee

  13. 2026-02-13

    Now in Commerce Committee

  14. 2026-02-13

    1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

    reading-1

  15. 2026-02-20

    Added to Commerce Committee agenda

  16. 2026-02-24

    Favorable by Commerce Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2026-02-25

    Reported out of Commerce Committee

  18. 2026-02-25

    Bill released to House Calendar

  19. 2026-02-25

    Added to Second Reading Calendar

  20. 2026-02-26

    Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)

  21. 2026-03-03

    Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading

  22. 2026-03-03

    Added to Second Reading Calendar

  23. 2026-03-11

    Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 800

    deferral

Versions

Documents

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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