Florida HB 1341: Department of Business and Professional Regulation

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HB 1341 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Department of Business and 2
Professional Regulation; amending s. 20.165, F.S.; 3
expanding the jurisdiction of law over which employees 4
serving as law enforcement officers for the Division 5
of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco may investigate, 6
enforce, and prosecute; amending s. 448.095, F.S.; 7
providing the Department of Business and Professional 8
Regulation enforcement authority over employment 9
eligibility verification; requiring the department, 10
under certain circumstances, to notify certain other 11
departments of certain violations within a specified 12
timeframe; amending s. 468.412, F.S.; revising 13
prohibitions relating to minors for a talent agency; 14
providing criminal penalties; amending ss. 476.114, 15
477.019, and 477.0201, F.S.; requiring the Barbers' 16
Board and the Board of Cosmetology, respectively, to 17
establish by rule minimum standards for electronically 18
reporting a student's course completion records to the 19
department and the penalties for failing to adhere to 20
such minimum standards; requiring the department to 21
report all penalties imposed to the Department of 22
Education; amending s. 509.261, F.S.; authorizing the 23
department to take certain actions against certain 24
establishments for violating laws relating to the 25

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distribution and retail sale of hemp extract; amending 26
s. 559.79, F.S.; authorizing the department to 27
validate the identity and work authorization of an 28
applicant before issuing a license or renewing a 29
license; specifying personal identification 30
information the department may request from an 31
applicant; authorizing the department to submit such 32
personal identification information to and enter into 33
memoranda of understanding with appropriate federal 34
agencies for a certain purpose; requiring the 35
department to suspend the license of a person not 36
authorized to work in the United States; requiring the 37
department to reinstate a license without charge upon 38
verification of a licensee's work authorization; 39
providing immunity; authorizing the department to 40
adopt rules; amending ss. 569.006 and 569.35, F.S.; 41
authorizing the division to suspend or revoke the 42
permit of a dealer if the division finds sufficient 43
evidence of a violation of the laws of this state or 44
any other state or territory of the United States; 45
providing a short title; creating s. 569.24, F.S.; 46
prohibiting licensed or permitted dealers from 47
possessing, selling, intending to sell, delivering, or 48
giving nitrous oxide on or from the dealer's licensed 49
premises; providing a criminal penalty; providing 50

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applicability; requiring the department to adopt rules 51
relating to the sale and purchase of nitrous oxide; 52
providing effective dates. 53
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 55
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Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (9) of section 57
20.165, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 58
20.165 Department of Business and Professional 59
Regulation.—There is created a Department of Business and 60
Professional Regulation. 61
(9) 62
(b) Each employee serving as a law enforcement officer for 63
the division must meet the qualifications for employment or 64
appointment as a law enforcement officer set forth under s. 65
943.13 and must be certified as a law enforcement officer by the 66
Department of Law Enforcement under chapter 943. Upon 67
certification, each law enforcement officer is subject to and 68
has the same authority as provided for law enforcement officers 69
generally in chapter 901 and has statewide jurisdiction. Each 70
officer also has arrest authority as provided for state law 71
enforcement officers in s. 901.15. Each officer possesses the 72
full law enforcement powers granted to other peace officers of 73
this state, including the authority to make arrests, carry 74
firearms, serve court process, and seize contraband and the 75

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proceeds of illegal activities. 76
1. The primary responsibility of each officer appointed 77
under this section is to investigate, enforce, and prosecute, 78
throughout the state, violations and violators of parts I and II 79
of chapter 210; chapter 310; chapter 326; parts I and III of 80
chapter 450; chapter 455; parts VI, VII, VIII, IX, XI, XII, XV, 81