Florida SB 580: Local Licensing of Home Caregivers

Bill Text

580 
Local Licensing of Home Caregivers 
2025-11-19T04:01:23Z 
Authorizing counties and municipalities to license home caregivers within their jurisdictions, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 580 

 By Senator Harrell 

 31-00793A-26 2026580__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to local licensing of home caregivers; 
 3 creating s. 163.212, F.S.; authorizing counties and 
 4 municipalities to license home caregivers within their 
 5 jurisdictions; providing an effective date. 
 6 
 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 9 Section 1. Section 163.212, Florida Statutes, is created 
 10 and incorporated into part I of chapter 163, Florida Statutes, 
 11 to read: 
 12 163.212 Authorized local licensing of occupations.—In 
 13 accordance with s. 163.211(2)(b), a county or municipality may, 
 14 within its jurisdiction, license a home caregiver. 
 15 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.