Florida SB 1666: Vessels

Bill Text

1666 
Department of Business and Professional Regulation 
2026-01-09T09:42:27Z 
Revising the list of boards and programs established under the Division of Professions within the department; designating the Division of Professions of the department as the division overseeing yacht and ship brokers; deleting a requirement that the board regulating cosmetologists or cosmetology specialists review an applicant’s criminal record; renaming the Certified Public Accountant Education Minority Assistance Advisory Council as the Certified Public Accountant Education Opportunity Assistance Advisory Council; revising the quorum requirements of the Construction Industry Licensing Board, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1666 

 By Senator Burgess 

 23-00733B-26 20261666__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Department of Business and 
 3 Professional Regulation; amending s. 20.165, F.S.; 
 4 revising the list of boards and programs established 
 5 under the Division of Professions within the 
 6 department; conforming provisions to changes made by 
 7 the act; amending s. 326.002, F.S.; designating the 
 8 Division of Professions of the department as the 
 9 division overseeing yacht and ship brokers; amending 
 10 s. 326.006, F.S.; designating the Professional 
 11 Regulation Trust Fund as the trust fund related to the 
 12 regulation of yacht and ship brokers; revising that 
 13 all fees related to the regulation of yacht and ship 
 14 brokers be deposited in the Professional Regulation 
 15 Trust Fund, rather than the Division of Florida 
 16 Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund; 
 17 amending s. 399.035, F.S.; revising elevator 
 18 accessibility requirements for ambulance stretchers; 
 19 amending s. 455.02, F.S.; providing that members of 
 20 the Armed Forces in good standing and their spouses or 
 21 surviving spouses who apply to administrative boards 
 22 or programs for licensure are required to submit 
 23 fingerprints only for those professions that require 
 24 fingerprints for initial licensure; amending s. 
 25 455.213, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the board 
 26 regulating cosmetologists or cosmetology specialists 
 27 review an applicant’s criminal record; requiring 
 28 specified persons or entities to create and maintain 
 29 an account with the department’s online system; 
 30 requiring such persons or entities to provide 
 31 specified information on the department’s online 
 32 system; requiring such persons to use forms furnished 
 33 by the department; prohibiting the department from 
 34 processing an application not submitted through its 
 35 online system; amending s. 471.015, F.S.; revising the 
 36 criteria for the Board of Professional Engineers to 
 37 certify applicants as qualified for licensure by 
 38 endorsement as engineers; amending s. 473.3065, F.S.; 
 39 renaming the Certified Public Accountant Education 
 40 Minority Assistance Advisory Council as the Certified 
 41 Public Accountant Education Opportunity Assistance 
 42 Advisory Council; revising the purpose of the Clay 
 43 Ford Scholarship Program; revising eligibility 
 44 criteria for receipt of the scholarship; revising the 
 45 criteria for membership and filling a vacancy on the 
 46 council; amending s. 475.628, F.S.; prohibiting the 
 47 board regulating appraisers from adopting standards 
 48 that violate the laws of this state; deleting a 
 49 requirement that an appraiser comply with certain 
 50 standards for nonfederally related transactions; 
 51 amending s. 476.034, F.S.; revising the definition of 
 52 the term “barbershop”; amending s. 476.054, F.S.; 
 53 deleting certain prohibitions on term limits for 
 54 persons appointed to serve on the Barbers’ Board; 
 55 amending s. 476.064, F.S.; deleting what constitutes a 
 56 quorum at board meetings; amending s. 476.184, F.S.; 
 57 requiring the department to adopt rules; requiring a 
 58 mobile barbershop to comply with all licensure and 
 59 operating requirements that apply to a barbershop at a 
 60 fixed location; providing an exception; requiring a 
 61 mobile barbershop to have a permanent business address 
 62 in a specified location; requiring that certain 
 63 records be kept at the permanent business address; 
 64 requiring a mobile barbershop licenseholder to file 
 65 with the department a written monthly itinerary that 
 66 provides certain information; requiring a mobile 
 67 barbershop licenseholder to comply with certain laws 
 68 and ordinances; making technical changes; amending s. 
 69 476.188, F.S.; providing that a barbershop must be 
 70 licensed, rather than registered, with the department; 
 71 authorizing the practice of barbering to be performed 
 72 in a location other than a licensed barbershop under 
 73 certain circumstances; conforming provisions to 
 74 changes made by the act; amending s. 477.015, F.S.; 
 75 revising t