The law, scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2023 and expire July 1, 2025, reduces licensing application fees and renewal fees by 50% for Florida’s 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 fiscal years, up to $200.00.
The new law was HB 1091, and will be set forth in 455.213(15), Florida Statutes, and states as follows, in full:
(15) For the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 fiscal years, the department shall waive 50 percent of the initial licensing fee for an applicant applying for an initial license for a profession under this chapter, with such waiver limited to a maximum of $200 per year per license. The department shall waive 50 percent of a licensee's license renewal fee for a profession under this chapter, with such waiver limited to a maximum of $200 per year per license. Such fee waivers shall not include any applicable unlicensed activity or background check fees. This subsection expires July 1, 2025.
Section 2. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the sum of $50 million in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to be deposited into the Professional Regulation Trust Fund to implement this act. Any unexpended balance of funds from this appropriation remaining on June 30, 2024, shall revert and is appropriated to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation for the 2024-2025 fiscal year for the same purpose.
Chapter 455, Florida Statutes, is Florida’s general licensing statute and impacts essentially all licenses issued in the state of Florida, including contractor’s licenses.
The new bill takes effect July 1, 2023.